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Bitcoin

Who Watches Bitcoin’s Watchmen? Scaling’s Great Game of Egos

Miners, startups, developers: CoinDesk editor Pete Rizzo takes a look at the cast of characters behind bitcoin's escalating scaling debate.

Tech  ·  7 July 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s ‘Segwit2x’ Scaling Proposal: Miners Offer Optimistic Outlook

A proposal to boost the capacity of the bitcoin network is gaining traction. But what do miners think about what's on the table?

Tech  ·  2 June 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s ‘Segwit2x’ Scaling Proposal: Core Developers Strike Critical Stance

A new solution to the bitcoin scaling debate known as 'Segwitx2' has garnered notable support, but what do bitcoin's developers think of the proposal?

Tech  ·  1 June 2017
Bitcoin

Consensus 2017: BitPay CEO Calls Bitcoin Fork ‘Only Option’ For Businesses

A panel focused on bitcoin scaling drew crowds at Consensus 2017 today, though panelists painted a somewhat murky picture of potential paths forward.

Tech  ·  22 May 2017
Bitcoin

Where is Gavin Andresen? The Quiet Exile of Bitcoin’s Former Face

Bitcoin developers discuss a messy divorce with former maintainer Gavin Andresen, once the most public face of the digital currency project.

Tech  ·  19 May 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Needs More Politics, Not Less

On the two-year anniversary of a post that sparked a thousand bitcoin debates, Jim Harper analyzes the state of developer politics.

Tech  ·  4 May 2017
Bitcoin

Craig Wright’s New Company is Building a Bitcoin Core Competitor

A secretive startup called nChain is gearing up to launch an alternative implementation of the bitcoin software for use by developers.

Business  ·  2 May 2017
Bitcoin Core

New Bitcoin Core Software Makes SegWit Optional for Miners

A new software update – version 0.14.1 – has been released by the Bitcoin Core open-source development community.

Tech  ·  24 April 2017
Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin’s Broken Record: Why the Scaling Debate Isn’t Going Away

As the bitcoin scaling debate drags on, patterns are emerging that yield interesting insights into technical exploration on the network.

Tech  ·  5 April 2017
Bitcoin Core

Developer Proposes Hybrid SegWit Solution to Bitcoin’s Block Size Debate

A new proposal seeks to combine two solutions to bitcoin's block size debate into one compromise to move the network forward.

Markets  ·  3 April 2017
Exchanges

War of the Words: Who’s Said What About a Bitcoin Fork?

CoinDesk rounds up the various announcements from industry startups in the wake of speculation the bitcoin network could see a technical split.

Business  ·  28 March 2017
Bitcoin

Keep Calm and Bitcoin On? Developers Aren’t Worrying About a Fork

As the discussion heats up over the possibility of a bitcoin hard fork, some developers are playing down the likelihood of a split.

Tech  ·  24 March 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Roadmap Unveils Signature Optimization Plan

Bitcoin developers outlined a plan today to replace the network's signature scheme with an alternative.

Tech  ·  23 March 2017
Bitcoin Core

CoinDesk Explainer: The Bitcoin Unlimited Debate

The controversial alternative to Bitcoin Core has drifted to the heart of bitcoin's raging scaling debate over the past year, but why?

Tech  ·  14 March 2017
Bitcoin Core

New Bitcoin Core Release Gives Boost to Block Relay Network

The latest software release from the Bitcoin Core development community provided a boost to a network aimed at broadcasting blocks more quickly.

Markets  ·  10 March 2017