A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) is a standard for proposing changes to the Bitcoin protocol, or in some cases a source for information for the Bitcoin community. Additionally, some...
Bitcoin mixers are solutions (software or services) that let users mix their coins with other users, in order to preserve their privacy.While Bitcoin addresses are “pseudonymous” — meaning, they...
The ongoing debate about whether or not Bitcoin can scale sufficiently on its path to mass adoption has led many people to question if it will ever reach that...
The Bitcoin block size limit is a parameter in the Bitcoin protocol that limits the size of Bitcoin blocks, and, therefore, the number of transactions that can be confirmed...
Bitcoin wallets can be hardware products, or software running on mobile, the web or through apps. Some of the most popular bitcoin hardware wallets include Trezor and Ledger devices,...
In the digital age, the ideal brand new currency should have at least these three characteristics:It should be free from the control of any authority so that it cannot...
SegWit is short for Segregated Witness. It was perhaps the biggest Bitcoin protocol upgrade to date, which wrapped several improvements and fixes into one.
What Are the Benefits of SegWit?
As...
Questions about the value of bitcoin as an investment will likely differ depending on who you ask.Those with a vision of a fully-distributed future in which the lack of...
Tax season can be confusing enough with complicated rules about what types of income are taxable and which are not; what can be written off and what can’t; and...
Atomic swaps are a peer-to-peer, trustless method of exchanging coins on different blockchains. In essence, atomic swaps allow you to exchange, for example, bitcoin with litecoin, while avoiding the...