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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.

Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 Released, Major Step Forward for Scalability

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 was released early this morning and the update includes several changes that have huge implications for Bitcoin scalability. The release deploys the first soft fork on the Bitcoin...

Jonas Schnelli on Why Elected Officials May Not Be Good for Bitcoin

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
Bitcoin Core contributor Jonas Schnelli was recently featured in a panel discussion about improvements to Bitcoin at the 2016 MIT Bitcoin Expo. During the Q&A; portion of the panel,...

OpenBazaar Integrating InterPlanetary File System to Help Keep Stores Open Longer

BUSINESS Kyle Torpey -
OpenBazaar is integrating the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) into their decentralized online marketplace. While no official announcement about this move has been made, OpenBazaar developer Chris Pacia, who is currently...

Bitcoins Are Not Tied Up on the Lightning Network, Say Creators Poon and Dryja

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
The Lightning Network is viewed by many as a serious improvement for Bitcoin in terms of scalability, but there are still plenty of critics of the system who do...

Peter Todd Worried About Those Willing to ‘Fork Bitcoin at All Costs’

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd recently discussed a variety of topics on The Crypto Show. Todd was asked if he is still worried about the possibly negative implications of a...

Jim Rickards on Why Bitcoin Is a Legitimate Money

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Jim Rickards, the New York Times best-selling author of Currency Wars and The Death of Money, recently discussed his latest book, The New Case for Gold, during a reinvent.money...

How Bitcoin Revived the Cypherpunk Revolution

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn found the cypherpunks mailing list when he was 19. Since then, he has been lucky enough to work on cypherpunk-oriented technologies for most of his adult life....

Bitcoin Hard Forks May Become Safer With User Voting

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Up to this point, the main way to judge support for a change to Bitcoin’s consensus rules has been miner voting. Miners are able to broadcast support for changes...

Bitcoin Lightning Network Creators: Fees Will Be Effectively Zero

TECHNICAL Kyle Torpey -
Roughly two months ago, Lightning Network creators Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja visited the Coinbase offices to explain how their design works and answer some questions from Coinbase employees...

Brock Pierce: Bitcoin’s Scalability Issues Are a Sign of Its Success

CULTURE Kyle Torpey -
While many people take the view that Bitcoin is dying or failing due to its current issues with governance and scalability, Blockchain Capital founder and managing partner Brock Pierce...
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