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2x or NO2X: Why Some Want to Hard Fork Bitcoin — and Why Others Do Not

Aaron Van Wirdum -
SegWit2x is highly controversial. Here are some of the arguments for and against in this latest debate over the Bitcoin protocol.
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The Curious Case of Bitcoin’s “Moby Dick” Spam and the Miners That Confirmed It

Aaron Van Wirdum -
“Six or seven [mining] pools have played a major role in stuffing blocks with spam transactions,” analytics developer LaurentMT said.
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One Week Into SegWit, Hardware Wallets Lead the Pack in Slow-But-Sure Roll Out

Aaron Van Wirdum -
After a years-long development process and even more debate and political struggle, Segregated Witness finally activated on the Bitcoin network last week. The protocol...
BUSINESS

Miners Are Milking Bcash’s Difficulty Adjustments (and Why This Is a Problem)

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Bitcoin Cash (Bcash or BCH) has been more profitable to mine than Bitcoin (BTC) on multiple occasions over the past week or two. This...
TECHNICAL

Segregated Witness Activates on Bitcoin: This is What to Expect

Aaron Van Wirdum -
The Segregated Witness (SegWit) soft fork has activated on the Bitcoin network.As of block height 481,824, found at 1:57 UTC by BTCC, all SegWit ready...
TECHNICAL

Why Bcash Mining Shouldn’t Affect Bitcoin Much (But Bitcoin Mining Could Ruin Bcash)

Aaron Van Wirdum -
For the past couple of days, Bitcoin Cash (Bcash or BCH) has been more profitable to mine than Bitcoin (BTC). This dynamic probably won't hurt Bitcoin in the long run.
TECHNICAL

A Bitcoin Social Media Storm Hit BitPay This Week: Here’s Why

Aaron Van Wirdum -
The Bitcoin community is not taking kindly to BitPay this week. Influential developers are accusing the major payment processor of fraud, Bitcoin users on...
TECHNICAL

The Future of “Bitcoin Cash:” An Interview with Bitcoin ABC lead developer Amaury Séchet

Aaron Van Wirdum -
If all goes according to plan, August 1st will see the launch of a new cryptocurrency, described as an “airdrop altcoin,” a “spinoff-coin,” a...
TECHNICAL

Four Visions for Scaling Bitcoin: A State of Digital Money Panel

Kyle Torpey -
At the recent State of Digital Money event in Los Angeles, Bitcoin scaling was the topic of conversation for a panel consisting of Airbitz...
TECHNICAL

BIP 91 Has Locked In. Here’s What That Means (and What It Does Not)

Aaron Van Wirdum -
It looks as if Bitcoin is getting Segregated Witness.Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 91 (BIP 91) just locked in. Up to 90 percent of all hash...
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