Month: November 2016
Bitfury Paper Makes Case For Auditability As Blockchain’s Defining Feature
What makes a blockchain a blockchain? The Bitfury Group is now weighing in with its definition of one of the more often-debated words in the FinTech sector. As part of […]
Why Aren’t Bitcoin Businesses Talking About SegWit?
By most accounts, the activation of Segregated Witness (SegWit) should be a boon for bitcoin. The code has been introduced to the network, and at least 20% of bitcoin’s hashing […]
21 Files for New Bitcoin Mining Patent
21 Inc has applied for a patent for specialized bitcoin mining circuitry, public records show. According to an application published earlier this month by the US Patent and Trademark Office […]
Bitcoin Miners Can Now Signal Support for SegWit
Bitcoin miners can now show their support for a long proposed technical update that would boost the network’s transaction capacity. Following block 439,488 on the bitcoin blockchain (which occurred at roughly […]
Why the Blockchain Hackathon Economy is Booming
Once a gateway for aspiring entrepreneurs, even blockchain enthusiasts with successful startups are benefitting from a new wave of hackathons and incubator projects. While experts in more traditional industries may […]
What’s Left Before Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Goes Live
There aren’t many steps left before bitcoin’s Lightning Network will be finished – or at least an early version of it. The big picture looked starkly different a year and a […]
China’s Bitcoin Miners See Profit in a Bigger-Block Blockchain
It was not entirely an idle joke when one speaker at China’s first miner conference quipped that if the audience decided to launch a 51% attack against the bitcoin network, […]