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What is SegWit? Understanding Bitcoin’s segregated witness
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What is SegWit? Understanding Bitcoin’s segregated witness

Interested in knowing what is SegWit? Read our in-depth explanation of the technology, its origins, and its uses in the Bitcoin (BTC) network. Staying current with technical innovations in crypto is crucial for anyone involved, whether you’re a miner, trader,…
BitMEX announces changes to customer BTC addresses
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BitMEX announces changes to customer BTC addresses

BitMEX says the update will not bring a ‘big change’ to its wallet security as the signature scheme is already used for hot withdrawal processing. Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is changing all of its customer Bitcoin (BTC) deposit addresses starting Nov.…
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Litecoin SegWit Adoption Reaches 80% with Bitcoin Still Far Behind
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Litecoin SegWit Adoption Reaches 80% with Bitcoin Still Far Behind

Segregated Witness (SegWit) adoption on Litecoin (LTC) is reaching new heights as penetration on the Bitcoin (BTC) chain is beyond the halfway point. However, the delay in platforms like Blockchain.com to get onboard the SegWit train still means users are…
BitMEX Exchange now Supports Withdrawals to Native SegWit Addresses
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BitMEX Exchange now Supports Withdrawals to Native SegWit Addresses

Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX) a bitcoin trading venue that offers professional traders up to 100x leverage, Bitcoin futures and swaps, has announced that it now enabled Bech32 sending support on its platform, making it possible for its users to withdraw…
Litecoin Trumps Bitcoin in SegWit Adoption
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Litecoin Trumps Bitcoin in SegWit Adoption

SegWit or ‘segregated witness’, is a protocol that reduces the size of transactions and allows for improved malleability of Bitcoin. Adoption of this protocol has surged on Litecoin ahead of Bitcoin, and Charlie Lee believes its success of Litecoin has…
Block Size Debate Rehashed: Incentives to Run a Full Node Versus a Low Fee Market
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Block Size Debate Rehashed: Incentives to Run a Full Node Versus a Low Fee Market

Recently, Bitcoin users discovered that many 2 MB blocks were showing up as a result of SegWit adoption and a resulting increase in block capacity. Throughput on the Bitcoin network went from three transactions per second to seven transactions per…
Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Complete: Summary of Upgrades and Changes
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Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Complete: Summary of Upgrades and Changes

The long-awaited bi-annual hard fork on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has been rolled out as of 15 May 2019. Schnorr signatures and recovery from SegWit addresses are the biggest takeaways from the hard fork.  Network Upgraded Bitcoin Cash’s network has finally…
Gemini Exchange Implements SegWit Protocol for Bitcoin Wallet
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Gemini Exchange Implements SegWit Protocol for Bitcoin Wallet

According to a Medium post published April 15, 2019, Winklevoss brothers-backed Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has completed the SegWit upgrade of its Bitcoin wallet. Gemini Upgrades to SegWit Protocol The Winklevoss brothers’ affinity for cryptocurrencies is no secret. For the multi-millionaire…
A Year in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: Q1 2018
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A Year in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: Q1 2018

It is perhaps no secret that the cryptocurrency market failed to meet the expectations of most investors this year. While 2017 was widely regarded to be the year cryptocurrencies and ICOs reached mainstream popularity, 2018 has been impactful in a…
Charlie Lee and Roger Ver Debate Lightning Network’s Viability
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Charlie Lee and Roger Ver Debate Lightning Network’s Viability

Bitcoin Cash’s most vocal advocate Roger Ver and Litecoin creator Charlie Lee sat down for a conversation touching on various topics relevant to digital currencies as well as the cryptocurrency community. The debate was held at the end of the…
Report: Bitcoin’s New Price Ceiling at $100,000
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Report: Bitcoin’s New Price Ceiling at $100,000

An article published October 8, 2018, talks about why Bitcoin’s highest valuation is now $100,000. This number is derived from the strong relationship between network activity and price that the cryptocurrency has shown in the past. In layman terms, the…
Full SegWit Support with the New Bitcoin Deployment (Version 0.16.0)
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Full SegWit Support with the New Bitcoin Deployment (Version 0.16.0)

After much back and forth, SegWit (Segregated Witness) was rolled out in August 2017. It is now prompting developers to assemble an almost “themed” release that will see a new level of congregation for the Bitcoin creator fraternity. Driven primarily…
A Beginner’s Guide to Newcomer RaiBlock
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A Beginner’s Guide to Newcomer RaiBlock

Since the release of bitcoin in 2009 and by extension, the cryptocurrency ecosystem, have both come a long way. Tossing aside the inevitable discussion about bitcoin’s, which reached astronomical highs in 2017, the past year was also a significant one…
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Electrum 3.0 is first Wallet to enable Bech32 SegWit Addresses
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Electrum 3.0 is first Wallet to enable Bech32 SegWit Addresses

Last week Electrum 3.0 was released. The new version of the most popular Bitcoin wallet does not just support SegWit, but also uses the new address format Bech32. Electrum 3.0 could be one of the most interesting upgrades of the…
Understanding Block Weight: How much Capacity does SegWit really Give?
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Understanding Block Weight: How much Capacity does SegWit really Give?

