Bitcoin’s ongoing scaling debate is reaching fever pitch. Several scaling proposals are scheduled to activate within the next weeks, which may or may not be adopted. This could even lead to segments of users and miners splitting off from the current Bitcoin protocol, resulting in different types of “Bitcoin.” One reason the several sides in this […]
A private bank in Switzerland is offering its clients management services for their bitcoin holdings. Source
There has been an interesting turn of events in the case of the alleged India-based Ponzi scheme known as GainBitcoin. Recently, after a Change.org petition from an outraged GainBitcoin investor surfaced, the group behind the scheme launched an Ethereum ICO (initial coin offering) in an effort to keep the probable scam going. For those who […]
A multinational network for aid groups based is testing blockchain to track donations and aid disbursements. Source
Sidechains have been viewed as Bitcoin’s way of dealing the altcoin market since 2014, when a proposal for a two-way peg between two different blockchains was first proposed in a public setting. Three years later, it appears that drivechains, which are a specific way of implementing sidechains, will be the way in which extensions for […]
UK blockchain startup Provenance has raised $800,000 in new seed funding. Source
This morning marked another bearish day in the crypto-space as the entire market cap continued its multi-week-long decline. As referenced in a previous BTC-USD price analysis, we have continued to test the neckline of a massive, multi-week-long Head-and-Shoulders reversal pattern. At the time of this article, the market is making its second test of the […]
Publicly traded bitcoin startup BTCS is planning to create a portfolio of digital assets, its CEO told shareholders in a new letter. Source
The chief executive of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox is set to appear in court this week. Source
Bitcoin’s ongoing scaling debate continues to highlight that protocol governance is one of the biggest challenges for this technology. One of the many solutions that have been proposed to break through the scaling impasse is coin-voting schemes, where Bitcoin users get to “vote” on potential protocol changes with their bitcoins. One implementation of such a […]