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Technical Roadblock Ahead? New Research Paper Warns of Future Bitcoin Network Scaling Concerns

MIT Technology Review is weighing in again on the issue of Bitcoin scalability with an article titled “Technical Roadblock Might Shatter Bitcoin Dreams.” The...

R3 Developing Open Source Blockchain for Banks, says Head of Research

R3 Head of Research Tim Swanson says that the company’s software team in London is developing an open-sourced, generic blockchain for banks, The Sidney Morning Herald reports. "Many banks feel they can reduce, or eliminate altogether, various costs, by adopting some sort of common shared ledger and let that proliferate through the industry"

The Rediscovery of Bitcoin’s Blockchain: The World’s Most Powerful Anchor

Blockchains are set to go mainstream. As opposed to bitcoin – the currency – the underlying blockchain technology is embraced by prominent companies,...

Circle’s CEO Jeremy Allaire Defends the Bitcoin Blockchain

Banks, financial service providers, venture capitalists, and even governments, are showing more and more interest in blockchain technology. Venture capital money isflowing into...

Bitcoin for Governments, but Without Privacy and with Taxes

Banks and governments are warming up to the possibility of leveraging the power and resiliency of the blockchain to implement smarter financial systems that...

Nick Szabo on ‘Permissioned Blockchains’ and the Block Size

In many recent articles, Bitcoin Magazine reported the trend toward private, “permissioned” non-Bitcoin blockchains, supported by Accenture and Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters, among others. Permissioned blockchain developments for...

UBS to Develop Yet Another ‘Permissioned Blockchain’ for Banks

In April, Bitcoin Magazine reported that UBS was planning to investigate blockchain technology in a new innovation lab based in London. The innovation lab is located in...

Blythe Masters and Wall Street Opt for ‘Permissioned’ Non-Bitcoin Blockchains

Major banks and mainstream financial institutions are warming up to the blockchain technology that powers Bitcoin, and launching internal experiments and pilot projects to...

I/O Digital to Release World’s First Decentralized Identity SideChain For Bitcoin

Bitcoin Press Release:I/O Digital sets to release the first ever decentralized identity sidechain using a distributed blockchain based DNS system. This system, known as...

Nasdaq to Push Forward with Blockchain Applications

On May 11, the leading stock exchange Nasdaq announced that it would begin experimenting with the blockchain technology that powers Bitcoin. The Wall Street...
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