With SegWit2x we’ll soon experience the activation of SegWit. Block size will be replaced by block weight, transactions capacity will be increased, and fees will fall. But how exactly and to what scope is not an easy question. In recent…
SegWit2x Alpha is Out: More than 75 percent of Blocks Signal Support
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SegWit2x Alpha is Out: More than 75 percent of Blocks Signal Support

On June 16, Jeff Garzik announced the Alpha release of SegWit2x. After all, miners who have signed the agreement started to signal for its activation, SegWit2x is nearly instantly backed by more than 75 percent of the hash rate. The…
UASF: The Revolt that Will Not Happen
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UASF: The Revolt that Will Not Happen

The User-Activated Soft Fork (UASF) wants to enforce SegWit against the will of the miners. After the movement had gained a growing momentum, it had to gulp serious drawbacks in the past weeks. Neither exchanges, miners nor Core developers stand...
Silbert’s Agreement: How a Broad Alliance of Miners and Companies Declared the end of Bitcoin’s Scaling Wars
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Silbert’s Agreement: How a Broad Alliance of Miners and Companies Declared the end of Bitcoin’s Scaling Wars

Did we, finally, do it? A consortium of Bitcoin companies and miners announced an agreement about the year long fight for an increase of Bitcoin’s capacity; SegWit should be activated soon, and a hard fork will increase the block size...
Number of Unconfirmed Transactions Reaches All Time High: Heated Community Discusses Solutions
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Number of Unconfirmed Transactions Reaches All Time High: Heated Community Discusses Solutions

Never before has the Bitcoin Blockchain seen such a large traffic jam. The number of unconfirmed transactions reached a level, at which it hurts. The Bitcoin economy is not amused; BitPay’s Stephen Pair speaks out with exceptional clarity, while Barry...
Litecoin Breathes Life into Segregated Witness
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Litecoin Breathes Life into Segregated Witness

After a month-long deliberation, the Litecoin community came to a consensus to activate Segregated Witness on Litecoin. On May 10, Litecoin creator and Coinbase Director of Engineering Charlie Lee celebrated the implementation of SegWit on his social media; litecoin will...
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Probability of Bitcoin Unlimited Hard Fork Execution: Where It Is Now
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Probability of Bitcoin Unlimited Hard Fork Execution: Where It Is Now

The majority of the Bitcoin community believes a hard fork execution will not occur anytime soon. Experts and developers including Andreas Antonopoulos, BitGo engineer Jameson Lopp and Charlie Shrem have noted that Bitcoin Unlimited is not ready for production and...
The World’s Biggest Mining Pool Mines a couple of Bitcoin Unlimited Blocks
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The World’s Biggest Mining Pool Mines a couple of Bitcoin Unlimited Blocks

AntPool, the world’s biggest Bitcoin mining pool, finally makes its actions speak rather than its words. After complaining about the unsolved capacity problems, the pool mined a couple of Bitcoin Unlimited blocks. But the story is far from clear. You...
Litecoin Creator: “I think there’s a General Confusion that SegWit Signaling is a Vote.”
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Litecoin Creator: “I think there’s a General Confusion that SegWit Signaling is a Vote.”

Like in Bitcoin, Litecoin miners bristle to signal support for the protocol upgrade SegWit. An AMA with Litecoin chief developer Charlie Lee demonstrates how much of the political conflicts of Bitcoin has spilled over into Litecoin – and how far...
1nd Alpha Release: Lightning Network Open to Developer Testing
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1nd Alpha Release: Lightning Network Open to Developer Testing

The Lightning Network has always been seen as a solution to help alleviate the scalability problems we have seen in Bitcoin as daily transactions continue to rise. Due to the fixed block size of 1MB, Bitcoin can only handle seven...
The Ballot Regarding Bitcoin’s Future has Begun
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The Ballot Regarding Bitcoin’s Future has Begun

SegWit or Unlimited? The miners will proceed to vote on how to scale Bitcoin. Everything depends on the decision of the mining pools. If no solution wins, Bitcoin will remain unchanged. You may not have noticed, but Bitcoin is underway...
ViaBTC Loses Hash Power; Impact on Bitcoin Core
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ViaBTC Loses Hash Power; Impact on Bitcoin Core

In a controversial announcement, major bitcoin mining pool ViaBTC publicly stated that all of its hash power will be allocated to mining Bitcoin Unlimited blocks, a hard fork proposal intended to increase the block size to a capacity that miners...
Release of Bitcoin Core 0.13.1: Activation Plan for SegWit
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Release of Bitcoin Core 0.13.1: Activation Plan for SegWit

After a long time of waiting, it finally happens; the release of Bitcoin Core 0.13.1 prepares the activation of Segregated Witness. Since October 27, the new release has been available for download. But the new transaction format will not get...