Bitcoin Drops Below $380 as Developer Exit Sparks Sell-Off Across Early Crypto Markets
TL;DR Bitcoin fell to $380.29 on January 28, 2016, down over 11% from the start of the month Mike Hearn’s […]
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Bitcoin Classic Emerges as New Contender in the Block Size War — What It Means for the Network
TL;DR Bitcoin Classic launched as a new client proposing a 2 MB block size increase, splitting from both Bitcoin Core
BIP 9 Proposal Could Streamline Bitcoin Protocol Upgrades With Parallel Soft Fork Deployment
A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal is gaining attention across the cryptocurrency community as developers search for better ways to upgrade
Bitcoin Classic Emerges as 2MB Scaling Solution Amid Network Debate
Bitcoin Classic Emerges as 2MB Scaling Solution Amid Network Debate TL;DR Bitcoin Classic proposes increasing block size from 1MB to
Zcash Launches Alpha Version with Revolutionary Zero-Knowledge Privacy Technology
Zcash Launches Alpha Version with Revolutionary Zero-Knowledge Privacy Technology TL;DR Zcash introduces alpha version with zero-knowledge proofs for complete transaction
Bitcoin Network Architecture Under Stress: How Consensus Mechanisms Held Firm After the Hearn Shockwave
The Architecture On January 23, 2016, the Bitcoin network found itself at the center of an unprecedented stress test —
Bitcoin Blockchain Capacity Crisis Reaches Boiling Point as Mike Hearn Declares the Network Failed
TL;DR Former Bitcoin Core developer Mike Hearn declares Bitcoin a failed experiment in a widely circulated blog post The 1MB
Vitalik Buterin Unveils Blockchain Privacy Blueprint: Cryptographic Obfuscation and the Road to Confidential Smart Contracts
TL;DR Vitalik Buterin publishes a landmark essay on blockchain privacy solutions on the Ethereum Foundation blog Cryptographic obfuscation identified as
Lightning Network Whitepaper Ignites New Hope for Bitcoin Scaling Amid Growing Block Size Crisis
The Core Concept On January 14, 2016, while the cryptocurrency community reels from Mike Hearn’s dramatic exit and declaration that
Bitcoin Defies Critics With 40% Annual Gain as Best-Performing Currency of 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, Bitcoin has silenced its skeptics by emerging as the best-performing currency of the year.