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The Blocksize Wars Revisited: How Bitcoin’s Civil War Still Resonates Today
17.5.2023
Amid climbing transaction fees and increased development activity, bitcoiners are warring over the future of the network. Is this a replay or a result of the so-called Blocksize Wars
Ordinals and BRC-20 will disappear in a matter of months, JAN3 CEO says
13.5.2023
The hype around Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens is unsustainable and will fade away in a matter of months, according to JAN3 CEO Samson Mow
Bitcoin thought leaders weigh the pros and cons of Ordinals
8.3.2023
What do Bitcoin ecosystem CEOs make of ordinals, and what does the computer game Doom have to do with it?
Bitcoin Continues to Record Blocks Above the 3.75 MB Range as Ordinal Inscriptions Near 150,000
19.2.2023
As Ordinal inscriptions approach the 150,000 mark, blocks larger than 3 MB have become commonplace, with many blocks near the 4 MB range. Meanwhile, after the average transaction fee on-chain rose 122% higher at the beginning of February 2023, the average fee has remained the same over the last...
How the Ordinals movement will benefit the Bitcoin blockchain
18.2.2023
The increasing popularity of Bitcoin NFTs, or Ordinals, will impact posively the security of the Bitcoin network and attract developers to the ecosystem, according to Ordinals proponent Udi Wertheimer
Out of the Ordinal-ry: Bitcoin average block size hits all-time high
14.2.2023
Bitcoin’s average block size has hit an all-time high of 2.5MB following the creation of the Ordinals protocol in January 2023
What is Bitcoin hash rate and why does it matter?
5.10.2022
Cryptocurrency’s hash rate measures a blockchain network’s processing power to process transactions
Bitcoin’s bottom might not be in, but miners say it ‘has always made gains over any 4-year period’
28.6.2022
To mine, or not to mine, that is the question. Professional Bitcoin miners discuss the nuance of BTC mining and whether now is a good time to get started
Bitcoin transaction fees hit decade lows, here's why
6.4.2022
The cost of moving Bitcoin across the network has hit decade lows as Lightning Network, batching, miner behavior and protocol improvements have driven costs down
Bitcoin SegWit adoption lags among major exchanges: Glassnode
4.2.2022
A Glassnode report reveals that cryptocurrency exchanges some major exchanges are still holding despite being heavy consumers of Bitcoin block space
Bitcoin records all-time high network difficulty amid price fluctuations
23.1.2022
Data from BTC.com estimates that the network will continue to grow stronger by attaining another ATH in the next 12 days — with a network difficulty of 26.70 trillion
Bitcoin Taproot upgrade improves the network as BTC price impact may be limited
13.11.2021
This upgrade focuses on the expansion of the Bitcoin network’s smart contract capabilities and improves privacy on the network
What the forks? Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic see triple-digit rallies
16.4.2021
Following Dogecoin’s lead, Ethereum Classic rallied to a new all-time high and Bitcoin Cash price doubled as altcoin forks start to gain traction
Transaction fees, explained
1.11.2020
Why do blockchains need transaction fees — and which networks allow crypto to be transferred less expensively? This explained article takes a look
Bitcoin Still Faces On-Chain Scaling Trouble Ahead, Decred Co-Founder Says
9.6.2020
Can Bitcoin's network handle mainstream adoption?
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: 18 of the Coolest Visualizations for Exploring the Bitcoin Network
1.3.2020
Analyzing and exploring the Bitcoin blockchain is always interesting, but for the more abstract thinker, several sites provide unique looks at the network, nodes, and transaction data in easy to grok, visual fashion. Some of these even border on the psychedelic or sci-fi otherworldly, taking...
What Is the Ideal Block Size and Fee Cost?
24.1.2020
Many of the debates around block size in Bitcoin operate under the false premise that the question can even be properly answered by a central authority. But markets are better at deciding these questions and block sizes and fee costs should be worked out by miners and users, not development...