Bitcoin Protocol

Startup Accelerator Boost VC Hosting Silicon Valley Bitcoin Hackathon
Hosting a bitcoin hackathon is a way for Boost VC to encourage new business ideas within the cryptocurrency industry.

Bitcoin Core Developers Weigh in on Side Chain Proposal
Would bitcoin benefit from having multiple extra blockchains? Two influential figures think so.

Bitcoin Core Version 0.9.1 Fixes Heartbleed Vulnerability
Bitcoin Core Version 0.9.1 is out and it has addressed the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability, also known as CVE-2014-0160.

Gavin Andresen Steps Down as Bitcoin's Lead Developer
Andresen will focus on his Bitcoin Foundation work, leaving the lead developer role to Wladimir van der Laan.

CrowdCurity 'Capture the Coin' Contest Rewards Bug Finders With Bitcoin
The novel bug-finding scheme rewards security researchers for locating private bitcoin keys hidden within a website.

Cloud Hashing CEO on Hardware, Network Growth and the Threat of Pools
Emmanuel Abiodun describes his flexible attitude to mining hardware and says big pools are nothing to worry about.

Professor Susan Athey: 'If People Use It, Bitcoin Has Intrinsic Value'
The economist explains what gives bitcoin value, its worth as an investment and the purity of the protocol.

Why Goldman Sachs Got it Wrong on Bitcoin
The company says bitcoin is just a promising payments technology. It is that, and much more, says Ariel Deschapell.

UBS: Banks Could 'Absorb the Benefits' of Bitcoin
In a new report, UBS indicated it sees bitcoin's technology as capable of reducing financial costs while improving security.

Study: Mt. Gox May Have Lost Just 386 BTC Due to Transaction Malleability
Researchers at ETH Zurich University question whether transaction malleability played an extensive role in Mt. Gox's bitcoin losses.

