Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates
As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.
As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.
Circle has suggested in an email to users that, in order to avoid the consequences of a potential hard fork, they may want to to sell their bitcoin.
An administrative platform for decentralized autonomous corporations built on ethereum has rolled out new alpha software.
Plans to build a new version of the ethereum virtual machine are moving ahead.
More than 25 companies and organizations are taking part in a blockchain proof-of-concept spearheaded by the Japan Exchange Group (JPX).
The developers behind an alternative bitcoin software took steps today to allay fears that an upgrade to its code would be disruptive to the market.
Turing Award winner Silvio Micali is working on a new consensus algorithm, one he argues could help massively scale blockchains.
A newly released statement from major exchanges today may have stoked tensions in the ongoing bitcoin scaling debate.
A new non-profit foundation has been launched to support the development of the zcash protocol.
A group of bitcoin exchanges are planning to list Bitcoin Unlimited as a separate currency in the event of a network split.
The community has been in a furore over an attack that took down 70% of Bitcoin Unlimited nodes. Here are 12 of the best Twitter responses.
An experimental 'user-activated soft fork' for pushing through a controversial bitcoin code change took another step forward this week
Decentraland, a virtual reality underpinned by a blockchain, is moving ahead with the launch of a new testnet.
Bitcoin's 'proof of work' validation mechanism burns a huge amount of energy, but this novel solution from developer Bram Cohen aims to change that.
Bitcoin Unlimited's network of nodes took a hit today.
Exchange operator Nasdaq helping to launch a new blockchain-based market for advertising contracts.
The controversial alternative to Bitcoin Core has drifted to the heart of bitcoin's raging scaling debate over the past year, but why?
The UK government said it envisions a role for blockchain as part of a broader digitization plan unveiled earlier this month.
MIT-funded developer Cory Fields discusses his work overhauling the code for Bitcoin Core's peer-to-peer layer – a task that was anything but easy.
Blockstack Core, a bitcoin development platform, is now available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace.
Singapore’s central bank has completed a distributed ledger trial focused on inter-bank payments, officials said today.
For the first time, a bitcoin mining pool has integrated a process called 'merge-mining' – a move aimed to bring smart contracts to the bitcoin blockchain.
Making private ethereum implementations compatible with the larger public blockchain is a popular concept, but there is much work to be done.
Could bribery payments issued via smart contract undo the bitcoin mining pool model?
A unique proposal aimed at scaling bitcoin’s transaction capacity via sidechains has been revealed in a new white paper.
A South Korean provincial government recently tapped technology developed by blockchain startup Blocko for a vote on community funding.
Is there a need for a use-case specific blockchain in IoT? Some companies believe that the idea is compelling.
Bitcoin’s best-known proposed code change isn’t the only one that matters.
The venture arm of major Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Group has launched a new blockchain startup accelerator
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