An alleged 51% attack and recent reversed transactions on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network have sparked morality discussions with some even suggesting an 'unintentional split'. The debate centres on whether two big mining pools were right to have reversed any transaction on the network. To som...
It's that time again: the price of Bitcoin is rising and many coins are moving from one point to another. It's causing unconfirmed transactions to surge too. Not indeed a bad thing though it only slows down transactions for those who do not set higher fees. But it is a reminder on the need for ...
Research has shown that the number of on-chain Bitcoin transactions has risen dramatically throughout 2019, nearing the volume of Bitcoin’s peak in December 2017. Even so, transaction fees are a fraction of what they were around bitcoin’s all-time high, likely due to the continued uptick of S...
Bitcoin has crossed the $5000 price range again (after its first reach in 2017) following a sudden breakout on April 2. Its unfolding price scenario would not be immediately considered or ruled out as a repeat of 2017. However, as the market reaction seems to be positive so far (at $5,214 at...
Bitcoin transactions per second is rising again. According to Blockchain.com, the highest transactions on Bitcoin network has ever reached 4.7 txs p/s in Dec. 2017. However, this week, it recorded 3.87 txs p/s (Feb.20), a far cry from the 2.2 txs p/s it had in Feb. 2018 since when the crypto...
There are about 15 more days left in the month of August 2017 and Bitcoin price seems to continue recovering from the stunted growth it has seen since the scaling issue heated up earlier this year. After the split of Bitcoin Cash BCH and the issue of the uncertainty - and its debate tra...
Recent discussions about the SegWit activation and the Lightning Network implementation it would bring to the Bitcoin network has sparked a round of debate on whether it would reduce Litecoin’s relevance and value in the market. This has been compounded by the fact that recently, also, ther...
Segwit, an upgrade originally developed for Bitcoin, is activated on Litecoin on May 10. Prior to this, Litecoin’s scaling debate had been dragging on for weeks and it was unclear whether segwit would be activated in the end. What happened? What made Chinese miners change their mind? You ...
Litecoin miners, pools and exchanges have been informed to prepare for the pending CSV and SegWit activation. The date has been confirmed in a note issued by Bitcoin Core contributor, Johnson Lau for around May 11 at block 1,201,536. It could also happen earlier depending on hashrate....
After much hassle, it has now been confirmed that the SegWit protocol will be activated on the Litecoin network by mid-May. Its founder, Charlie Lee, confirmed in a tweet that SegWit will lock in and activate at the end of period 7 which he later clarified will fall in May. Though th...
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