Survey: What Outcome of the blocksize fight would be acceptable for you?
Imagine, it is the end of 2017. What outcome of the Blocksize und Hardfork debate would be “ok” for you? What results would you follow? To not be misunderstood: [...]
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Coin Selection and Schnorr: How little changes can help to save space on the blockchain
Lerned in Milano, part 3: Even little changes can have a big impact. The implementation of Schnorr Signatures and better Coin Selection can help to use the existing [...]
ACK or NACK? About the social fork in Milan
The organizers of the third Scaling Bitcoin workshop tried to calm down controversies by making the blocksize as a whole offtopic. But after the chinese Miners visited Roger Ver's Free Speech Party, something became clear: there has never been less consensus as after the third Scaling Bitcoin workshop. [...]
Scalability and Fungibility: two sides of the same Bitcoin
Found at Scaling Bitcoin in Milan. On October 8th and 9th the Bitcoin-World met in Milan to listen to presentations about scalability and discuss in workshops. We report in [...]
Bitcoin.de co-operate for the third time with acknowledged audit firm to verify customers’ bitcoin balances
As in the last two years, the Bitcoin-marketplace Bitcoin.de and the RLT IT- und Systemprüfung GmbH verify the customer's funds again. Longstanding customers know the procedure we are explaining in this article. [...]
“It tells you something about the fact that money right now is being profoundly ungrounded. It is up for question.”
Bill Maurer is an anthropologist at the University of California, Irvine. He is one of a few scientists of the Arts who researched virtual currencies like Bitcoin. In this interview he explains what Bitcoin can tell us about money in the early 21th century – and why he finds it weird to think that money needs to be a commodity. [...]
„There is no way to make money with the wallet itself.“
Mycelium is one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets since 2013. We spoke with product manager Dimitrij (known as Rassah) about the history of Mycelium, the challenges in wallet development and the plan for an upcoming big release. [...]
Bitcoin.de launches internal diamond store
Bitcoins are scarce and have an innate mathematical beauty – properties they share with diamonds. If you prefer your beauty to take tangible form, you can now use your [...]
„Consensus is not a thing some developers can decide, but something that should emerge from the actions of individuals.“
Andrew Stone „theZerg“ developed the new exciting Bitcoin Client „Bitcoin Unlimited“. In this interview he explains the story behind Bitcoin Unlimited, the properties of the software and the reaction of communitiy and critics. [...]
Bitcoin.de co-operate with acknowledged audit firm to verify customers’ bitcoin balances again
The Bitcoin-marketplace Bitcoin.de and the RLT IT- und Systemprüfung GmbH verify the customer's funds again. [...]