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Finance and Beyond: An Infographic Map of Bitcoin and the Emerging Blockchain Ecosystem

This popular article and its infographic, originally published on November 15, 2015, have been updated by Michael Gord to reflect the major developments since...

Despite Naysayers, Rising Bitcoin Price Suggests the Digital Currency Is Alive and Well

The rising price of Bitcoin, reaching $450 at press time, follows several months of steady growth in Bitcoin price and transaction volumes, growing trade...

The Segregated Witness Timeline: From Idea to Adoption in Six Steps

Segregated Witness might be the most significant improvement to the Bitcoin protocol to date. The innovation is set to fix transaction malleability, offers an...

Zooko: The Financial Industry Is Demanding Privacy for Blockchains

Although one may assume that the demand for privacy in Bitcoin and other blockchain-based systems is coming from crypto-anarchists and libertarians, the reality is...

Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 Released, Major Step Forward for Scalability

Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 was released early this morning and the update includes several changes that have huge implications for Bitcoin scalability. The release deploys the first...

The Power of Schnorr: The Signature Algorithm to Increase Bitcoin’s Scale and Privacy

Segregated Witness has entered its  final testing stage before roll-out on the Bitcoin network. That is  good news, most importantly because the innovation introduces...

Bitcoins Are Not Tied Up on the Lightning Network, Say Creators Poon and Dryja

The Lightning Network is viewed by many as a serious improvement for Bitcoin in terms of scalability, but there are still plenty of critics...

Segregated Witness Enters Final Testnet Stage, Includes Lightning Network Support

Bitcoin Core developers Dr. Pieter Wuille, Eric Lombrozo and Johnson Lau launched a fourth – and probably final – iteration of the Segregated Witness...

The Bank of England’s RSCoin: An Experiment for Central Banks or a Bitcoin Alternative?

This is a guest post by Leah Zitter.On February 21, 2016, the Bank of England reported that it had partnered with researchers at University...

Zcash CEO Zooko Discusses Privacy and Efficiency Tradeoffs vs the Bitcoin Blockchain

Zcash, which is an implementation of the zerocash concept, is often referred to as the first form of truly anonymous digital cash. While Bitcoin...
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