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Cornell University’s Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program Approves First Bitcoin Focused Study

The university has also officially approved the school’s first Bitcoin club, joining Generation Bitcoin’s Bitcoin Students Network.

Math Research Suggests Six Confirmations Aren’t Really Needed for Bitcoin Transactions

In a recent research paper, a pair of mathematicians demonstrate that fewer Bitcoin confirmations might still be enough to avoid double-spend attacks.

Cornell IC3 Researchers Propose Solution to Bitcoin’s Multisig “Paralysis” Problem

Owning cryptocurrency comes with its own set of challenges. One of the biggest of those challenges is managing the private keys that enable you...

Asset Manager Fidelity to Join Blockchain Group IC3

U.S. asset management giant Fidelity Investments Inc. is the first financial institution to join The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3), a blockchain technology...

Bitcoin NG, or How Cornell Researchers Think a Radical Redesign Can Solve Bitcoin’s Scaling Issues

The block-size limit dispute, at its heart, represents a trade-off between efficiency and security. Bigger blocks allow for more transactions on the Bitcoin network...

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...
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