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Pierre Rochard: “Lightning Adoption Will Basically Mirror Bitcoin Adoption”
Lightning is a second-layer solution for the Bitcoin blockchain that addresses the scaling issues surrounding it today. Similar to Bitcoin, Lightning is an open-source protocol in which anyone can contribute to. дальше »
2018-12-19 02:34
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Syncing Data Between Bitcoin Nodes Is About to Get Easier
Minisketch is a new solution that’s trying to solve an old problem. Spearheaded by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, Bitcoin Core contributor and fellow Blockstream co-founder Gregory Maxwell, and Blockstream software engineer Gleb Naumenko, the open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node. дальше »
2018-12-18 18:48
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Blockstream Satellites Now Cover Asia Pacific, Send Messages With Lightning
While most crypto investors are shooting for the moon, Blockstream is focused on things a bit closer to Earth: in the outermost layer of its atmosphere, to be exact. дальше »
2018-12-18 00:31
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Bitcoin’s Tech Trends of 2018: What This Year Brought Us (Part 1)
Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception. дальше »
2018-12-5 23:23
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PBoC: Cryptocurrencies Will Not Replace or Disrupt Fiat Systems
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has shown extreme confidence in the superiority of fiat systems over cryptocurrencies. China’s central bank refused to acknowledge blockchain and its derivatives as catalysts for financial innovation. дальше »
2018-11-12 20:00
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University of Guelph Joins Left to Build Mesh Networks in Canadian North
The School of Computer Science at the University of Guelph has partnered with an award-winning startup to revolutionize connectivity across Northern Canada. The Maple Ridge-based tech company Left has teamed up with the University of Guelph to launch a $2. дальше »
2018-11-9 23:04
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Will Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Price Surge as Hark Fork Approaches?
Ahead of its hard fork, Bitcoin Cash surged as high as 29 percent during the weekend trading session. All the eyes are now on whether the altcoin can swell any further, especially when it promises to offer holders free tokens after its blockchain splits. дальше »
2018-11-6 13:00
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BitMEX Launches New Fork Monitoring Website to Keep Track of Bitcoin Forks
BitMEX just launched a website to make it easier to keep tabs on hard and soft forks on the Bitcoin blockchain. According to a recent blog post, the research arm of BitMEX is sponsoring a new website, ForkMonitor. дальше »
2018-11-6 23:18
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Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 Is Released: Here’s What’s New
Today marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 17. 0, the 17th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 10 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today. дальше »
2018-10-3 16:28
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Details of One of Bitcoin’s Nastiest Bugs Yet
For well over a year, versions of Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin’s leading software implementation — contained a severe software bug. The bug was fixed with Bitcoin Core 0. дальше »
2018-9-22 21:22
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Pay From Bitcoin Mainnet to Lightning and Back: Submarine Swaps Are Now Live
In order to make payments on the lightning network — Bitcoin’s second layer solution for instant and cheap transactions — users must first fund lightning channels. дальше »
2018-8-30 22:18
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XRP Price Technical Analysis: XRP Gains After Brad Garlinghouse Q3 Upbeat Expectations
Even as XRP proponents insist that the coin is fully decentralized and a utility, XRP is technically in a down trend aside recent recovery. Fundamentally, we expect a recovery in sync with Brad Garlinghouse comments that institutional money will be funneled to XRP this quarter and our optimism seems to be high now that prices. дальше »
2018-8-29 05:13
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Lightning Network Payment System “SparkSwap” Makes Its Official Debut
A new way to trade bitcoin and digital currencies is now in the books. SparkSwap is the first crypto exchange to be built on the Lightning Network. It allows users to trade both bitcoin and altcoins in seconds without depositing assets with a third party. дальше »
2018-8-10 18:32
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Achieving Truly Useful Proof of Work: Toby Simpson of Fetch.ai
What’s the best that can happen? That’s the focus of Fetch. ai in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Episode 025 of the What Bitcoin Did podcast featured a wide-ranging conversation between host Peter McCormack and Fetch co-founder/CTO Toby Simpson about both best-case and worst-case outcomes for AI. дальше »
2018-7-20 19:38
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PoWx Seeks to Change Bitcoin Mining with “Optical PoW”
Nonprofit organization PoWx has launched this week with the goal of boosting the idea behind proof of work (PoW) through more innovative algorithms. The company is seeking to decentralize Bitcoin mining and make it more accessible to consumers through a new technology that executives have dubbed “optical PoW” — a new type of hardware that utilizes a more advanced and energy-efficient form of laser technology as the cornerstone of mining. дальше »
2018-7-14 01:04
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The Genesis Files: If Bitcoin Had a First Draft, Wei Dai’s B-Money Was It
All Cypherpunks value privacy; it’s basically the founding principle of the collective of cryptographers, academics, developers and activists grouped around the 1990s mailing list by the same name. дальше »
2018-6-15 23:31
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