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While Bitcoin (BTC) is the first, largest, and the most popular cryptocurrency, it is certainly not perfect. Even though the it is often seen as a standard for the crypto world, a single flaw in the right place would be enough to bring it down. One such flaw...
Conspiracy theories are spreading throughout the cryptocurrency community after Twitter suspended the @Bitcoin Twitter account over the weekend. @Bitcoin Twitter Account Gets Suspended, Sparks Conspiracy Theories Over the weekend of April 7-8, the @Bitcoin Twitter account, which is run by an anonymous user, was briefly taken over by two...
Bitcoin is undergoing some big changes as we speak. In the latest client update, SegWit becomes enabled by default. It is a big step forward to improving the scalability of this cryptocurrency ecosystem. Boosting SegWit Adoption Quite some time ago, the Bitcoin network was slated to receive a...
As if Bitcoin miners didn’t have enough forks on their plate another one is coming up on Christmas day of all things. In addition to an already heavily forked cryptocurrency that consists of Bitcoin Classic, the now-defunct Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Cash, and Bitcoin Gold, they will soon be...
A lot of discussions in the Bitcoin world are political in nature these days. There is a very big group of people who support Bitcoin Core no matter what. Others favor Bitcoin Cash simply because it is as anti-Core as it gets. The rest just wants a better...
Highly regarded Bitcoin Core developer and cryptocurrency consultant Peter Todd has criticized the cancellation of the SegWit2x hard fork and the “waste” of resources used throughout the development of the software. Cancellation of SegWit2x On November 8, the development and deployment of the SegWit2x hard fork were officially...
Bitcoin enthusiasts will have noticed there is a lot of discussion regarding network nodes. It turns out things are not as black-and-white as assumed at first. A new graph goes to show over 93% of network nodes supporting Bitcoin Core. Not all of the nodes actively signal for...
One of the main issues people have with the Bitcoin Core client is how slow it works. To be more specific, synchronizing the blockchain takes up quite a lot of time. Developers have found a way to speed up this process by as much as 48%. It appears...
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts looking to download the Bitcoin Core client may receive a strange error. In a lot of cases, a Trojan alert will show up, indicating the file download is potentially malicious. However, that does not seem to be the case, and this alert is a false positive....
The ongoing battle between Bitcoin Unlimited and Bitcoin Core continues. For the first time in a while, Bitcoin unlimited support is outpacing SegWit support. Although this may only be a temporary trend, it goes to show the mining world remains undecided on how Bitcoin should evolve. Moreover, it...
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