Scaling Archives - CoinDesk

Oct 12, 2017 at 08:00 | Alyssa Hertig

Bitcoin developers are making progress on Schnorr, a function for aggregating signatures and in turn, a way to increase the capacity of the network.

Oct 9, 2017 at 11:00 | Bailey Reutzel

Should bitcoin's technology change to accommodate merchant users? New data from one of the network's biggest startups is fueling the debate.

Oct 7, 2017 at 08:00 | Alyssa Hertig

The Lightning Network isn't yet live on bitcoin, but that doesn't mean developers aren't theorizing the kinds of ambitious apps that it could enable.

Oct 6, 2017 at 08:01 | Alyssa Hertig

With a lull in activity, what's really going on under the Segwit2x hood? According to many developers, now is the calm before the storm.

Oct 5, 2017 at 09:00 | Rachel Rose O'Leary

A soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency based on an acclaimed white paper is considering a novel strategy for future blockchain upgrades.

Sep 26, 2017 at 08:00 | Alyssa Hertig

One of the more theoretical attempts at scaling blockchain networks is taking steps toward launching it's own network for further testing.

Sep 22, 2017 at 08:00 | Alyssa Hertig

Ethereum's answer to bitcoin's Lightning Network will have one notable difference – a publicly traded token to be sold in a Dutch auction in…

Sep 20, 2017 at 11:45 | Alyssa Hertig

The developers behind Raiden Network have launched an early, simplified version of the scaling solution on the ethereum test network.

Sep 20, 2017 at 10:00 | Alyssa Hertig

Bitcoin Core's latest software includes optimizations designed to boost SegWit, a scaling upgrade that's still slowly rolling out across the network.

Sep 19, 2017 at 09:00 | Ariel Deschapell

A look at bitcoin's scaling debate and what the history of money can teach us about the best path forward for protocol development.

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