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Is Bitcoin Anonymous? A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Aaron van Wirdum -
Bitcoin is not anonymous, but, rather, pseudo-anonymous. By now, most Bitcoin veterans know this. It’s less obvious to many, however, why Bitcoin is...
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Bitcoin NG, or How Cornell Researchers Think a Radical Redesign Can Solve Bitcoin’s Scaling Issues

Aaron van Wirdum -
The block-size limit dispute, at its heart, represents a trade-off between efficiency and security. Bigger blocks allow for more transactions on the Bitcoin network...
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Are Blocks Filling up, and Is That a Problem?

Aaron van Wirdum -
With the recent spike in bitcoin's exchange rate, there has been a surge in transaction volume on the Bitcoin network, too. And while most...
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Can Flexcaps Settle Bitcoin’s Block Size Dispute?

Aaron van Wirdum -
The block size dispute, perhaps the first ever real political controversy within the Bitcoin community, has raged for years, with no clear long-term solution...
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Slock.it to Introduce Smart Locks Linked to Smart Ethereum Contracts, Decentralize the Sharing Economy

Giulio Prisco -
Smart contracts, a feature of “Bitcoin 2.0” technologies such as Ethereum, could soon operate on the Internet of Things (IoT), control objects in...
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CheckLockTimeVerify, or How a Time-Lock Patch Will Boost Bitcoin’s Potential

Aaron van Wirdum -
CheckLockTimeVerify (CLTV) has been merged into Bitcoin Core. This is generally considered great news, because it means that Bitcoin's potential has improved drastically....
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: BIP 101 is the Best Proposal We’ve Seen So Far

Aaron van Wirdum -
Brian Armstrong, CEO of record-funded Bitcoin wallet service and exchange Coinbase, plans a code update to allow for bigger blocks in the second week...
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Bitnet Willing to Adopt Alternative Block Increase Proposals, Too

Aaron van Wirdum -
Bitcoin payment processor Bitnet has indicated it is willing to implement block-increase proposals other than BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) 101. This makes Bitnet the...
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BitPay CEO Stephen Pair: We’re Open to Alternative Block-size Proposals

Aaron van Wirdum -
BitPay, one of the top funded companies and most-used payment processor in the Bitcoin industry, is open to alternative block-size proposals – not just...
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Bitcoin Blocksize Debate to Continue at DevCore with Garzik, Andresen, Antonopoulos and others

Jessie Willms -
Bitcoin luminaries Gavin Andresen, Andreas Antonopoulos, Matt Corallo, Jeff Garzik, Charlie Lee, Greg Maxwell, and Michael Perklin are among the speakers appearing at this...
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Debunking the 11 Most Stubborn Lightning Network Myths

Aaron van Wirdum -
Earlier this year, Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja released the Lightning Network white paper. In it they theorize how a layer on top of...
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Blockstream to Launch First, Instant-Settlement Sidechain for Bitcoin Exchanges

Aaron van Wirdum -
Blockstream has announced it will launch its first commercial Bitcoin sidechain by early 2016. The sidechain, codenamed “Liquid,” offers instant transactions, providing a fast...
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