Block Size

Wallets

Bitcoin’s Capacity Issues No ‘Nightmare’, But Higher Fees May Be New Reality

CoinDesk analyzes the recent decrease in transaction capacity on the bitcoin network and its affect on bitcoin users.

Tech  ·  3 March 2016
Bitcoin Core

Joi Ito: Why I’m Worried About Bitcoin and the Blockchain

MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito looks at the current state of bitcoin and the blockchain, calling for unity amid an uncertain time for the industry.

Markets  ·  22 February 2016
Bitcoin Core

Industry Businesses Pledge to Avoid Bitcoin Network Split

A group of bitcoin miners, exchanges and service providers have issued a letter stating that they would not back hard forks of the network.

Business  ·  11 February 2016
Bitcoin

Why Bitcoin’s Scaling Debate is An Opportunity Not a Flaw

Writer Nozomi Hayase looks at how bitcoin's scalability debate should be seen as just another phase in the growth of the digital currency.

Tech  ·  11 February 2016
Bitcoin Protocol

Bitcoin Classic Publishes Code That Could Double Bitcoin’s Block Size

The first release for the alternative bitcoin implementation of Bitcoin Classic has been published.

Markets  ·  10 February 2016
Bitcoin Core

The Bitcoin Block Size Debate Isn’t Just About Technology

The views of the Bitcoin Core developers are not the only ones that should count when deciding its future, says developer Elliott Olds.

Markets  ·  7 February 2016
Features

Why Bitcoin and Blockchain Are Just Getting Started

The team from IDEO Futures looks at recent challenges facing bitcoin, and expresses its belief that bitcoin and blockchain still hold much promise.

Markets  ·  1 February 2016
Nodes

How to Save Bitcoin’s Node Network from Centralization

BitGo's Jameson Lopp looks at why the number of bitcoin nodes is diminishing across the network and discusses what could reverse the trend.

Markets  ·  30 January 2016
News

Bitcoin and the Politics of Non-Political Money

The Cato Institute's Jim Harper discusses how bitcoin needs level-headedness from its community to survive as a non-political digital currency.

Markets  ·  25 January 2016
Features

Is Bitcoin Dead? Not the Part that Matters

Michael J Casey provides perspective on how bitcoin can move forward despite a bitter debate over a needed technical feature.

Markets  ·  23 January 2016
Bitcoin

Big Miners Back Bitcoin Classic As Scaling Debate Evolves

Following a months-long debate on how to scale the bitcoin network, bitcoin mining firms are voicing their support for a newly introduced proposal.

Tech  ·  23 January 2016
Bitcoin Protocol

Bitcoin Industry Optimistic Amid Bitter Battle for Scaling Solution

At the first stop on bitcoin's annual event calendar, opinions were diverse and divisive on how the network can scale to accommodate new users.

Business  ·  22 January 2016
Bitcoin

Making Sense of Bitcoin’s Divisive Block Size Debate

Confused about the current state of bitcoin's 'block size debate'? CoinDesk rounds up thoughts from a recent influx of blogs on the subject.

Tech  ·  19 January 2016
Coinbase

5 Big Questions for Bitcoin in 2016

Ryan Selkis of CoinDesk and Digital Currency Group asks 5 big questions of bitcoin for 2016.

Markets  ·  18 January 2016
News

Scalability Debate Continues As Bitcoin XT Proposal Stalls

As a key date for a proposed bitcoin scaling solution passes, CoinDesk looks at the current state of industry debate.

Markets  ·  11 January 2016