Bitcoin needs to grow exponentially -- but right now it's lagging behind other technological advances, says nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright. He spoke to a crowd of TV cameras and Bitcoin enthusiasts in Tokyo -- on the same day his company announced it would support further development of the Bitcoin Unlimited client. Also read: DAO-Over? $31 Million Stolen From ICOs, 19 … [Read more...] about Wright and nChain: Forget SegWit, Bitcoin Must Scale Exponentially
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The Future of Bitcoin 2017 Series: Andrew Stone on FSH Extension Blocks
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Upgrading Bitcoin is like repairing a plane in flight -- where all the passengers are pro wrestlers and attacking each other, says Andrew Stone of Bitcoin Unlimited. There has to be a way to test upgrades safely, and without sandboxing or creating more altcoins. Stone: Use FSH Extension Blocks to Test Upgrades Without Disruption In this video, Stone presents on the topic of … [Read more...] about The Future of Bitcoin 2017 Series: Andrew Stone on FSH Extension Blocks
The Future of Bitcoin 2017 Series: Antony Zegers and Market Governance for Bitcoin
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Market forces should make the key decisions in Bitcoin and that includes the transaction block size. That's the main argument in this presentation by Antony Zegers of Bitcoin Unlimited. Bitcoin Unlimited forks the codebase of Bitcoin Core and introduces its key feature: Emergent Consensus (EC). Mainly, this sets no size limit for a transaction block, and miners can signal … [Read more...] about The Future of Bitcoin 2017 Series: Antony Zegers and Market Governance for Bitcoin
The Future of Bitcoin 2017 Series: Dr. Peter Rizun, Bitcoin Unlimited
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At a time when most of the well-supported proposals to scale Bitcoin favor some kind of segregated witness implementation, Peter Rizun's talk is bold. In this talk, he presents the notion that any bitcoin mined with SegWit is not a real bitcoin. Rizun is Chief Scientist at Bitcoin Unlimited, a proposed Bitcoin protocol implementation that features flexible transaction block … [Read more...] about The Future of Bitcoin 2017 Series: Dr. Peter Rizun, Bitcoin Unlimited
How the 2017 Future of Bitcoin Conference Took Us by Surprise – A Recap
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The Future of Bitcoin conference in Arnhem, Netherlands finished up on the weekend. Attendees saw a colorful variety of visions for Bitcoin's future -- including scaling techniques and capability extensions. Most importantly, presenters gave their opinions on how important decisions could happen without re-living the years-long block size debate. [Update -- 7/4/2017, 11:23 … [Read more...] about How the 2017 Future of Bitcoin Conference Took Us by Surprise – A Recap