How's Bitcoin doing after its big split? Never been better

It's been an intense month for Bitcoin. It's gone through several big changes — an upgrade and a currency split — all of which potentially threaten the integrity of the network as it plods into uncharted territory.

The results, so far, have been stellar. Nothing has gone wrong, and sure, bad things can still happen, but for now we're in the clear. Bitcoin miners are happily mining, exchanges are exchanging, and users can trade or use their bitcoins as they please. 

And not only is Bitcoin trading at an all-time high ($3,379 at the time this article was published), but the other Bitcoin — Bitcoin Cash, the one that split from the original on August 1 — is trading at $270 and is currently the fourth largest cryptocurrency with a $4.4 billion market cap.  Read more...