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What Miner Capitulation? Bitcoin Difficulty Rockets to New All-Time High
What Miner Capitulation? Bitcoin Difficulty Rockets to New All-Time High
News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 26, 2020 by Nick Chong

Earlier this year, fears were rife on Twitter of a Bitcoin "miner capitulation" in response to the March price crash and the block reward halving just months later. After the halving, certain analysts argued that the median miner was in the red as long as bitcoin traded below

Bitcoin Supply to See “Synchronized Audit" as Vitalik Buterin Agrees to Check Ethereum Supply
Bitcoin Supply to See “Synchronized Audit" as Vitalik Buterin Agrees to Check Ethereum Supply
News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 26, 2020 by Cole Petersen

The mystery surrounding Ethereum’s total ether supply may soon be clarified, as the blockchain’s creator, Vitalik Buterin, recently agreed to help orchestrate a coordinated audit of the total ether supply. Buterin agreed to the challenge during a recent appearance on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, in which he

Bitcoin Developer Pieter Wuille Leaves Blockstream, Joins Chaincode Labs
Bitcoin Developer Pieter Wuille Leaves Blockstream, Joins Chaincode Labs

In 2014, engineer Pieter Wuille abandoned his post at Google to join the Bitcoin development company Blockstream as a co-founder and core engineer. The developer is now moving on to Chaincode Labs, a research and development group focused on Bitcoin and related technologies. His exact job title is currently unknown.

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Sep 02, 2020
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Bitcoin Developer Pieter Wuille Leaves Blockstream, Joins Chaincode Labs
Bitcoin Developer Pieter Wuille Leaves Blockstream, Joins Chaincode Labs

In 2014, engineer Pieter Wuille abandoned his post at Google to join the Bitcoin development company Blockstream as a co-founder and core engineer. The developer is now moving on to Chaincode Labs, a research and development group focused on Bitcoin and related technologies. His exact job title is currently unknown.

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Sep 02, 2020
What Miner Capitulation? Bitcoin Difficulty Rockets to New All-Time High
What Miner Capitulation? Bitcoin Difficulty Rockets to New All-Time High

Earlier this year, fears were rife on Twitter of a Bitcoin "miner capitulation" in response to the March price crash and the block reward halving just months later. After the halving, certain analysts argued that the median miner was in the red as long as bitcoin traded below

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 26, 2020
Bitcoin Supply to See “Synchronized Audit" as Vitalik Buterin Agrees to Check Ethereum Supply
Bitcoin Supply to See “Synchronized Audit" as Vitalik Buterin Agrees to Check Ethereum Supply

The mystery surrounding Ethereum’s total ether supply may soon be clarified, as the blockchain’s creator, Vitalik Buterin, recently agreed to help orchestrate a coordinated audit of the total ether supply. Buterin agreed to the challenge during a recent appearance on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, in which he

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 26, 2020
Users Are Struggling to Boot Up Ethereum Full Nodes After "Supply Gate" Debate
Users Are Struggling to Boot Up Ethereum Full Nodes After "Supply Gate" Debate

The debate that started between members of the Bitcoin and Ethereum communities has continued into its second week. After worries about the extent of ether's circulating supply were largely put to bed by efforts sponsored by Kraken's Pierre Rochard, the focus has now shifted to Ethereum

News  -  Altcoins  -  Aug 24, 2020
Major LND Upgrade Enables Bigger Lightning Channels
Major LND Upgrade Enables Bigger Lightning Channels

Lightning Labs, a Bitcoin company backed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev, released lnd 0.11-beta on August 20th, an upgrade to the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) that allows for the operation of bigger Lightning channels. Since 2016, Lightning Labs, which recently raised a $10 million

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 23, 2020
Research: Users Could Have Saved 58,000 Bitcoin via Batching and SegWit Adoption
Research: Users Could Have Saved 58,000 Bitcoin via Batching and SegWit Adoption

As Bitcoin garners adoption as both a means of payment and a store of value, users are growing increasingly keen on reducing the fees they have to pay to get their transactions confirmed.  Segregated Witness (SegWit) and transaction batching, two technologies that help reduce Bitcoin transaction fees, are starting to

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 15, 2020
No, Wrapped Bitcoin Is Not a Competitor to the Lightning Network; Here’s Why
No, Wrapped Bitcoin Is Not a Competitor to the Lightning Network; Here’s Why

Multiple news outlets have recently run reports comparing the Lightning Network’s liquidity to that of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), an ERC20 token representing bitcoin issued on the Ethereum blockchain. The amount of liquidity within WBTC has surged in recent times, seemingly outpacing that of the Lightning Network. This trend has

News  -  Bitcoin  -  Aug 13, 2020
Researcher: Ethereum Network’s Reliance on "Fast" Sync Could Expose a Major Security Flaw
Researcher: Ethereum Network’s Reliance on "Fast" Sync Could Expose a Major Security Flaw

The crypto community has been enthralled in recent days by recent developments regarding Ethereum’s total supply – which remains a mystery despite attempts from Ethereum developers and community members to clarify the confusion. Pseudonymous researcher “Datavetaren” is now noting that a flaw within the default network structure of Ethereum could

News  -  Altcoins  -  Aug 12, 2020
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