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BTCChina Support Gives BIP 100 Bitcoin Hashrate Majority

BTCChina has backed Jeff Garzik's block size scaling solution, giving BIP 100 a majority of the network's hashing power.

Business  ·  27 August 2015
Bitcoin

What is the Bitcoin Block Size Debate and Why Does it Matter?

Bitcoin is divided. The crux of the issue comes down to a single technical detail: the size of bitcoin’s blocks.

Tech  ·  21 August 2015
Bitcoin

Bitcoin ‘Forked’ in Controversial Bid to Resolve Scalability Question

Two of bitcoin's best-known developers have 'forked' the software in a controversial attempt to resolve its scalability crisis.

Tech  ·  17 August 2015
Bitcoin

New Service Finds Optimum Bitcoin Transaction Fee

A new service, CoinTape, is offering bitcoin users an answer to the burning question: what is the optimum transaction fee?

Tech  ·  28 July 2015
Bitcoin

Jeff Garzik Submits Proposal to Double Bitcoin Block Size Limit

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 […]

Tech  ·  17 July 2015
Bitcoin

Standard Chartered Exec Touts Blockchain Tech for Trade Finance

Standard Chartered chief innovation officer Anju Patwardhan has penned a new essay on the potential benefits of the bitcoin blockchain.

Tech  ·  14 July 2015
Bitcoin Mining

Double Spending Risk Remains After July 4th Bitcoin Fork

A fork in the bitcoin network has raised issues regarding how key participants in the payment network process and confirm transactions.

Markets  ·  6 July 2015
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Network Survives Surprise Stress Test

A company's 'ultimate stress test' on the bitcoin network failed before it finished, but did produce some valuable information about transaction fees.

Tech  ·  23 June 2015
Bitcoin

Consensus 2015: What the Internet Can Teach Blockchain Innovators

A pioneer in internet security will discuss lessons for digital currencies in the adoption of a protocol as a technical standard.

Business  ·  5 June 2015
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Developers Join MIT Digital Currency Initiative

Bicoin Core developers Gavin Andresen, Wladimir van der Laan and Cory Fields have joined the MIT Media Lab’s new Digital Currency Initiative.

Tech  ·  22 April 2015
Bitcoin

Chainalysis CEO Denies ‘Sybil Attack’ on Bitcoin’s Network

Chainalysis was forced to defend itself after allegations its surveillance tactics had disrupted services and threatened the privacy of bitcoin users.

Tech  ·  14 March 2015
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core 0.10 Gives Developers Simplified Access to Network Consensus

Bitcoin Core 0.10.0 is released with key changes that address declining nodes, floating transaction fees and a consensus library.

Tech  ·  17 February 2015
Bitcoin

FTC Complaints Detail Troubled Past of Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner CoinTerra

The FTC has only received 39 customer complaints against CoinTerra to date, far less than other troubled bitcoin mining companies.

Tech  ·  29 January 2015
Bitcoin

How Anonymous is Bitcoin? A Backgrounder for Policymakers

Bitcoin, less private than credit or debit transactions, is generally anonymous. Here are some distinctions between privacy and anonymity in bitcoin.

Tech  ·  25 January 2015
Bitcoin

Mike Hearn: How Bitcoin’s Technology Advanced in 2014

Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn takes a look at how bitcoin's technology has advanced this year and predicts where things will go in 2015.

Tech  ·  2 January 2015