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

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

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

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.

AMD Releases Beta Graphics Driver for Better Cryptocurrency Mining

A few days ago, AMD released the “Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition Beta for Blockchain Compute” driver. According to the release notes on the...

Op Ed: No Governance for Old Men: Coordinating Protocol Upgrades in the Future

Make no mistake. We are witnessing a high-stakes protocol standards battle play out in real time. And it is just as important as last...

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

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...

Bitcoin Miners Miss the First BIP 148 “Deadline”

Bitcoin miners at large have missed the first BIP 148 “deadline” to prevent a “split” in Bitcoin’s blockchain.

Countdown to SegWit: These Are the Dates to (Still) Keep an Eye On

A running commentary on the forthcoming changes that may be in store for the Bitcoin. Continuously updated as necessary.

Russia’s Crypto-Winter Shows Signs of a Thaw in Saint Petersburg

Having skipped Russia’s second-biggest city for the past two years, Smile-Expo re-introduced its Eastern European conference tour in Saint Petersburg last Thursday.

Bitcoin Miners Are Signaling Support for the New York Agreement: Here’s What that Means

As of today, over 80 percent of miners (by hash power) are including the letters “NYA” in the blocks they mine. Here's what that means.

Bitmain May Be Infringing on the AsicBoost Patent After All

The AsicBoost controversy has added another chapter to its book.Yesterday, law firm Getech Law published an open letter, which was subsequently confirmed to be...
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