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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.

Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments: “It Didn’t Work”

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While he doesn’t like calling it a “pivot,” Wyre CEO Michael Dunworth revealed the evolutionary process of turning bitcoin payment processor Snapcard into a blockchain-based money transfer system on...

Is a Mining Manufacturer Blocking SegWit to Benefit from ASICBOOST?

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In a post on the Bitcoin development mailing list today, Blockstream CTO and long-time Bitcoin Core contributor Greg Maxwell laid out the case that an unnamed Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer is using a flaw in...

Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy and Sell System Resources P2P With Bitcoin

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One of the more futuristic ideas for Bitcoin that has been floated around is that it could become the currency for payments between machines on some new kind of world...

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair: Bitcoin Unlimited Would Materially Degrade the Network

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BitPay CEO Stephen Pair has been morevocal about his company’s stance on Bitcoin’s scaling debate over the past few weeks, and his most recent attempt to further clarify the Bitcoin payment processing...

Giga Watt CEO: “We Desperately Need Balance of Power in the Mining Space”

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Dave Carlson is a former Microsoft software engineer who discovered Bitcoin in 2010, a year after the system was launched by creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Carlson is now the CEO...

The Increased Politicization of Bitcoin Mining Is a Distraction

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One of the key narratives around Bitcoin has always been that it is a math-based, apolitical currency. In other words, the digital cash system was set up in a...

BitPay Has Studied Bitcoin Blockchain Alternatives: “None of Them Are Compelling”

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BitPay co-founders Stephen Pair and Tony Gallippi have been around Bitcoin for about as long as anyone else in the industry. The company was founded in 2011, and their...

Are Bitcoin Miners Making More Money Off Small Blocks?

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Nearly every block of transactions on the Bitcoin network has been full for the past couple of weeks, and miners are reaping the benefits of users having to bid...

Bitcoin is Now Useless for Micropayments, But Solutions are Coming

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The Bitcoin blockchain is basically becoming useless for low-value, instant purchases. Frankly, if you’re ordering a beer at a bar, you’re better off using cash or a credit card...

You Really Should Run a Bitcoin Full Node: Here’s Why

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On day one of the 2017 MIT Bitcoin Expo, Sia Co-Founder David Vorick, who has contributed to Bitcoin Core, gave a presentation on the important role played by full...
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