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What Is Bitcoin’s Graftroot? Another Privacy Enhancing Feature

Bitcoin developers currently have a significant challenge ahead of them, perhaps the biggest one they faced so far: improving the Core’s privacy and efficiency. Most of their efforts seem to be focused on the Schnorr signatures technology, a key piece of code which further unlocks improvements like Taproot and the topic of today’s article, Graftroot. дальше »

2019-3-22 00:17


nChain’s Craig Wright Publishes New Blockchain Research Piece Titled “The Myth of Forks”

As has become customary now, each week nChain’s Chief Operational Scientist Dr. Craig Wright publishes a research article that focuses on a niche’ topic associated with the world of cryptocurrency. This week, the polarizing personality published a piece titled “The myth of forks” — which covers a number of important aspects associated with Bitcoin’s design […] дальше »

2019-3-9 21:05


Developers Have Adopted Crypto En-Masse, What’s the Missing Piece?

It isn’t a secret that Bitcoin has yet to see adoption. Few online merchants accept the cryptocurrency. And the same could be said for retailers and food establishments. But, over the past 24 months, the underlying industry tides have begun to shift in Bitcoin’s favor, as forward-thinking developers have started to flow into this space. дальше »

2019-3-4 16:47


Latest Mainstream Media Piece, aka an Anti-Bitcoin Opinion Editorial, Stoops to New Levels of Disgust

In a new article released by Foreign Policy, the author David Gerald says that storing Bitcoin is as safe as keeping funds in a sock “under someone else’s bed.” However, fiat currencies have their own problems and this phrase does not really describe how virtual currencies work at all. If there is hyperinflation, nobody would […] дальше »

2019-2-18 04:56


Despite Crypto Losses, GMO Internet’s Bitcoin Mining Business Had A Solid 2018 Posting $197 Million In Profits

Despite Crypto Losses, GMO Internet Had A Solid 2018 The Japanese IT giant GMO Internet, Inc. was a prominent piece of the crypto mining manufacturer industry in the country last year. However, despite being part of the industry, which had severe losses at the end of 2018, the company had a very positive report on […] дальше »

2019-2-13 03:33


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Blame Banks for Damaging the Environment – Not Bitcoin

Another mainstream media outlet has published a piece warning of the dangers Bitcoin poses to the environment. We’ve heard these overly simplistic arguments countless times before. But even if one was to accept that Bitcoin’s energy consumption is substantial, the figure still pales in significance to traditional financial institutions, whose carbon footprint is colossal. дальше »

2019-1-21 20:12


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Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Remains Sluggish, May Not Have Bottomed

At press time, the father of crypto is trading for an even $3,600. This means that while it’s still in the same range, the currency has fallen a bit since our last price piece. Not a huge deal, and yet considering the troubled behavior bitcoin has exhibited over the past two months, many can’t help […] The post Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Remains Sluggish, May Not Have Bottomed appeared first on NullTX. дальше »

2019-1-17 01:05


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Blockchain Analysis Is About to Get Harder as P2EP Enters Testing Phase

Yet another tool is being added to Bitcoin’s growing number of privacy solutions. Thought up at a brainstorming event attended by Bitcoin developers and privacy researchers last summer, Pay to Endpoint (P2EP) is a relatively new trick that utilizes the well-known CoinJoin mixing technique to make blockchain analysis much harder. дальше »

2019-1-1 19:31


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5 of the best podcasts to get you into cryptocurrency and blockchain

Getting into blockchain and cryptocurrency can be pretty threatening to newbies – especially because the space is so flush with buzzwords and fancy marketing lingo. Usually, we would recommend going straight to the source and catching up on the original Bitcoin white paper, as laid out by its mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. дальше »

2018-12-29 13:00


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Bitcoin Price Watch: Are Institutional Players Losing Interest?

At press time, the father of cryptocurrency is trading for just under $4,000, marking little to no change since our last price piece. We’re in the final days of the month, and while December has often brought a sense of magic and stamina to bitcoin we rarely witness throughout the rest of the year, it’s […] The post Bitcoin Price Watch: Are Institutional Players Losing Interest? appeared first on NullTX. дальше »

2018-12-25 04:00


Cryptograffiti’s Blockchain Art Collective Profile Promotes Bitcoin’s Lightning Network for Payments

Art Micro Auction Brings To Focus Bitcoins Lightening Network Art is expressive of its times, a certain je ne sais quoi that the artist wants to highlight. And that is exactly what was achieved when a recent auction was held for the artwork by Cryptograffiti, simply named the ‘Black Swan’. The piece is exactly what […] дальше »

2018-12-22 20:09