The 50 Most Interesting Companies In Bitcoin's History: 31/50
ViaBTC
The Idea: A mining pool that played a pivotal role in the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fork. Yang was an outspoken supporter of increasing Bitcoin's block size and ViaBTC was one of the first pools to signal support for Bitcoin Cash.
Early Traction: ViaBTC mined the first-ever Bitcoin Cash block on August 1, 2017, making it a key player in the most contentious fork in Bitcoin's history.
Peak Stats: Top 10 mining pool globally. Mined the genesis Bitcoin Cash block.
Status Today: Active. Operates mining pools for multiple cryptocurrencies.
Why It Matters:
ViaBTC's role in the Bitcoin Cash fork makes it historically significant, it was at the center of Bitcoin's most important governance crisis, the block size war.