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Kyle Torpey

Kyle Torpey
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Kyle Torpey is a freelance writer and researcher who has been following Bitcoin since 2011. His work has been featured in VICE Motherboard, Business Insider, NASDAQ, New York Post,The Next Web, American Banker, and other media outlets. You can view all his work at kyletorpey.com or sign up for his personal newsletter.

Here’s How Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Could Fail

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
The Lightning Network is viewed by many in the Bitcoin community as the network’s best hope for long-term scalability. The concept uses payment channels to perform bitcoin transactions off-chain,...

Does BIP 75 Really Threaten Bitcoin’s Fungibility?

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
On Wednesday, the Bitcoin community went into a tizzy over BIP 75 (BIP stands for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) which is, in short, a layer-2 protocol for improving the user friendliness...

How Governments Subsidize Bitcoin’s Usefulness and the Bitcoin Price

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
Bitcoin Core contributor, Peter Todd, was recently interviewed on Bitcoin Uncensored by co-hosts Chris DeRose and Joshua Unseth. Ethereum, The DAO, private blockchains and many other topics were discussed...

The Bitcoin Halving Approaches: Miners BitFury and BTCC Not Concerned

BUSINESS Kyle Torpey -
The second-ever Bitcoin block rewardhalving is estimated to take place in a little under two weeks, and the overall effects of this event are still somewhat of an unknown....

Updated: Segregated Witness Merged Into Bitcoin Core Release

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Updated at 1:40pm EST:Segregated Witness has been merged into Bitcoin Core.Original article:During a Bitcoin Core development meeting on Thursday, it was decided that the code for Segregated Witness (SegWit)...

What Does PayPal’s Shutdown in Turkey Mean for Bitcoin?

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
PayPal has been forced to cease operations in Turkey. The shutdown will go into effect on June 6. Turkey recently denied PayPal of a new license, which is required...

Antpool Will Not Run SegWit Without Bitcoin Block Size Increase Hard Fork

BUSINESS Kyle Torpey -
Although there has been some serious, public drama over scaling in the Bitcoin community for over a year, it appears that the community is mostly unified behind a single...

Are Altcoins Bitcoin’s Friends or Enemies?

BUSINESS Kyle Torpey -
Altcoins have a long tradition in the Bitcoin community, but they tend to cause a contentious divide among those who think they’re useful and those who think they’re all...

Features From the Most Popular Altcoins Are Planned for Bitcoin

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
For many people involved with Bitcoin, altcoins are nothing more than testnets. Hundreds of digital currencies are currently listed on CoinCap.io, but Bitcoin still dominates 78 percent of the...

Erik Voorhees: Complying With BitLicense Would Have Made ShapeShift Hack Much Worse

BUSINESS Kyle Torpey -
The recent hacks at ShapeShift, a sort of vending machine for altcoins, has been one of the biggest stories in Bitcoin for the past few weeks. Although the hacks...
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