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Christian Decker on Bitcoin Network Improvements, Tradeoffs and Finding the Block Size “Sweet Spot”

Kyle Torpey -
At the core of Bitcoin’s scaling debate has been the block size limit. For better or worse, the majority of the discussions about scaling...
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Breaking Down Bitcoin’s “AsicBoost Scandal”

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Through a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) draft sent to the Bitcoin development mailing list last week, long-time Bitcoin Core developer and Blockstream co-founder and...
BUSINESS

Meet ConnectBTC: Bitmain’s Newest Bitcoin Mining Pool

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Bitmain, the major Chinese ASIC producer, has launched a third mining pool: ConnectBTC opened to the public today. AntPool and BTC.com already belong to...
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How Light Clients Can Protect Themselves From a Bitcoin Coin-Split

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Bitcoin could soon split in two. If Bitcoin Unlimited miners start mining blocks exceeding one megabyte, these would be rejected by full Bitcoin nodes...
BUSINESS

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

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

The Increased Politicization of Bitcoin Mining Is a Distraction

Kyle Torpey -
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...
TECHNICAL

A Bitcoin Beginner’s Guide to Surviving a Coin-Split

Aaron Van Wirdum -
There is a chance Bitcoin will experience a coin-split soon. If a majority of miners (by hash power) switch to Bitcoin Unlimited and decide...
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BitPay Has Studied Bitcoin Blockchain Alternatives: “None of Them Are Compelling”

Kyle Torpey -
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...
BUSINESS

Are Bitcoin Miners Making More Money Off Small Blocks?

Kyle Torpey -
Nearly every block of transactions on the Bitcoin network has been full for the past couple of weeks, and miners are reaping the benefits...
TECHNICAL

Bitcoin Politics Seep into Altcoins: SegWit Adoption Slow Across the Board

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Since most altcoins are based on Bitcoin’s codebase, upgrades to Bitcoin are often relatively easy to implement in altcoins. Indeed, as Segregated Witness (SegWit)...
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