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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
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
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 01, 2020
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 01, 2020
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 25, 2020
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 25, 2020
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 23, 2020
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 22, 2020
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 14, 2020
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 12, 2020
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 11, 2020