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Bitcoin Gets an Official Upgrade with SegWit; Improved Scaling and Security

The Bitcoin Core development team’s scaling solution and transaction malleability fix Segregated Witness (SegWit) is finally live in the Bitcoin network, after years of...

Eric Lombrozo: “Both Technical and Legal” Action Ready for Lack of Bitcoin Replay Protection

In Bitcoin, a replay attack is the ability to re-use transactions from one chain on another. There are methods of preventing this, and Bitcoin...

Analyst: Bitcoin Cash Sell-Off Will Lead Investors to Litecoin

Tuur Demeester, prominent bitcoin analyst and investor, recently stated that the next Bitcoin Cash (BCH) sell-off will likely lead to an increase in demand...

The First 8MB Bitcoin Cash Block Was Just Mined

Bitcoin cash was launched on August 1 as a protest to Bitcoin Core’s implementation of segregated witness (Segwit) as a scaling solution. Claiming to be the...

$8,000 Bitcoin is Possible if it Follows Litecoin’s Post-SegWit Example

Bitcoin’s miners recently locked-in the Segregated Witness (SegWit) upgrade, and it will be automatically activated at the next difficulty adjustment in about a week. SegWit represents...

Bitcoin’s Offensive Continues as Prices Breach $3,400

Bitcoin’s value jumped to a new record on Tuesday, a clear indication that the bull market was back in vogue following a month of...