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Editorial 19 March 2019

Bitcoin and Crony Capitalism

Bitcoin in its intended stable form is powerful enough to revolutionise the entire world for the better. Sound global money, that, with an intact protocol, cannot be corrupted by any single government, company or individual.

Bitcoin SV devs and miners remove another limitation to scale Bitcoin
Tech 24 January 2019

Bitcoin SV devs and miners remove another limitation to scale Bitcoin

Bitcoin software has been plagued by artificial limitations since day one. Inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto put some of these limits in place as a means to bootstrap the project, and suitably commented that such limits were temporary. Increasing the blocksize, which Bitcoin SV has been leading the charge in, is the removal of one restriction.

Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake
Editorial 28 May 2018

Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake

One of the primary tenets that underpins Bitcoin’s operation is its Proof Of Work algorithm, but there’s been a snowballing movement among many crypto enthusiasts to what is now known as Proof Of Stake (PoS).

Selfish mining
Editorial 3 April 2018

The “Selfish Mining” saga continues

The idea on the surface seems to make sense. A “selfish miner” who discovers a block, can choose to keep the discovered block a secret.

Lightning Network scalabity woes
Business 19 February 2018

Lightning Network scalabity woes

Lightning Network can have some excellent use cases, particularly for HFT (high frequency trading) - like transactions between big entities.