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Blockstream to Launch First, Instant-Settlement Sidechain for Bitcoin Exchanges

Blockstream has announced it will launch its first commercial Bitcoin sidechain by early 2016. The sidechain, codenamed “Liquid,” offers instant transactions, providing a fast...

The Who, What, Why and How of the Ongoing Transaction Malleability Attack

For the past several days*, the Bitcoin network has been plagued by a so-called “transaction malleability attack.” Bitcoin users have experienced a number of...

Transaction Remote Release, a Tor-Inspired Proposed Change to Bitcoin Protocol for Anonymous Transactions

It’s well known that bitcoin transactions are not anonymous. Every transaction and the full transaction history of any bitcoin address are permanently recorded in...

Bank of America Files Patent Application for Cryptocurrency-Mediated Wire Transfers

Bank of America (BoA) has filed a patent application titled “System and Method for Wire Transfers Using Cryptocurrency .” The application was filed in...

BitGo Processes Over $1 Billion in Bitcoin Transactions in Third Quarter

Leading bitcoin security platform and multi-signature / P2SH (pay-to-script hash) bitcoin wallet provider BitGo has transacted more than $1 billion worth of bitcoin transactions...

Coinkite Processes $250 Million in Third Quarter; 10% of Total Daily Bitcoin Transactions

Leading bitcoin platform, multi-sig vault service provider and bitcoin merchant payment processor Coinkite has powered more than USD$250 million over the past three months,...

IBM Developing Blockchain Without Bitcoin for Record-Keeping and Smart Contracts

IBM is developing its own version of the blockchain technology and plans to release open-source software within the next few months, The Wall Street Journalreports...

Adam Back on Three Forms of Centralization That Have Crept Into Bitcoin

At the crux of the block-size limit debate in Bitcoin is an argument between scaling and securing the network. Although raising the block-size limit would allow...

Bitcoin for Governments, but Without Privacy and with Taxes

Banks and governments are warming up to the possibility of leveraging the power and resiliency of the blockchain to implement smarter financial systems that...

UPDATED: CoinWallet’s September Stress Test Begins with $48,000 in Free Bitcoin

Updated on 9/10/2015 at 12:59 EST: The bitcoin network has begun to show signs of stress as CoinWallet conducts its promised “major stress test” with a twist....
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