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Can Flexcaps Settle Bitcoin’s Block Size Dispute?

Aaron Van Wirdum -
The block size dispute, perhaps the first ever real political controversy within the Bitcoin community, has raged for years, with no clear long-term solution...
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: BIP 101 is the Best Proposal We’ve Seen So Far

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Brian Armstrong, CEO of record-funded Bitcoin wallet service and exchange Coinbase, plans a code update to allow for bigger blocks in the second week...
BUSINESS

Bitcoin Doesn’t Waste Electricity, It’s Used for Security

Kyle Torpey -
A common criticism often thrown at Bitcoin is its heavy use of computing power, which in turn requires a large amount of energy. Some...
TECHNICAL

Debunking the 11 Most Stubborn Lightning Network Myths

Aaron Van Wirdum -
Earlier this year, Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja released the Lightning Network white paper. In it they theorize how a layer on top of...
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A Closer Look at BIP100: The Block Size Proposal Bitcoin Miners are Rallying Behind

Aaron Van Wirdum -
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...
TECHNICAL

7 Leading Bitcoin Companies Pledge Support for BIP101 and Bigger Blocks

Joseph Young -
Leading bitcoin startups including BitPay, Blockchain.info, Circle, KnCMiner, Bitnet, Xapo and BitGo have come to a consensus to implement Gavin Andresen’s BIP 101, and...
TECHNICAL

7 Leading Bitcoin Companies Pledge Support for BIP101 and Bigger Blocks

Joseph Young -
Leading bitcoin startups including BitPay, Blockchain.info, Circle, KnCMiner, Bitnet, Xapo and BitGo have come to a consensus to implement Gavin Andresen’s BIP 101, and...
TECHNICAL

Bitcoin XT Big Block Fork Spurs Debate and Controversy

Nick Abouzeid -
Since its release on August 6th, Bitcoin XT, a patch set on top of the existing Bitcoin Core, has focused the bitcoin community’s attention...
BUSINESS

Bitnodes Project Issues First Incentives For Node Operators

Joel Dalais -
The Bitnodes project issued its first incentive last week and will continue to do so until the end of 2015 or until 10,000 nodes...
TECHNICAL

Ensuring Network Scalibility: How to Fight Blockchain Bloat

Andrew Wagner -
With more and more users turning to Bitcoin and Chief Scientist Gavin Andresen having proposed a hard fork of the blockchain, the issue of...
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