Opinion: Should Bitcoin Just Segwit?
It has now been more than two years since the bitcoin community has been consumed by a discussion over increased ...
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As Price Reaches Record Highs, is Bitcoin in a Capacity Crisis?
Imagine you are slightly late for work, quickly getting a shower, brushing your teeth and all the rest, walking – ...
Ethereum Now Handles More Than 50% of Bitcoin’s Transaction Volumes
Ethereum's transaction volumes have now reached around 161,000 a day, up this month from around 100,000, in a sign of ...
Bitcoin Grinds to a Halt as 200,000 Transactions Get Stuck
The bitcoin network broke down last night for 200,000 transactions which continue to wait this morning for inclusion within the ...
Bitcoin Transactions’ Congestion Spikes to an All-Time High, Mempool Jumps to 116MB
The number of stuck bitcoin transactions has spiked to an all-time high of 160,000, according to blockchain.info, doubling the mempool ...
While Bitcoin Price Hits Record Highs, Nearly 100,000 Transactions Are Stuck in a Backlog
Almost 100,000 bitcoin transactions are waiting to move - image from tradeblock Bitcoin is currently operating ...
Segwit Now, Bigger Blocks Later, Says Bitcoin Pool F2Pool
In a complete u-turn, F2Pool has now announced they are in favor of segregated witnesses (segwit), a protocol upgrade that ...
F2Pool Starts Signaling for Segwit in Bitcoin
In a surprising move, F2Pool, which has around 9% network hardware share, began signaling for segregated witnesses (segwit), a controversial ...
Litecoin Price Rises as Segwit Heads for Activation
Litecoin’s price rose some 20% today following news that BW was signaling for segregated witnesses (segwit), a protocol upgrade which ...
Bitcoin Core Supporters Push for UASF
The never ending bitcoin debate has now seemingly moved on to new never ending proposals that try to provide a ...
Study: 43% of Bitcoin Transactions Aren’t Processed after First Hour
A new study by the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies reveals that “43% of the transactions are still not included ...
Schism Developing Between Lightning Network and Bitcoin Core Developers
The latest developments in the Cryptowar are what appears to be a developing schism between some Lightning Network developers and ...
Op-ed: A New Bitcoin Blocksize Proposal Goes Nowhere
I woke up today to what appeared to be good news. Joseph Poon, a Lightning Network developer, Stephen Pair from ...
1Hash Bitcoin Pool Comes out against Bitcoin Unlimited
While it briefly appeared that Bitcoin Unlimited might actually activate, the chances now seem slim as a relatively new bitcoin ...
Coinbase Comes Out Against Bitcoin Exchanges’ Hard Fork Statement
Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s CEO, publicly said he does not support the statement of around 20 bitcoin exchanges which says that ...
Bitcoin Experiences Its Busiest Week Ever
Blockchain.info, one of the biggest and oldest bitcoin wallet provider, publicly stated that bitcoin experienced its busiest week ever from ...
Bitcoin Price’s Sub-$11,000 Drop Isn’t Spooking Bullish Long-Term Traders
Since July 10, the bitcoin price has dropped from $13,200 to below $11,000 within less than a week as the...
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