Double spend, newspeak, and the case for magic numbers
On January 21, a double spend of $21 happened on the BTC network. Kurt Wuckert Jr. explains why there is a lot more than meets the eye in this attack
Latest BTC Core News
Responding to Antonopoulos on the BTC double-spend analysis
BitMex Research’s ForkMonitor recently detected a split in the BTC chain, where the temporarily leading chain was re-org’d, and therefore 1 block was orphaned.
Bitcoin Core is heading in the wrong direction with block sizes
Bitcoin Core’s backlog of transactions has increased as developers are suggesting a reduction in the block size.
Jonald Fyookball: SegWit dismantles one of Bitcoin’s primary security mechanisms
As problems with the Lightning Network and the risks of Segregated Witness continue to surface, Jonald Fyookball questions Bitcoin Core development team’s “interesting contradictions.”