8btc Exclusive: Charlie Lee, Samson Mow and Johnson Lau Talk About Everything from the HK Agreement to the Recent Consensus

Jun 9, 2017

Note: On May 23, a number of leading players of the bitcoin community reached a consensus to enable the SegWit proposal for Bitcoin and a countdown to a 2 MB hard fork within six months. However, the scaling solution is opposed by some bitcoin core developers. Will the long-dragging deba...

Litecoin Community Member PZ Shares the Story Behind Litecoin’s Segwit Activation

May 15, 2017

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 ...

After SegWit, Litecoin Stands Chance to Rise Like Bitcoin

May 12, 2017

SegWit has activated on Litecoin and the first transaction from the upgraded version has been made on the network. Some of its users have voted that the main technology/feature they are most interested in seeing added to the network is the Lightning Network (77% of voters) for instant scalable...

Litecoin Price Peaks at 30 USD, But Is It a Bubble? Will Bitcoin Activate Segwit?

May 8, 2017

Litecoin (often dubbed Bitcoin’s silver) has seen a significant price spike these past few weeks. Due to Segwit locking in and the Coinbase listing, it has experienced a price increase of over 300 percent, peaking at US$30 at the time of writing. It seems that litecoin is well underway t...

[FUD]Trading of LTC, ETC and other altcoins might be halted in China

Apr 25, 2017

Note: the authenticity of the source is still uncertain and the story will be updated constantly. More could be found on 8btc forum post.  Update: The China.com report has been removed and proven to be FUD. Since the on-site inspection on Chinese bitcoin exchanges and suspension of...

Litecoin Price Rallies as SegWit Looks Likely

Apr 25, 2017

Over the past 30 days the price of Litecoin skyrocketed from $4 on March 26 to $14.7 on April 24, nearly beating a three-year high. According to CoinMarketCap, Litecoin is currently ranked the fourth most capitalized cryptocurrency. It has outperformed Dash pushing it to the fift...

SegWit Confirms On Litecoin In 2 Weeks, LTC Could Hit $25

Apr 25, 2017

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...

Litecoin Global Roundtable Resolution 001 (2017)

Apr 22, 2017

1. This Global LTC Roundtable Meeting is established to remove misunderstandings and promote industrial consensus. Participating members agree to abide by the results of the vote. 2. We agree that protocol upgrade should be made under community consensus, and should not be unilateral actio...

As Litecoin Rises, Creator Talks ASIC, SegWit, and Why Mining Should Be Anonymous

Apr 6, 2017

While discussing some of the issues pertinent to the success of Litecoin at a presentation for Coinbase last week, its creator hints that it is unfortunate that ASIC mining is a bit centralized with a lot in China and notes a major reason why he thinks this is bad for the industry. Char...

4 Things I Learned as A Bitcoin Holder

Mar 17, 2017

Note: Wan Fangzhong, author of this article, is a popular and prolific writer known for his creative writing. He is running a Wechat official account of wansfang. My investment in bitcoin yielded a return of 330% in less than 20 months. Many people tweeted me asking how. Here is the whol...