While Segregated Witness (SegWit) activation is looking more likely by the hour, Bitfury is getting ready to deploy a version of the Lightning network with or without the protocol upgrade. The blockchain technology company, perhaps best known for its Bitcoin mining pool of the same name, successfully sent real bitcoins over a test version of […]
The post Segwit2x, UASF and the Possible Fork – Here’s What You Need to Know appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. This post compliments the previous post we’ve written about the controversy within the Bitcoin community on March 2017. If you want a deeper understanding of what’s going on please read the original post. If you just want the […]
Bitcoin is a decentralized system of digital cash in which users don’t need to trust anyone else with their money; however, the full benefits of this technology are only seen when users operate a full node on the network. The vast majority of Bitcoin users do not operate their own full nodes, but one man […]
Will the next miner signalling period mean bitcoin finally gets SegWit? Through Segwit2x’s BIP 91 proposal? Source
A state government in India, Mastercard and Cisco are among 34 new members of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Source
The cryptocurrency markets were once again above $80bn on Tuesday after spending much of the weekend in the red. Source
Samourai Wallet is becoming increasingly popular as a wallet that focuses on privacy and security for its users above all else, but a recent tool released by this wallet’s team of developers has a focus on user experience. The new app, called Bitcoin Afterburner, allows users of many different bitcoin wallets to boost transactions that […]
As anticipated in the last ETH-USD price analysis, ETH-USD found a new low yesterday as the market continued its downward path within a cryptomarket-wide bear run. After making a Double Bottom a couple of weeks ago, ETH-USD has made a vicious run for lower prices. The figure below shows the Fibonacci Retracement values for our […]
The post How to Buy Zcash in 3 Simple Steps – A Beginner’s Guide appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. What is Zcash (ZEC)? ZCash is a new project which is headed by Zooko Wilcox, that’s here to tackle one of bitcoin’s most urging issues – traceability. As you may or may not know Bitcoin isn’t […]
Cryptocurrency markets continued to see big declines on Sunday as a broad sell-off impacted the asset class. Source