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Optimizing SegWit: How Bitcoin's New Software Is Giving Scaling a Boost

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

Parimutuel betting pools in the cryptocurrency grant traders short exposure, but there are plenty of limitations to this new type of exchange.

By Ash BenningtonSep 20, 2017

The bitcoin price is showing new signs of life – even while it appears to have entered a period of sideways trading after last week's crash.

By Omkar GodboleSep 19, 2017

The ether-U.S. dollar [ETC/USD] exchange rate has responded positively following the market shocks caused by recent regulatory actions in China.

By Omkar GodboleSep 19, 2017

Collaboration, not competition: that's the message an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin is putting forward in a new interview.

Arizona legislators are turning the state into a blockchain hub by making smart contracts legally binding, and startups are taking the bait.

By Aaron StanleySep 19, 2017

A look at bitcoin's scaling debate and what the history of money can teach us about the best path forward for protocol development.

IBM is building its blockchain work over a growing number of locations and employees, and Marie Wieck ties it all together.

The price of bitcoin continued to recover into Monday as consolidation in pricing helped the cryptocurrency recovery Friday's steep losses.

By Omkar GodboleSep 18, 2017

The chaos of bitcoin's scaling debate has pushed other public protocol's consensus mechanisms into a more strict and orderly framework.

By Bailey ReutzelSep 18, 2017

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