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Block Size

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Charts: Determining the Ideal Block Size for Bitcoin
What's the ideal block size? CoinDesk contributor Willy Woo analyzes the charts for answers in his latest opinion piece.
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By Willy Woo
Mar 24, 2017 at 6:35 p.m. UTC
Mar 24, 2017
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Roger ver
The Passion of 'Bitcoin Jesus': How The Blockchain's Most Beloved Investor Became its Most Polarizing
Roger Ver, a key figure among bitcoin’s first disciples is now the community's biggest advocate for the minority side of the block-size debate.
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By Bailey Reutzel
Feb 5, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. UTC
Feb 5, 2017
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Blocked By Block Size, Bitcoin's Brain Trust Goes Back to Basics
Day two at the Satoshi Roundtable saw guests try to break new ground on some of the larger issues facing bitcoin and regroup around its core values.
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By Pete Rizzo
Jan 26, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 26, 2017
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ViaBTC Sparks Bitcoin Scaling Debate in Reddit AMA
The head of a Chinese mining pool backing an alternative bitcoin implementation completed a Reddit AMA earlier today.
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By Stan Higgins
Nov 17, 2016 at 8:05 p.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2016
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Technology
One in Four Bitcoin Nodes Are Now Upgraded for SegWit
Bitcoin network data shows that 25 percent of nodes worldwide are signaling support for Segregated Witness.
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By Stan Higgins
Nov 11, 2016 at 5:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 11, 2016
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Bitcoin protocol
Preparing for a Bitcoin Hard Fork
Amid controversy, bitcoin developers see a need to begin researching more drastic technical changes to the network.
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By Bailey Reutzel
Sep 14, 2016 at 12:20 p.m. UTC
Sep 14, 2016
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Technology
It Isn't 'Consensus': Toward Cooler Protocol Debates
The idea that bitcoin and blockchains run on "consensus" among their users is counterproductive, argues Jim harper.
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By Jim Harper
Sep 10, 2016 at 3:48 p.m. UTC
Sep 10, 2016
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Technology
Did Ethereum's Fork Validate Bitcoin Block Size Conservatism?
CoinDesk explores how the ethereum hard fork affected sentiment regarding bitcoin's long-raging block size debate.
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By Stan Higgins
Aug 26, 2016 at 5:06 p.m. UTC
Aug 26, 2016
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Decentralization & Governance: Can Bitcoin Have the Best of Both?
In this opinion piece, contributor Ariel Deschapell asks, can bitcoin have decentralized governance without defining decentralization?
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By Ariel Deschapell
Aug 13, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 13, 2016
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