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After months of debates, the Sia community finally pulled the plug on big ASIC miners and rendered them irrelevant at block 179,000 yesterday. While the fork saw some delays, it has been running smoothly for a few hours now. Only miners manufactured by Obelisk can mine Sia now. Obelisk is a subsidiary of Nebulous, the for-profit company behind the Sia network. Meanwhile, miners whose ASICs were rendered irrelevant have come together to form Sia Classic. However the future of Sia Classic is not clear yet. Siacoin (SC) is priced at $0.006535, gaining 0.65% in the last 24 hours. 

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/sia-completes-hard-fork-as-bricked-miners-form-rival-blockchain/