Scaling

Bitcoin

How to Stop Worrying and Love the Fork

It's going to be a stressful month for bitcoin, but in the big picture, breakups can be healthy for the ecosystem – and possibly for society.

Tech  ·  7 November 2017
Bitcoin

MIT Media Lab Director: ICOs Are ‘Attracting the Wrong People’

MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito is joining the ranks of outspoken critics who believe the market for blockchain-based tokens is overheated.

Tech  ·  5 November 2017
Bitcoin

Hold the Fork: No 2x But Everything Else Goes at Scaling Bitcoin Event

Day one of Scaling Bitcoin 2017 presented a change of pace for an event that grew out of the network's technical contention.

Tech  ·  5 November 2017
Bitcoin

Free Market Forks? Bitcoin Startups Love the Idea But Brace for Reality

Bitcoin startups that were once sold on Segwit2x are preparing for a split, signaling that the market should decide how the hard fork plays out.

Business  ·  2 November 2017
Ethereum

ZoKrates Seeks to Bring Best of Zcash to Ethereum with Devcon Debut

A new programming language, debuted at Devcon Tuesday, promises to boost levels of privacy to the ethereum blockchain.

Tech  ·  1 November 2017
Bitcoin

Understanding Segwit2x: Why Bitcoin’s Next Fork Might Not Mean Free Money

CoinDesk offers a high-level overview of the coming Segwit2x fork, how it differs from the hard forks before it and what it might mean for bitcoin.

Tech  ·  1 November 2017
Bitcoin

Blockchain Forks Are All the Rage, But Can They Ever Be Safe?

More and more blockchains may be forking, but developers still don't think they've quite found the best way to execute the upgrade.

Tech  ·  19 October 2017
Bitcoin

Just SegWit? Bitcoin Core Is Already Working on a New Scaling Upgrade

Bitcoin developers are making progress on Schnorr, a function for aggregating signatures and in turn, a way to increase the capacity of the network.

Tech  ·  12 October 2017
Bitcoin

BitPay Is Growing? How Startup Suspicions Are Fueling Bitcoin’s Fork Debate

Should bitcoin's technology change to accommodate merchant users? New data from one of the network's biggest startups is fueling the debate.

Business  ·  9 October 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Meets Netflix? Laolu Is Building a Lightning-Powered App for That

The Lightning Network isn't yet live on bitcoin, but that doesn't mean developers aren't theorizing the kinds of ambitious apps that it could enable.

Tech  ·  7 October 2017
Bitcoin

Calm Before the Fork? Segwit2x Goes Silent as Bitcoin Split Looms

With a lull in activity, what's really going on under the Segwit2x hood? According to many developers, now is the calm before the storm.

Tech  ·  6 October 2017
Hard Forks

‘Solstice’ Approaching: Mimblewimble Blockchain Considers Fork Schedule

A soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency based on an acclaimed white paper is considering a novel strategy for future blockchain upgrades.

Tech  ·  5 October 2017
Bitcoin

MimbleWimble Won’t ICO But Will Launch Cryptocurrency

One of the more theoretical attempts at scaling blockchain networks is taking steps toward launching it's own network for further testing.

Tech  ·  26 September 2017
Ethereum

Raiden ICO: Ethereum Scaling Solution to Launch Publicly Traded Token

Ethereum's answer to bitcoin's Lightning Network will have one notable difference – a publicly traded token to be sold in a Dutch auction in October.

Tech  ·  22 September 2017
Ethereum

Raiden Release: Simpler Micropayments Go Live on Ethereum’s Testnet

The developers behind Raiden Network have launched an early, simplified version of the scaling solution on the ethereum test network.

Tech  ·  20 September 2017