Bitcoin Technology
Bitcoin Upgraded To ‘B’ By Weiss Ratings
Weiss Ratings revealed yesterday that it has upgraded Bitcoin from a ‘B-‘ to a ‘B’. However, it still recommends holding out for a price correction before...
Jack Dorsey’s Square Makes First ‘Bitcoin Not...
Following Jack Dorsey’s commitment to ‘give back’ to the Bitcoin ecosystem, Square Crypto has announced its first employee. Although not without a bit of good-natured...
South Korea’s Biggest Bank U-Turns on Crypto With Custody...
South Korea’s largest bank by assets, KB Kookmin, has partnered with a cryptocurrency startup to develop custody solutions. South Korea’s Kookmin U-Turns on Crypto Reported by...
Top 4 Privacy Features That Will Boost Bitcoin Fungibility
Bitcoin privacy is expected to improve with a few key proposals that are currently being worked on by Core developers. Let’s take a look at the most interesting ones. Privacy...
Coinbase CEO Confirms Batched Transactions Coming ‘in a Few...
If we wanted to create a list of culprits slowing down Bitcoin adoption for all, Coinbase would rank pretty high. However, in a tweet yesterday, CEO Brian Armstrong finally confirmed...
Bitcoin Scaling Breakthrough Statechain Offers ‘DEX’ For...
The author of a new off-chain Bitcoin scaling solution called Statechain has appealed to the community to implement it as an essential network feature. Statechain Development...
BitMEX Set to Reduce Bitcoin Fees With Liquid Sidechain and SegWit
Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX has hinted it will begin using Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain technology to reduce its impact on the Bitcoin mempool. Bitrefill: BitMEX Should...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High – So Is Price Next?
Bitcoin mining difficulty has surged by more than 11 percent to reach a new all-time (ATH) for the network. Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches ATH Data from BTC.com shows that the...
Someone in China Just Filed a Copyright for The Bitcoin Whitepaper
Another person – apparently the second in the world – has submitted a copyright claim on the Bitcoin whitepaper, documents confirm. Wei Liu ‘Invents’ Bitcoin In...
Bitcoin Hash Rate Nears All-Time High to Drive Price Higher
Bitcoin price drew closer to $9000 May 30 as fundamentals data revealed the network was nearing new records for hash rate, daily transactions, and block size. Fundamentals Drive BTC...
How To Send Bitcoin Lightning Payments With No Invoice
Ever wish that you could make a Bitcoin Lightning Network payment, without the rigmarole of receiving an invoice first? Well, you can… Lightning Network is one of the most...
Russian Central Bank ‘Would Consider’ Creating...
Russia’s central bank would consider creating a new cryptocurrency backed by gold for international settlements. Gold-Backed Crypto Could Have Use In Settlements That was the latest...
Authorities Seize Dutch Bitcoin Mixer in ‘Worrying...
Cryptocurrency figures have reacted with dismay after authorities in the Netherlands seized and shut down popular Bitcoin mixer Bestmixer.io. Europol To Bitcoiners: ‘You Are Not...
More Than Money: Bitcoin Blockchain As Global Data Verification...
On the Bitfury blog, Executive Vice Chairman, George Kikvadze, delivers a use-case for the Bitcoin blockchain as a security layer. In an ever digital world, why do we still rely on...
Peter Schiff Believes Gov’t Can Shut Down Bitcoin More Easily...
Veteran gold bug Peter Schiff still thinks gold will win out over Bitcoin – because it is allegedly easier to shut Bitcoin down. Peter Schiff: Bitcoin Won’t See Use If...
These 13 Bitcoin Lightning Network Upgrades Will Solve Its...
The Bitcoin Lightning Network will overcome some of its “biggest hurdles to use” in the near future as new features roll out from developers. From Experiment To Bitcoin Killer App...