A minority group of Bitcoiners has been trying to fork Bitcoin (unsuccessfully) for quite some time. The last contentious fork called "Bitcoin Unlimited" that breaks current consensus rules looks more threatening than its two predecessors. The risk of Bitcoin splitting in two is higher than ever. Markets will
Bitcoin's founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, was very active with the community in the early days of Bitcoin. He shared his wisdom, patiently explained all ins and outs of the protocol and even cracked jokes here and there. Satoshi silently left his project years ago but his legacy will remain
It happens quite often nowadays that government parasites issue secret subpoenas to certain online service providers. These businesses are then legally forbidden from disclosing this fact, putting users' data and privacy at risk. However, service providers found the way around it without breaking any laws by using a so-called
Since whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked classified NSA documents, which exposed the global mass surveillance program, the importance of protecting online privacy has reached unprecedented levels. Individuals across the world have become increasingly concerned about the government's ability to monitor their online activities and eavesdrop on their conversations. To
When explaining a Bitcoin transaction to beginners they always seem to struggle with the concept of change output or change address. They think when a transaction is sent from a wallet address that holds a certain amount of bitcoin, let's say 10, the transacted amount is simply extracted