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Bitcoin protocol
'Super UASF': Could a Clever Idea Break Bitcoin's Scaling Deadlock?
An experimental 'user-activated soft fork' for pushing through a controversial bitcoin code change took another step forward this week
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By Alyssa Hertig
Mar 15, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 15, 2017
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Bitcoin protocol
Inside MAST: The Little-Known Plan to Advance Bitcoin Smart Contracts
Bitcoin could soon be endowed with a range of new technical improvements including greater smart-contract functionality.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Feb 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 7, 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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Litecoin
Litecoin Moves to Adopt Bitcoin's SegWit Scaling Upgrade
Segregated witness, originally proposed as a workaround solution to the bitcoin scaling issue, is moving closer to rollout on the litecoin network.
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By Stan Higgins
Feb 3, 2017 at 1:40 p.m. UTC
Feb 3, 2017
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Hardware-wallets
Construct 2017: Life After SegWit? Bitcoin Gridlock Takes the Stage
Construct's open-source developer conference saw notable discussions, though talk of bitcoin's scaling issues was a persistent theme.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Jan 31, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2017
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Bitcoin protocol
New Bitcoin Software Update Boasts 55 Fixes
A new bitcoin software update boasts more than 50 changes to the digital currency's codebase.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Jan 4, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 4, 2017
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Technology
2017: The Second Era of Bitcoin Begins
Akin Fernandez gives a passionate overview of the cryptocurrency industry's year – 12 months that he says prove "there can be only one bitcoin".
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By Akin Fernandez
Dec 17, 2016 at 3:18 p.m. UTC
Dec 17, 2016
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Bitcoin
2016: The Year That Wasn't For Bitcoin
Jim Harper takes aim at bitcoin's so-called "successes" in 2016, arguing that deficient dialogue is holding back it and other blockchain-based monies.
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By Jim Harper
Dec 15, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2016
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Exchanges
Why Aren't Bitcoin Businesses Talking About SegWit?
Despite the size of the change, bitcoin businesses have yet to champion a newly introduced protocol upgrade.
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By Pete Rizzo
Nov 28, 2016 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 28, 2016
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Bitcoin protocol
Bitcoin Miners Can Now Signal Support for SegWit
If they so choose, miners can now safely signal their support for a major bitcoin update.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Nov 18, 2016 at 2:14 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2016
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