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The following opinion piece was written by Jonald Fyookball. So you’ve heard of Bitcoin Cash — one of the top cryptocurrencies along with BTC and Ethereum. But why does it exist? Is it a cheap copy of Bitcoin? A pump-and-dump scheme? An attempt to hijack the brand and attack Bitcoin? In my estimation, the opposite … Read more
Answering demands from the private and public sectors, US government scientists have created a guide to the technology behind bitcoin and its applications for a variety of uses. Among various issues, the 59-page report explains that, “technically, Bitcoin is a fork and Bitcoin Cash is the original blockchain.” Also Read: Singapore Mall Sells Cryptocurrency Mining … Read more
GDAX has started trading Bitcoin Cash (BCH) this morning as of 9 AM PST with little fanfare, price jumps. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The North American Bitcoin Conference stopped accepting BTC for tickets due to “network congestion” #BRIEF Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Transaction fees, a bugbear for many in the bitcoin community, are on their way down. Spiraling fees were a contentious issue that reached fever pitch in the twilight of 2017. But with the dawn of a new year, bitcoin has been blessed with reduced fees, set against a backdrop of increased Segwit adoption. Also read: … Read more
The bitcoin cash community moved one step closer to having their own address format today with the release of Bitcoin ABC 0.16.2. The full node implementation of BCH includes a switch to a proprietary address format to distinguish it from bitcoin core. It is hoped that this will eliminate issues of BCH being sent to … Read more
It’s SegWit2x, but not the original SegWit2x. This version has virtually unknown “developers” who stand to profit from a vast premine. Oh, and they think they can “unlock” Satoshi’s coins. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
As BitPay implements and retracts an update to the minimum payment size on its platform over the span of just two days, users are frustrated over the lack of SegWit support. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The Coinbase development team has been accused of “technical incompetence” after amassing millions of UTXOs through careless housekeeping. Unspent Transaction Outputs, or UTXOs, are the change that’s left after sending a bitcoin payment. Wallet providers are supposed to sweep these crumbs up and bundle them in with future transactions. Coinbase, it transpires, has been hoarding … Read more
Smart contracts on Bitcoin? Chain annonces Ivy, a programming language that makes it easier to code on Bitcoin’s network. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
