SegWit will finally activate on bitcoin today after years of debate. But, what exactly is the code change and what does it enable?
How will SegWit impact the bitcoin network? Data from the already upgraded litecoin blockchain can provide an answer.
Passing a key threshold on Wednesday, the bitcoin network will soon be upgraded with a long in-development code change.
A milestone has been hit in the potential activation of Segregated Witness, code that would upgrade the network's capacity.
While current scaling proposals near collision, Paul Sztorc details a vision of bitcoin's future, including Lightning Network and Drivechain.
One of bitcoin's most prolific developers is attempting to make bitcoin addresses more user-friendly.
On the two-year anniversary of a post that sparked a thousand bitcoin debates, Jim Harper analyzes the state of developer politics.
A secretive startup called nChain is gearing up to launch an alternative implementation of the bitcoin software for use by developers.
Bitcoin startup Purse is moving ahead with development on 'extension blocks' a proposal to help mitigate bitcoin's current bandwidth issues.
A controversial solution to bitcoin's scaling debate has been updated by the pseudonymous developer who proposed it.
Greg Maxwell discusses his assertions about an alleged controversial mining technique and the way forward for bitcoin.
A deep dive into the history of Bitcoin Unlimited, a bitcoin implementation seeking to become the dominant software on the network.
A new bitcoin implementation called 'Bcoin' is attracting wide support as a means to end the scaling debate.
Marketing expert Jeremy Epstein discusses the importance of the brand for blockchain startups in this open letter to the industry.
Bitcoin startup Purse is spearheading work on a new solution it believes could break the network’s long-simmering scaling gridlock. In a new blog post issued today, Purse has released a specification that includes demo functionality and code for upgrading its bitcoin software implementation, Bcoin, to support “extension blocks”. The technical update seeks to enable the network […]