Is Bitcoin Dead? Not the Part that Matters
Michael J Casey provides perspective on how bitcoin can move forward despite a bitter debate over a needed technical feature.
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Jan 23, 2016 at 5:10 p.m. UTC
Jan 23, 2016
Block Size
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Big Miners Back Bitcoin Classic As Scaling Debate Evolves
Following a months-long debate on how to scale the bitcoin network, bitcoin mining firms are voicing their support for a newly introduced proposal.
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Jan 23, 2016 at 5:17 a.m. UTC
Jan 23, 2016
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Bitcoin Industry Optimistic Amid Bitter Battle for Scaling Solution
At the first stop on bitcoin's annual event calendar, opinions were diverse and divisive on how the network can scale to accommodate new users.
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Jan 22, 2016 at 3:35 a.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2016
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Making Sense of Bitcoin's Divisive Block Size Debate
Confused about the current state of bitcoin's 'block size debate'? CoinDesk rounds up thoughts from a recent influx of blogs on the subject.
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Jan 19, 2016 at 10:16 p.m. UTC
Jan 19, 2016
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5 Big Questions for Bitcoin in 2016
Ryan Selkis of CoinDesk and Digital Currency Group asks 5 big questions of bitcoin for 2016.
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Jan 18, 2016 at 11:04 a.m. UTC
Jan 18, 2016
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Scalability Debate Continues As Bitcoin XT Proposal Stalls
As a key date for a proposed bitcoin scaling solution passes, CoinDesk looks at the current state of industry debate.
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Jan 11, 2016 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
Jan 11, 2016
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Bitcoin’s Bold Experiment: A Goldmine for Economic Researchers
Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael J Casey discusses why economic researchers should be interested in studying the blockchain industry.
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Jan 9, 2016 at 9:55 p.m. UTC
Jan 9, 2016
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Eating the Bitcoin Cake
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee discusses the trade-offs developers are currently considering as they seek to increase the bitcoin network's capacity.
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Dec 19, 2015 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Dec 19, 2015
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China’s Miners Heat Up Debate at Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong
Day one of Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong saw discussion and debate on proposals aiming to increase the processing power of the bitcoin blockchain.
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Dec 6, 2015 at 12:01 p.m. UTC
Dec 6, 2015
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Expectations High For Blocksize Debate Ahead of Hong Kong Summit
Bitcoin's block size debate will be given renewed life this weekend when some of the industry’s most influential stakeholders gather in Hong Kong.
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Dec 2, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 2, 2015