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Purse Proposal Touts Extension Blocks as Bitcoin Scaling Solution
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Apr 4, 2017 at 2:32 a.m. UTC
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War of the Words: Who's Said What About a Bitcoin Fork?
CoinDesk rounds up the various announcements from industry startups in the wake of speculation the bitcoin network could see a technical split.
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Mar 28, 2017 at 9:20 a.m. UTC
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A Short Guide to Bitcoin Forks
Don't know a hard fork from a soft fork? This guide is designed to help you follow bitcoin's raging technical debates.
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Amy Castor
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Mar 27, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2017
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Charts: Determining the Ideal Block Size for Bitcoin
What's the ideal block size? CoinDesk contributor Willy Woo analyzes the charts for answers in his latest opinion piece.
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Mar 24, 2017 at 6:35 p.m. UTC
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Keep Calm and Bitcoin On? Developers Aren't Worrying About a Fork
As the discussion heats up over the possibility of a bitcoin hard fork, some developers are playing down the likelihood of a split.
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Mar 24, 2017 at 10:55 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Core Roadmap Unveils Signature Optimization Plan
Bitcoin developers outlined a plan today to replace the network's signature scheme with an alternative.
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Mar 23, 2017 at 8:35 p.m. UTC
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Fork Fallout? A Bitcoin Split Could Become a Legal Mess
Should the bitcoin network split into rival chains, those impacted in the fallout may be unable to turn to courts for recourse, lawyers say.
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Mar 23, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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Developers Discuss Wallet Safety Under Hard Fork Conditions
A proposal for how bitcoin wallets could be protected under adversarial conditions is seeing discussion among Bitcoin Core developers.
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Mar 22, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
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Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates
As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.
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Mar 22, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Unlimited: Mining Power Should Determine Hard Fork
The developers behind an alternative bitcoin software took steps today to allay fears that an upgrade to its code would be disruptive to the market.
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Mar 20, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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