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Spain to Pursue Research into Central Bank Digital Currencies, Report Says
Spain to Pursue Research into Central Bank Digital Currencies, Report Says
News  •  Technology  •  Oct 16, 2020 by Nick Chong

Moving in line with other central banks, the Bank of Spain is working to pursue digital currencies further, a new plan released on Friday indicates. The Spanish central bank, also known as Banco de España, released a strategic plan for its operations in the four years ahead. Along with noting

Max Keiser: Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Will Continue to Soar As Faith in Fiat Dwindles
Max Keiser: Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Will Continue to Soar As Faith in Fiat Dwindles
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 14, 2020 by Will Heasman

Bitcoin’s hash rate, a measure of network power, hit its zenith this week, which, according to Max Keiser, could signify the beginning of the end for fiat.  Bitcoin's hash rate has annexed approximately 60% to its total hash rate since the halving in May, climbing from a

ROOM77: The Berlin Bar that Bootstrapped Bitcoin Is Closing
ROOM77: The Berlin Bar that Bootstrapped Bitcoin Is Closing

It's closing time for ROOM77; the self-avowed "restaurant at the end of capitalism." The Berlin-based cypherpunk watering hole is among the first-ever bars to embrace Bitcoin - not just as a means of payments, but as a concept too. The news was broken by Bitcoin activist,

Feature  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 18, 2020
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ROOM77: The Berlin Bar that Bootstrapped Bitcoin Is Closing
ROOM77: The Berlin Bar that Bootstrapped Bitcoin Is Closing

It's closing time for ROOM77; the self-avowed "restaurant at the end of capitalism." The Berlin-based cypherpunk watering hole is among the first-ever bars to embrace Bitcoin - not just as a means of payments, but as a concept too. The news was broken by Bitcoin activist,

Feature  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 18, 2020
Spain to Pursue Research into Central Bank Digital Currencies, Report Says
Spain to Pursue Research into Central Bank Digital Currencies, Report Says

Moving in line with other central banks, the Bank of Spain is working to pursue digital currencies further, a new plan released on Friday indicates. The Spanish central bank, also known as Banco de España, released a strategic plan for its operations in the four years ahead. Along with noting

News  •  Technology  •  Oct 16, 2020
Max Keiser: Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Will Continue to Soar As Faith in Fiat Dwindles
Max Keiser: Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Will Continue to Soar As Faith in Fiat Dwindles

Bitcoin’s hash rate, a measure of network power, hit its zenith this week, which, according to Max Keiser, could signify the beginning of the end for fiat.  Bitcoin's hash rate has annexed approximately 60% to its total hash rate since the halving in May, climbing from a

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 14, 2020
Schnorr and Taproot Upgrade Proposal Merged Into Bitcoin Core
Schnorr and Taproot Upgrade Proposal Merged Into Bitcoin Core

The implementation of the Schnorr/Taproot consensus rules has been merged into Bitcoin Core. However, the upgrade's activation method has yet to be determined. The pull request was originally created by Bitcoin Core contributor Pieter Wuille on September 13th and has gone through extensive review and testing over

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 14, 2020
BlueWallet Integrates PayJoin to Boost User Privacy
BlueWallet Integrates PayJoin to Boost User Privacy

BlueWallet, a Bitcoin-based mobile wallet, just shipped its latest update. Among a litany of fixes, the wallet now allows users to mix coins, conferring additional transaction privacy. The inbuilt mixer, known as PayJoin, is a CoinJoin variant occurring between two parties that obscures transaction origins, making them harder to trace.

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 07, 2020
Nakamoto's 12.3M-Digit Bitcoin Code Is Now Physical Artwork
Nakamoto's 12.3M-Digit Bitcoin Code Is Now Physical Artwork

One part of a 40-piece artwork tribute to Bitcoin’s 12.3 million-digit code is going under the hammer at auction house Christie's in New York on October 7th, allowing enthusiasts to purchase and save a symbolic physical piece of the pioneer cryptocurrency forever. Up for sale at

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Oct 06, 2020
Bitcoin Upgrade: GLV Endomorphism Tests Show 28% Faster Verification
Bitcoin Upgrade: GLV Endomorphism Tests Show 28% Faster Verification

A recent test by Casa co-founder Jameson Lopp revealed that enabling the GLV Endomorphism implementation for Bitcoin Core can make the network faster and more efficient by several notches. Lopp tweeted Monday, “I ran 4 different syncs of Bitcoin Core to benchmark the real-world performance improvements offered by enabling GLV

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 30, 2020
Blockstream Launches AQUA: a New Bitcoin & Liquid Wallet
Blockstream Launches AQUA: a New Bitcoin & Liquid Wallet

A new wallet designed for the next wave of Bitcoin and Liquid asset adoption Bitcoin’s leading sidechain, the Liquid Network, is about to get a lot easier to use following today’s release of AQUA, a simple iOS mobile wallet designed for the mass adoption of digital assets. “We

Press Release  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 28, 2020
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