In a surprise move, bitcoin's mining community has begun to signal for a controversial code upgrade called Segwit2x by way of a proposal called BIP91.
CoinDesk's research team takes a look at the changing economics of the bitcoin blockchain, using charts to tell the story of the scaling debate.
As bitcoin descends into party politics, contributor Nozomi Hayase makes an appeal for the community to unite behind its original ideals.
CoinDesk rounds up the various announcements from industry startups in the wake of speculation the bitcoin network could see a technical split.
What's the ideal block size? CoinDesk contributor Willy Woo analyzes the charts for answers in his latest opinion piece.
The block size debate, long one of the defining challenges hanging over bitcoin’s tech community, took an interesting twist late last month. A years-long discussion about how best to scale the functioning $15bn economic network mid-flight, the debate has largely been characterized by a face-off between those who would increase the 1MB block size via an efficiency […]
Roger Ver, a key figure among bitcoin’s first disciples is now the community's biggest advocate for the minority side of the block-size debate.
Day two at the Satoshi Roundtable saw guests try to break new ground on some of the larger issues facing bitcoin and regroup around its core values.
The head of a Chinese mining pool backing an alternative bitcoin implementation completed a Reddit AMA earlier today.
Bitcoin network data shows that 25 percent of nodes worldwide are signaling support for Segregated Witness.
Amid controversy, bitcoin developers see a need to begin researching more drastic technical changes to the network.
The idea that bitcoin and blockchains run on "consensus" among their users is counterproductive, argues Jim harper.
CoinDesk explores how the ethereum hard fork affected sentiment regarding bitcoin's long-raging block size debate.
In this opinion piece, contributor Ariel Deschapell asks, can bitcoin have decentralized governance without defining decentralization?
In this opinion piece, author William Mougayar breaks down the term "community" and what it means for blockchain governance.