Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced that it has joined the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a day after the non-profit organization was launched by Square.
According to its official website, COPA seeks to prevent “patent lockups” of cryptocurrency technologies, which may hinder smaller companies from leveraging technological developments, stifling growth
It goes without saying that the concept of decentralized money and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are at odds. Hence, the U.S. tax agency has recently increased its efforts to crack down on tax crime enabled by Bitcoin and related technologies.
In an August New York Times
Bitcoin Core has taken a significant step forward in implementing Schnorr signatures by merging BIP340 support into the libsecp256k1 library. The update introduces an experimental module named “schnorrsig” that implements the signing and verification of Schnorr signatures as well as test vectors and a benchmarking tool.
Although this does not
Bitcoin Core has taken a significant step forward in implementing Schnorr signatures by merging BIP340 support into the libsecp256k1 library. The update introduces an experimental module named “schnorrsig” that implements the signing and verification of Schnorr signatures as well as test vectors and a benchmarking tool.
Although this does not
Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced that it has joined the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a day after the non-profit organization was launched by Square.
According to its official website, COPA seeks to prevent “patent lockups” of cryptocurrency technologies, which may hinder smaller companies from leveraging technological developments, stifling growth
It goes without saying that the concept of decentralized money and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are at odds. Hence, the U.S. tax agency has recently increased its efforts to crack down on tax crime enabled by Bitcoin and related technologies.
In an August New York Times
A smart contract was recently deployed on the Bitcoin network to place a $10,000 bet on the outcome of the upcoming US presidential election, marking the first such instance of its kind.
On September 8th, Nicolas Dorier, the founder of open-source Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server, said he used
It's no secret that many central bank officials are no fans of Bitcoin.
Jerome Powell, current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, framed Bitcoin as a "speculative store of value" in a 2019 speech in front of the U.S. Senate. Powell then dismissed fears that Bitcoin
When Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey spoke to the Australian Financial Review in September 2019, he appeared interested in Bitcoin as a store of value, but unsure about its potential as a currency, stating that “it’s not functional as a currency. The peaks and troughs are like an investment
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court denied an appeal filed by Bitcoin mining firm Bitmain that sought over 210 million yuan (approximately $30 million) in damages from its rival Poolin, according to a court filing made public this week.
Bitmain Accuses Poolin Co-Founders of Violating Non-Competes
Poolin and
The French subsidiary of food delivery service Just Eat will accept Bitcoin payments for all orders placed in its mobile application, as per an announcement on Monday.
Just Eat France lists over 15,000 restaurants from all over the country and had an estimated 26.8 million users in 2018,
