Taproot Is Live! The Community Reacts To Bitcoin’s First Upgrade Since 2017
Ladies and gentlemen, we live in a Taproot world. The update will enhance Bitcoin’s performance and enable smart contract deployment. ...
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Bulletproofs: The Latest Technique to Improve Bitcoin’s Confidentiality
Amazing schemes and technological innovations are being tried and implemented to continuously enhance Bitcoin’s scalability, fungibility, financial confidentiality, and privacy. ...
Core Dev Maxwell: UASF ‘Does Not Measure Up To Standard’
Bitcoin core developer Greg Maxwell has newly outlined why he “does not support” a user-activated soft fork (UASF) as it ...
ASICBOOST: Bitmain to Respond ‘Soon’ to Exploit Accusations
Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu has vowed to respond 'soon' to accusations the miner is exploiting a Bitcoin vulnerability to manipulate ...
Goldman Sachs Spent $50M and All It Got Was This Lousy (Fiat) Startup
Developers and commentators have hit back at Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire after he announced his startup is permanently divorcing itself from ...
Bitcoin Gains Smart Contract Functionality With Zero Knowledge Contingent Payments
March 1, 2016 -- Zero Knowledge Contingent Payments are have been made a reality for Bitcoin users everywhere. Core dev ...
The Scoop on JoinMarket and Confidential Transactions
Today we’ll be taking a gander at JoinMarket and Confidential Transactions. I’ve known of these technologies for a while but ...
31 Bitcoin Contributors Sign Block Size Proposal By Gregory Maxwell
The Bitcoin block size debate is still far from over, as a new capacity increases page with initial signatures has ...
