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ForkLog 75 24.01.2016

Longread: Death of Bitcoin and the Consensus Problem

A few years ago, I went to see a shrink. She taught me a pretty simple technique to get down to the bedrock of my problems. The technique is indeed a piece of cake, and anyone may use it. You just have to keep asking yourself â€śwhy so?â€ť One time is not enough. Those experienced […]

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ForkLog 79 22.01.2016

Bitcoin vs Blockchain: Who Wants Bitcoin Dead and Why

Blockchain’s disruptive potential is omitted solely in yellow publications, and the last company to proclaim its intention to integrate the technology in its services will probably become the stone-age Russian Post. International banks unite under major consortiums, startuppers prowl for opportunities to implement blockchain in yet another app, while venture capitalists headhunt for prospective developers. […]

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ForkLog 89 19.01.2016

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Now Requires Eighteen Zeros to Write It Down

For the first time in the history of cryptocurrency, the overall hash rate of bitcoin network has exceeded a thousand petahashes per second, thus reaching one quintillion operations, or one exahash, per second. This value might be considered an explicit expression of miners’ position, who apparently continue actively maintaining the network notwithstanding the recent Hearngate […]

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ForkLog 130 17.01.2016

Longread: SchrĂ¶dinger’s bitcoin

When Mike Hearn buried bitcoin, its exchange rate immediately went down, as if you’re dead, you indeed should keep close to the ground. Lots of prominent cryptocurrency industry figures snapped into writing lots of texts, both long or laconic, stating that rumors about bitcoin’s death are somewhat exaggerated. Website titled â€śBitcoin Obituariesâ€ť so far contains […]

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ForkLog 86 15.01.2016

Former Bitcoin Core Developer Abandons Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

Former Bitcoin Core developer and one of bitcoin’s earliest adopters Mike Hearn stated he abandoned digital currency ecosystem as it suffers from a massive crisis.

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ForkLog 305 01.01.2016

Bitcoin Halving and its Impact on the Price in 2016

The year 2016 will see twofold reduction in mining rewards for a found block.

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ForkLog 59 30.12.2015

Garzik and Andressen State that Maxwell’s Bitcoin Roadmap Lacks Consideration of Important Issues

Two prominent Bitcoin Core contributors, Jeff Garzik and Gavin Andressen, co-wrote a response to the recently published bitcoin scalability roadmap by Gregory Maxwell, which is based on the SegWit concept.

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ForkLog 93 27.12.2015

Longread: ForkLog as a Reflection of Bitcoin Concept

When someone asks me, how your publication works, I usually say it’s a miracle. It has suffered troubled times, and now has almost nothing to do with its initial state. If answering the question seriously, the most correct answer would be â€“ the deuce knows. Answering the question seriously is almost impossible. There are just […]

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ForkLog 118 25.12.2015

The Country’s First BTM Installed in Kazakhstan

Kazakh entrepreneur and bitcoin enthusiast Kanat Amrenov hold ForkLog he had installed the first BTM in Kazakhstan. He also intends to launch local cryptocurrency exchange. Despite the fact that Kazakhstan is among ten largest countries in the world, it was not seen on the bitcoin world map until now. However, local enthusiasts gradually change the […]

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ForkLog 67 25.12.2015

PrivatBank: Blockchain is Great, but We Put Our Stake on Bitcoin

Dmitri Donets, deputy chairman of e-business center at PrivatBank presented an extended speech on the bank’s cryptocurrency-related intents at Blockchain Conference Kyiv.

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ForkLog 142 23.12.2015

SegWit-based Proposal Garners over 30 Signatures of Bitcoin Core Developers

The notorious block size debate is about to gain yet another dimension following the release of a “road map” conceptualized by Bitcoin Core developer Gregory Maxwell.

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ForkLog 63 23.12.2015

Kyrgyzstan’s News Agency Offers Bitcoin Wages

Kyrgyzstan’s subdivision of international news agency Sputnik is willing to join the bitcoin community and pay bitcoin wages to its employees.

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