Business 18 January 2019

Russia denies claim it will purchase $50 billion in crypto

According to the chair of Russian government’s crypto group, Elina Sidorenko, the Russian Federation – like any other country in the world – is simply not ready to combine its traditional financial system with cryptocurrencies.

Editorial 17 January 2019

Bitcoin Core’s SegWit still not viable a year after being introduced

Now, we’re looking at SegWit and wondering why, over a year after it was going to “rock the crypto world,” it is still floundering, not able to achieve the success its developers anticipated.

Business 31 December 2018

New Bitcoin Core payment solution rejects Roger Ver’s marriage proposal

A recent attempt by Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponent Roger Ver to expand the platform’s capabilities was met with an immediate rejection. 

Tech 27 December 2018

OKEx officially launches Perpetual Swap on its website and app

OKEx has officially launched Perpetual Swap, allowing users to wager on the futures of BTC.

Editorial 4 December 2018

Crypto crash creating credibility, not chaos

The cryptocurrency sell-off has a number of investors singing the blues. More than a handful of individuals bought into crypto following Bitcoin Core’s (BTC) massive price gains last year, expecting to see the same explosive growth in 2018.

Editorial 2 October 2018

Luke attacks Roger, is proven wrong, deletes evidence, fails to apologise

Unfortunately for Luke, the Internet is a little bit like the blockchain. What happens on the internet, tends to stay on the internet.

Business 2 October 2018

Bug bounty platform HackerOne accepts Bitcoin BCH payments

The bug bounty platform HackerOne has become the first bug bounty operator to accept Bitcoin BCH and Bitcoin Core (BTC) from its clients around the world.

Editorial 23 July 2018

SegWit one year later: Where is it now?

There has been an adoption of SegWit, from August until now, of around 40%. However, the overall number of daily BTC transactions has actually dropped—almost precisely at the same time the soft fork was introduced.

Tech 4 April 2018

New Bitcoin Core algorithm seeks to ‘tidy up’ coin selection code

Coin selection looks set for a major overhaul, as part of ongoing attempts to reduce transaction fees. However, concerns were raised over the new model’s impact on BTC fungibility, with Bitcoin Cash already offering more effective mechanics than the new algorithm could deliver.

Business 21 March 2018

‘Satoshi is a G’: Canadian artist raps about Bitcoin Cash in new song

Bitcoin Cash recently got a little boost from the music world when rapper Lil Windex released a video about the cryptocurrency.

Tech 5 March 2018

Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 is finally released with full Segwit support

the development team responsible for the Segwit fork of Bitcoin, finally released an update to their client, featuring full support for Segregated Witness.

Business 27 February 2018

Core Dev Peter Todd admits Lightning Network has issues

Lightning Network has indeed come short on many fronts, and many people are beginning to question if it really is up to the task.