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Is Bitcoin Dead? Not the Part that Matters

Michael J Casey provides perspective on how bitcoin can move forward despite a bitter debate over a needed technical feature.

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Big Miners Back Bitcoin Classic As Scaling Debate Evolves

Following a months-long debate on how to scale the bitcoin network, bitcoin mining firms are voicing their support for a newly introduced proposal.

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Bitcoin Industry Optimistic Amid Bitter Battle for Scaling Solution

At the first stop on bitcoin's annual event calendar, opinions were diverse and divisive on how the network can scale to accommodate new users.

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Making Sense of Bitcoin's Divisive Block Size Debate

Confused about the current state of bitcoin's 'block size debate'? CoinDesk rounds up thoughts from a recent influx of blogs on the subject.

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5 Big Questions for Bitcoin in 2016

Ryan Selkis of CoinDesk and Digital Currency Group asks 5 big questions of bitcoin for 2016.

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Scalability Debate Continues As Bitcoin XT Proposal Stalls

As a key date for a proposed bitcoin scaling solution passes, CoinDesk looks at the current state of industry debate.

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Bitcoin’s Bold Experiment: A Goldmine for Economic Researchers

Former Wall Street Journal reporter Michael J Casey discusses why economic researchers should be interested in studying the blockchain industry.

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Eating the Bitcoin Cake

Litecoin creator Charlie Lee discusses the trade-offs developers are currently considering as they seek to increase the bitcoin network's capacity.

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China’s Miners Heat Up Debate at Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong

Day one of Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong saw discussion and debate on proposals aiming to increase the processing power of the bitcoin blockchain.

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Expectations High For Blocksize Debate Ahead of Hong Kong Summit

Bitcoin's block size debate will be given renewed life this weekend when some of the industry’s most influential stakeholders gather in Hong Kong.

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