Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin's Next Year in Tech Is Coming Into Focus

At a recent annual meeting in New York, bitcoin's volunteer developer discussed their tech priorities for the year ahead.

By Alyssa HertigMar 24, 2018

The Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 update has been officially released, introducing full support for the SegWit wallet and user interfaces.

Bitcoin Core developer Jimmy reveals Platypus Labs, a project at Blockchain Capital to provide fellowships and more to support bitcoin development.

An upcoming Bitcoin Core software release is finally making it easier to use a code change called SegWit in the software's standard wallet.

By Alyssa HertigFeb 20, 2018

Bitcoin Core contributor and maintainer Jonas Schnelli is on a mission to make running full nodes easier for non-geeks. Decentralization is at stake.

By Alyssa HertigJan 12, 2018

MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito is joining the ranks of outspoken critics who believe the market for blockchain-based tokens is overheated.

By Pete RizzoNov 5, 2017

Bitcoin developers, once outraged by the Segwit2x hard fork, are now indifferent, believing it stands no chance of replacing bitcoin.

By Alyssa HertigNov 1, 2017

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

By Alyssa HertigOct 12, 2017

One developer is quietly working on splitting up bitcoin's codebase – an effort aimed to give users more flexibility and developers more clarity.

By Alyssa HertigSep 24, 2017

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

By Alyssa HertigSep 20, 2017

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