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The Long Road To SegWit: How Bitcoin’s Biggest Protocol Upgrade Became Reality

Aaron van Wirdum -
Segregated Witness (SegWit) has activated on Bitcoin. As of today, all SegWit-ready nodes on the Bitcoin network are enforcing the new rules, marking Bitcoin’s biggest protocol upgrade to date.
TECHNICAL

A Bitcoin Social Media Storm Hit BitPay This Week: Here’s Why

Aaron van Wirdum -
The Bitcoin community is not taking kindly to BitPay this week. Influential developers are accusing the major payment processor of fraud, Bitcoin users on...
TECHNICAL

The Point of No Return: Segregated Witness Will Lock In on Bitcoin

Aaron van Wirdum -
Segregated Witness (SegWit), the highly anticipated protocol upgrade proposed by the Bitcoin Core development team, just reached the point of no return for lock...
CULTURE

Bitcoin Cash or Bcash: What’s in a Name?

Aaron van Wirdum -
As Bitcoin Cash, or Bcash, is slowly but surely turning into a functioning cryptocurrency, one topic remains contentious in particular: its name.
TECHNICAL

Four Visions for Scaling Bitcoin: A State of Digital Money Panel

Kyle Torpey -
At the recent State of Digital Money event in Los Angeles, Bitcoin scaling was the topic of conversation for a panel consisting of Airbitz...
TECHNICAL

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

Aaron van Wirdum -
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...
TECHNICAL

SegWit or Not, Bitfury is Getting Ready for Lightning With Successful Bitcoin Main Net Test

Aaron van Wirdum -
Bitfury is getting ready to deploy a version of the Lightning network with or without the SegWit protocol upgrade.
BUSINESS

Got a Coinbase Account and an Opinion on Bitcoin Scaling? Be Heard on KYCPoll

Aaron van Wirdum -
Bitcoin’s ongoing scaling debate is reaching fever pitch. Several scaling proposals are scheduled to activate within the next weeks, which may or may not...
TECHNICAL

Op Ed: Why SegWit2x Makes No Sense

Kyle Torpey -
A number of Bitcoin companies and miners have agreed to run code that will implement a hard-forking increase to the non-witness data in blocks...
TECHNICAL

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

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