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The Who, What, Why and How of the Ongoing Transaction Malleability Attack

For the past several days*, the Bitcoin network has been plagued by a so-called “transaction malleability attack.” Bitcoin users have experienced a number of...

UPDATED: CoinWallet’s September Stress Test Begins with $48,000 in Free Bitcoin

Updated on 9/10/2015 at 12:59 EST: The bitcoin network has begun to show signs of stress as CoinWallet conducts its promised “major stress test” with a twist....

A Closer Look at BIP100: The Block Size Proposal Bitcoin Miners are Rallying Behind

The block-size limit debate has taken a turn now that some of Bitcoin’s biggest mining pools are publicly endorsing BIP 100 (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 100) instead of backing a Bitcoin...

Bitcoin Payment Protocol Explained

What do you do with bitcoin? Why, you spend it of course! Or more precisely you pay for something or some service using it....

Rise of the Altcoin Wars

The Past, Present and Future of AltcoinsBy Mark ReesThe following article illiterates how survival of the fittest and game theory will likely halt bad...

U.S. Navy Preparing Bitcoin Battalion

Bitcoin BattalionBack in December we reported that the United States Air Force has quietly been working on a Bitcoin payment gateway otherwise known as...

Fraud Detection in the World of Bitcoin

The Bitcoin protocol is strong cryptographically (to the best knowledge so far), and we wish the world encompassing its network and users were as...

Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Why the Credit Card Network is Ready for a Paradigm Shift

As a victim of the Target credit card hack, and having to work with the bank to replace the stolen identity, this writer can...

Selfish Mining: A 25 Attack Against the Bitcoin Network

One of Bitcoin’s core security guarantees is that, for an attacker to be able to successfully interfere with the Bitcoin network and block and...

BetCoin.tm’s Allegedly Fraudulent, Unethical and Illegal Activity

On the whole, the global Bitcoin space is a self-policing community that uproots and exposes scams and unethical Bitcoin service operators with ruthless efficiency....
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