Scaling

What Happened to Bitcoin: A Recap of the Blockchain's Big Split

Missed Tuesday's bitcoin fork? CoinDesk recaps the day's events, outlining how a band of miners broke off of bitcoin to create a new network.

Par Stan Higgins1 août 2017

A controversial bitcoin spinoff called Bitcoin Cash has officially broken off from the main network, forging ahead with its own blockchain.

Par Stan Higgins1 août 2017

CoinDesk's Alyssa Hertig looks at the varied industry reactions to Bitcoin Cash, a variant of bitcoin said to be launching today.

Par Alyssa Hertig1 août 2017

CoinDesk compiles its feature articles and explainers on Bitcoin Cash ahead of its expected fork on Tuesday.

Par CoinDesk1 août 2017

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash? Here's the step by step of what's likely about to happen to the bitcoin blockchain.

Par Jimmy Song31 juil. 2017

A deep dive into claims that it's safe to remove bitcoin's block size limit and instead rely on existing "simplified payment verification" methods.

Par Jameson Lopp30 juil. 2017

How can miners block bitcoin changes? CoinDesk takes a look at how the network upgrades and the role these parties play.

Par Alyssa Hertig28 juil. 2017

A group of miners unhappy with scaling proposal Segwit2x have created Bitcoin Cash, an alternative that could fork the bitcoin network on Aug. 1.

Par Alyssa Hertig26 juil. 2017

How far away is bitcoin from a capacity upgrade? While technical progress is being made, things are far from set in stone.

Par Pete Rizzo25 juil. 2017

Perhaps no coder is more at the center of bitcoin's raging scaling debate than Jeff Garzik – here he talks about the network's future.

Par Alyssa Hertig22 juil. 2017

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