Wallets

Ethereum

Ethereum Security Lead: Hard Fork Required to Release Frozen Parity Funds

The security lead for the Ethereum Foundation has said a hard fork will be required to free up funds frozen in a hack yesterday.

Tech  ·  8 November 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum Wallet Status Pledges $1 Million for New Bug Bounty Program

Ethereum mobile wallet startup Status announced a hardware wallet and bug bounty program during the Devcon3 conference today.

Tech  ·  2 November 2017
Bitcoin

Stuck With Fees? New Bitcoin Tech Could End Wallet Guessing Games

Bitcoin Core developer, Alex Morcos has been working for years to make sure bitcoin transaction fee estimation tools are smarter.

Tech  ·  3 September 2017
Bitcoin

Couldn’t Claim Your Bitcoin Cash? BTC.Com Now Has a Tool for That

In an effort to grow the pool of potential bitcoin cash users, BTC.com is launching a recovery tool for users who couldn't easily claim their funds.

Tech  ·  18 August 2017
Ethereum

Bitcoin’s Biggest Software Wallet Blockchain Adds Ethereum

Bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain is expanding its service to support ether, the cryptocurrency of the ethereum network.

Markets  ·  17 August 2017
Bitcoin

Could SPV Support a Billion Bitcoin Users? Sizing up a Scaling Claim

A deep dive into claims that it's safe to remove bitcoin's block size limit and instead rely on existing "simplified payment verification" methods.

Tech  ·  30 July 2017
Wallets

Xapo to Pass On Bitcoin Network Fees to Users

Bitcoin wallet provider Xapo has told its customers that they will soon have to pay the network fees for outbound transactions.

Business  ·  17 May 2017
Exchanges

War of the Words: Who’s Said What About a Bitcoin Fork?

CoinDesk rounds up the various announcements from industry startups in the wake of speculation the bitcoin network could see a technical split.

Business  ·  28 March 2017
Hard Forks

Developers Discuss Wallet Safety Under Hard Fork Conditions

A proposal for how bitcoin wallets could be protected under adversarial conditions is seeing discussion among Bitcoin Core developers.

Tech  ·  22 March 2017
Wallets

Bitcoin Wallet Maker CoolBitX Raises $500k for Healthcare Solution

Bitcoin hardware wallet maker CoolBitX has raised $500,000 as part of its push into the broader blockchain security industry.

Business  ·  10 March 2017
Bitcoin

How Not to Lose Your Bitcoin in 2017

As bitcoin's price surges, Third Key's Pamela Morgan suggests best practices for users who want to secure their digital cash.

Tech  ·  28 December 2016
Exchanges

Why Aren’t Bitcoin Businesses Talking About SegWit?

Despite the size of the change, bitcoin businesses have yet to champion a newly introduced protocol upgrade.

Tech  ·  28 November 2016
Exchanges

BTCC Previews New Mobile Bitcoin Wallet ‘Mobi’

BTCC has high hopes for Mobi the new mobile app it released today at Money2020 in Las Vegas.

Business  ·  24 October 2016
Ethereum

How Ethereum’s Wallets Are Evolving

Ethereum was built using different consensus rules than bitcoin, so wallets also need to function in an alternative way. But what are the options?

Tech  ·  17 September 2016
Bitcoin

Does the Original Bitcoin Wallet Still Matter?

The descendant of Satoshi's original bitcoin wallet is still available today, and continuing to see upgrades.

Tech  ·  16 September 2016