Meet Bitcoin XT, the Precursor to Bitcoin Cash
Since its inception and launch last summer, Bitcoin Cash has maintained the attention of everyone in the cryptocurrency community. For better or worse, the Bitcoin hard fork has assumed a …
Tag: Block Size
Bitcoin Cash Developers Propose Imminent Block Size Increase to 32MB
Scaling Bitcoin has been a topic of substantial debate for quite some time now. When Bitcoin Cash came around, it almost seemed as if these problems would be put …
What is Bitcoin ABC?
Scaling Bitcoin will happen sooner or later. The only question right now is how different teams of developers plan to accomplish this. There are different camps trying to make …
Bitcoin’s Price Recovers Post $500 Crash, Block Size Debate Heats Up
Two days ago on June 12th, Bitcoin’s price crashed $500 from a high of $2980 to a low of $2480 on Bitstamp. Since then, the price climbed over 10% …
The Bitcoin Mempool Clogs Up Yet Again, Bigger Blocks Are An Absolute Must Right Now
For the umpteenth time in the past year, the Bitcoin transaction memory pool contains far too many unconfirmed transfers. A few hours ago, over 33,000 transactions were waiting to …
4 Primary Issues That Are Holding Bitcoin Back For Now
Depending on whom one poses the question to, Bitcoin either has a lot of problems or no significant issues. A new Twitter poll touches upon the factors that are …
Understanding the Fundamentals of Bitcoin and the Block Size Debate
July 14, 2016
Crypto
The block size debate is the argument between two sides of the bitcoin community that are each voicing their opinions on whether to increase or maintain the block size …
Segregated Witness Merge Request Sparks New Debate Among Bitcoin users
Segregated Witness has been touted as the proper solution to solving the Bitcoin block size problem. The Bitcoin Core developers have thoroughly tested the solution and recently merged it …
When Do Bitcoin Blocks Justify Higher Transaction Fees?
Ever since the Bitcoin block size debate began many moons ago, there has been a lot of discussion as to whether or not bigger block sizes even matter. Some …