Tag: Pieter Wuille

SegWit Inventor Pieter Wuille Joins Lightning Torch Bitcoin Relay

Veteran cryptographer and Segregated Witness (SegWit) inventor Pieter Wuille has become the latest high-profile figure to participate in the Bitcoin ...

by Esther Kim

March 6, 2019

A New Schnorr-Based Multi-Signature Scheme Is Coming

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are excitedly anticipating the full implementation of several new technologies and schemes that promise to help address Bitcoin’s ...

by Julio Gil-Pulgar

January 25, 2018

SegWit Wallet Support is Coming to Bitcoin Core

A new pull request will likely see SegWit included in the forthcoming Bitcoin Core version 0.16 release, easing Core node ...

by Wilma Woo

January 11, 2018

Schnorr Signatures Might Be Bitcoin’s Next Step Forward

The Schnorr signatures algorithm promises to help to address one of the most pressing problems affecting Bitcoin today: scalability. Additionally, ...

by Julio Gil-Pulgar

December 29, 2017