BTCChina has backed Jeff Garzik's block size scaling solution, giving BIP 100 a majority of the network's hashing power.
Bitcoin is divided. The crux of the issue comes down to a single technical detail: the size of bitcoin’s blocks.
Two of bitcoin's best-known developers have 'forked' the software in a controversial attempt to resolve its scalability crisis.
A new service, CoinTape, is offering bitcoin users an answer to the burning question: what is the optimum transaction fee?
Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik has proposed increasing bitcoin’s block size limit to 2MB. Blocks – which are created every 10 minutes – currently hold only 1MB of transactions each. However, if the bitcoin network is to scale competitively it will need to exceed the three to seven transactions per second it currently supports. With the 1MB limit looking […]
Standard Chartered chief innovation officer Anju Patwardhan has penned a new essay on the potential benefits of the bitcoin blockchain.
A fork in the bitcoin network has raised issues regarding how key participants in the payment network process and confirm transactions.
A company's 'ultimate stress test' on the bitcoin network failed before it finished, but did produce some valuable information about transaction fees.
A pioneer in internet security will discuss lessons for digital currencies in the adoption of a protocol as a technical standard.
Bicoin Core developers Gavin Andresen, Wladimir van der Laan and Cory Fields have joined the MIT Media Lab’s new Digital Currency Initiative.
Chainalysis was forced to defend itself after allegations its surveillance tactics had disrupted services and threatened the privacy of bitcoin users.
Bitcoin Core 0.10.0 is released with key changes that address declining nodes, floating transaction fees and a consensus library.
The FTC has only received 39 customer complaints against CoinTerra to date, far less than other troubled bitcoin mining companies.
Bitcoin, less private than credit or debit transactions, is generally anonymous. Here are some distinctions between privacy and anonymity in bitcoin.
Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn takes a look at how bitcoin's technology has advanced this year and predicts where things will go in 2015.