Bitcoin Core version 0.16.1, a new major version including new features and performance improvements, has been officially released, according to an announcement made June 15.
The new release reportedly includes “new features, various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.” Notably, this Bitcoin Core version removed miner block size recalling the deprecation of the “-blockmaxsize” option for miners to limit their blocks’ sizes in version 0.15.1.
It states that miners now should apply “-blockmaxweight” option if they want to limit the weight of their blocks.
The previous Bitcoin Core client version was released at the end of February, and provided “full support” for Segregated Witness (SegWit) scaling technology, which is designed to reduce processing and wait times, as well as transactions fees.
Bitcoin Core developer Jimmy Song, then commented on the most notable feature of Bitcoin Core version 0.16.0, saying that “native SegWit support (bech32) is going to get much more adoption as a result of this update.
Robin Linus has unveiled a new whitepaper for BitVM2 and BitVM Bridge, two new developments that offer significant improvements to the original version of BitVM.
The new version features “hooks” that will allow for more customized options, but it will not be implemented until more feedback is obtained from the community.
Leading crypto processing provider, B2BinPay, has launched version 2 of its award-winning crypto processing solution. The new version is an enthusiastically awaited upgrade and incorporates a series of updated features and new capabilities designed to cater for all transaction requirements at the highest speed.
Credits have released a new version of its Mainnet on February 27, 2020. The new version, which includes a number of significant improvements, is available for public installation by users and networkThe post New Version of Credits Blockchain Network Released For Public Installation appeared first on AMBCrypto.
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The developers of Augur, a decentralized trading and betting protocol, just released a new version of the app that promotes more liquid markets and counteracts bad actors. The new version of the app released this week adds strong filters to help protect users from invalid market scams and redefines how markets are.
If you use Poloniex, we have good news for you. The company has recently used the official blog to announce a new and “powerful” new version of its mobile platform. This new version will be available for both Android and iOS.
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SimpleFX (SFX), a cryptocurrency and forex broker has launched the iOS version of its mobile app. The platform has been available for Android smartphones since the end of December 2017. Users of iOS mobile devices will now be able to enjoy the unique services offered by SimpeFX in the areas of cryptocurrency, forex, indices, and commodities trading.
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.
As the effects of climate change make their mark across the globe, people are more wary of their carbon footprints and are gradually switching to renewable energy.
Canada’s government has released draft regulations for “virtual currencies” with a consultation period of 90 days, saying that proposed regulatory changes could mean a loss of $60 million over 10 years for businesses that deal in cryptocurrencies but will improve Canada’s international reputation and make it easier for crypto businesses to deal overseas.
On June 8th, Monero came up with its new JavaScript version 1. 0. 0 of ‘MyMonero’, the website. Monero is one of the leading cryptocurrency that is designed to build an anonymous and censorship-resistant transaction platform, which means there is no third party interference.
Recently, the BANKEX team issued a test version of the new ERC-888 token standard. ERC-888 is a multi-dimensional token standard and was developed out of ERC-721 in order to deploy several assets at once during tokenization.
A new use case for bitcoin is causing a stir because of its ability to include data directly on-chain. An analysis of inscriptions’ impact on block space.
A recent proposal issued by Blockstream co-founder Luke DashJr has caused a stir in the Bitcoin Developers community. The well-known expert in cryptocurrencies proposed the temporary reduction of Bitcoin Blocksize to less than half.
There are still some intriguing aspects about the Bitcoin Cash hash war to highlight. As neither network can gain a major edge over the other, a lot of enthusiasts have begun looking beyond the number of blocks and actual hashrate.