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Scaling
Scaling Revisited: What If Bitcoin's Big 'Problem' is Its Great Strength?
Day one of the Satoshi Roundtable conference saw fervent debate on a range of topics, though scaling once again took the center stage.

2016: The Year That Wasn't For Bitcoin
Jim Harper takes aim at bitcoin's so-called "successes" in 2016, arguing that deficient dialogue is holding back it and other blockchain-based monies.

Why Aren't Bitcoin Businesses Talking About SegWit?
Despite the size of the change, bitcoin businesses have yet to champion a newly introduced protocol upgrade.

Bitcoin Miners Can Now Signal Support for SegWit
If they so choose, miners can now safely signal their support for a major bitcoin update.

What's Left Before Bitcoin's Lightning Network Goes Live
There aren't many steps left before bitcoin's Lightning Network will be finished — or at least an early version of it.

China's Bitcoin Miners See Profit in a Bigger-Block Blockchain
A bitcoin mining conference held by one of the network's largest miners saw what some have labeled an unscientific discussion of scaling the network.

Bitcoin's Block Size Debate is Back (And It Might Be Worse Than Ever)
With little likelihood of a single scaling solution that will please everyone, is a hard fork inevitable?

A Lower Block Time Could Help Bitcoin Scale, But Will It Work?
A small tweak to bitcoin could have a big impact.
