Bitcoin blockchain News

The Bitcoin network experienced a brief downtime, in which a block wasn't produced for approximately an hour on Nov. 7, raising concerns about network reliability. 

The Bitcoin Network hash rate is currently on the path to reaching 90 quintillion hashes per second. Bitcoin’s computing potential has been increasing steadily since a massive decline at the back end of 2018 during the Bitcoin Cash “hash war.”…

Data from Binance Research shows that the Bitcoin network has seen its highest hash rate growth over a 30-day period. This revelation reiterates the massively improving conditions within the core network fundamentals that form part of the growing bull case…

When the miners display inertia, the users do it by themselves; the movement for BIP148, the user-activated soft fork, is gaining momentum. On August 1 the soft fork will activate. We explain what is behind the keyword #UASF. Suddenly things…

Never before has the Bitcoin Blockchain seen such a large traffic jam. The number of unconfirmed transactions reached a level, at which it hurts. The Bitcoin economy is not amused; BitPay’s Stephen Pair speaks out with exceptional clarity, while Barry…

After SegWit-2MB, Extension Blocks is the second proposal from the week beginning April 3 that aims to overcome the block size crisis. The proposition is backed by BitPay, Purse and a Lightning developer. Chinese miners seem to like the idea,…

The majority of the Bitcoin community believes a hard fork execution will not occur anytime soon. Experts and developers including Andreas Antonopoulos, BitGo engineer Jameson Lopp and Charlie Shrem have noted that Bitcoin Unlimited is not ready for production and…