Bitstamp Unveils Bitcoin Lightning Network Node
On July 8 the Lightning Network got a huge publicity boost as Bitstamp announced that it had launched its own Lightning node. Another Step Toward Widespread Adoption On Monday Bitstamp...
Will 2019 Signal the Dawn of the Cryptocurrency Awakening?
In January 2019 – just six short months from now – blockchain technology will be a decade old. Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, released the Bitcoin...
Lightning Network Passes Bitcoin Mainnet Testing, One More Step Towards Completion
The Lightning Network has been years in the making, with the original whitepaper being published in January 2016. Finally, the top independent development teams have announced that...
Non-Monetary Use Could ‘Negatively Affect’ Bitcoin Network – Study
Italian academics have released research warning about the growing use of non-monetary use cases for the Bitcoin blockchain. ‘Negative Effects’ on Bitcoin Network The...
32MB Blocks: The Newest (Old) Solution to Bitcoin Scalability
There has been an ongoing Bitcoin block size debate, and most recently a radical, old idea resurfaced: instead of increasing the block size from 1MB to 2,4 or 8MB, the protocol should...
Andreas Antonopoulos Makes Bold Prediction on Bitcoin Consensus
Andreas Antonopoulos surprised a crowd at a Berlin Bitcoin conference last week by claiming that, by the end of this year, Bitcoin’s consensus algorithm will be totally changed...
Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 Released, Focus on Block Size Scalability
Bitcoin Core has announced the release of a new update, Bitcoin Core 0.12.1. Focusing on scalability, this follows the “Capacity Increases Roadmap” they detailed December 23rd of...