Deep inside a forsaken coal mine on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, the Bitcoin Core code repository will be kept on film reels and stored for centuries.
Crypto-Powered Internet Helps Work From Home During Coronavirus
Althea brings the internet to under-served places, offering households crypto to be part of a mesh system.
Bitcoin’s Approaching ‘Halving,’ Explained
In May 2020, Bitcoin’s third “halving” will take place. Here’s what you need to know about the most hotly anticipated cryptocurrency event of the year.
Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They’re Working on Coronavirus Research
CoreWeave, the largest U.S. miner on the Ethereum blockchain, is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a therapy for the coronavirus. These graphics processing units (GPUs) will be pointed toward Stanford University’s Folding@home, a long-standing research effort that unveiled a project on February 27 specifically to boost coronavirus […]
Bitcoiners Are Biohacking a DIY Coronavirus Vaccine
Anonymous bitcoiners are taking the search for a coronavirus vaccine into their own hands, bypassing academia, pharmaceutical firms and U.S. regulators.
How to Protect Bitcoin for Your Heirs With the Push of a ‘Dead Man’s Button’
What happens to your bitcoin after you die? Lightning developers think a “dead man’s button” could be a new tool to passing your crypto to your heirs.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Growing ‘Increasingly Centralized,’ Researchers Find
Bitcoin’s lightning network is growing “increasingly centralized,” making it more susceptible to attacks, asserts a new paper by security researchers.
Bitcoin Coders Confront an Old Quandary: How to Upgrade an Entire Network
An old debate is resurfacing in the bitcoin developer community, underscoring one of the critical challenges confronting decentralized systems.
Here’s How to Inspect Bitcoin’s Next (Likely) Major Upgrade Yourself
With bitcoin’s next likely major upgrade in the works, students of the cryptocurrency can inspect the code themselves, helped by core developers.
Top Bitcoin Developers Face Off in a Lightning-Powered Boxing Match
The esports smackdown was meant to highlight the power of bitcoin’s lightning network – since the cutting-edge payments system is fast, cheap and lets users send tiny payments, even a fraction of a cent.
Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX
At London’s Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world’s leading crypto.
Crypto Researcher Hasu Flags Attack That Could Bring ‘Purge’-Style Mayhem to Bitcoin
Like the dystopia of the “Purge” movies, a newly uncovered potential attack on bitcoin would permit users to rob each other for a short period of time.
Bitcoin’s Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade ‘Taproot’ Just Took a Big Step Forward
A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin’s largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles.
Bitcoin’s Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade ‘Taproot’ Just Took a Big Step Forward
A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin’s largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles.
Bitcoin’s Lighting ‘Torch’ Reignites, Blazes Through 38 Countries in 3 Days
It’s moving around the world much faster the second time around, already reaching 91 people.
Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Startup River Financial
Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.
Grasping Lightning: Mapping the Key Players in Bitcoin’s Next Phase
All kinds of groups are developing for lightning, the likely future of bitcoin payments. Here’s a guide to notable players and projects.
‘Multi-Part’ Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network
With its latest “major release,” bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of “multi-part payments.”
Snowball: The Effort to Bring Privacy to Every Bitcoin Wallet
A new Bluetooth-based tech could snowball into a way to create truly private transactions, its creator says.
Snowball: The Effort to Bring Privacy to Every Bitcoin Wallet
A new Bluetooth-based tech could snowball into a way to create truly private transactions, its creator says.