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On Relay: How Different Bitcoin Developers Are Speeding Up the Network (Part 1)

Aaron van Wirdum -
Head First Mining is a trick proposed by former Bitcoin Core lead developer Gavin Andresen. With Head First Mining, miners don’t wait for the complete block to arrive before they start mining a subsequent block. Instead, they immediately mine on top of the block header as soon as they receive it, and also forward the header to other nodes. This obviously saves time.
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How Bitcoin’s Second Halving Came and Went, and Not Much Happened

Aaron van Wirdum -
Bitcoin's block reward halved for the second time last week, from 25 to 12.5 bitcoins. The event, commonly referred to as “the halving” (or...
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Funderbeam Launches Blockchain-Based Trading and Investment Platform for Startups

Jessie Willms -
A year ago, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and Funderbeam co-founder, Urmas Peiker, had a vision of a blockchain-trading platform designed for new startups looking...
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The Halving: Then & Now – a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic

Aaron van Wirdum -
A new chapter in Bitcoin history has begun with the successful 2016 Bitcoin halving.
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BTCC and HaoBTC Dismiss Rumors of Hard Fork Threat by Chinese Bitcoin Miners

Kyle Torpey -
Late last week, a post on Chinese Bitcoin community website 8btc gained a lot of attention in certain English-language Bitcoin circles, particularly the subreddit...
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Bitcoin Miners Share Optimism as Second Bitcoin Halving Approaches

Aaron van Wirdum -
The second so-called Bitcoin “block halving” is fast approaching. This week, as three-quarters of all bitcoins have been mined, the block subsidy will decrease...
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Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Fund XBT Provider Resumes Trading Following Acquisition by Global Advisors

Rebecca Campbell -
The XBT Provider instruments Bitcoin Tracker One (Ticker: COINXBT) and Bitcoin Tracker EUR (Ticker: COINXBE) have resumed trading in Stockholm after Nasdaq approved Global Advisors...
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Here’s How Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Could Fail

Kyle Torpey -
The Lightning Network is viewed by many in the Bitcoin community as the network’s best hope for long-term scalability. The concept uses payment channels...
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Does BIP 75 Really Threaten Bitcoin’s Fungibility?

Kyle Torpey -
On Wednesday, the Bitcoin community went into a tizzy over BIP 75 (BIP stands for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) which is, in short, a layer-2 protocol...
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Updated: Segregated Witness Merged Into Bitcoin Core Release

Kyle Torpey -
Updated at 1:40pm EST:Segregated Witness has been merged into Bitcoin Core.Original article:During a Bitcoin Core development meeting on Thursday, it was decided that the...
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Sweden Conducts Trials of a Blockchain Smart Contracts Technology for Land Registry

John Camdir -
The Swedish National Land Survey (Lantmäteriet) recently announced that it is conducting trials of a system that uses blockchain technology for land registration. The...
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Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 3: Completing the Puzzle and Closing the Channel

Aaron van Wirdum -
The Lightning Network is probably the most highly anticipated technological innovation that will be deployed on top of Bitcoin. The payment layer, first proposed...
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