ViaBTC's latest blog post sheds some light on why the mining pool is opposing
the Bitcoin scaling proposal, SegWit.
A bitcoin scaling proposal is close to enact the Segregated Witness upgrade as step one of its larger roadmap.
Digital currency exchange platform GDAX has revealed its contingency plans in the event a controversial
bitcoin scaling proposal is activated.
The controversial code underlying
bitcoin scaling proposal Segwit2x is moving toward production, according to project leaders.
The first code for
bitcoin scaling proposal SegWit2x has been released for testing.
Code for a popular but controversial
bitcoin scaling proposal is set to be released on Friday, marking a major milestone for the effort.
As a key deadline approaches, CoinDesk breaks down SegWit2x giving a high - level overview of the controversial
bitcoin scaling proposal.
Tadge Dryja, one of the developers behind a popular
bitcoin scaling proposal, has joined MIT's blockchain and cryptocurrency group.
Community support for SegWit2x,
the Bitcoin scaling proposal spearheaded by Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group, was virtually absent in Paris.
Wu points out that he was among the supporters of Bitcoin Unlimited, an earlier
bitcoin scaling proposal that did not get activated.
Not exact matches
As
Bitcoin scaling is knowing the door now, Hardfork (
Bitcoin Unlimited — BU) and Segwit are the two important
proposals of
scaling.
An important voice in the Cryptocurrecy community has now come out against the SegWit2x
proposal for
Bitcoin scaling.
According to some of its proponents, the
proposal, known as SegWit2x, is said to be the only viable solution to the
Bitcoin scaling debate.
The majority of
bitcoin developers have opposed hard fork
scaling proposals in favor of a more conservative approach that assures the continuity of a single
bitcoin blockchain.
Called segregated witness, the
proposal was debuted by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille at
Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong on 7th December.
Such a view was most loudly voiced by Core developer Jeff Garzik in his talk on BIP
proposals on day one of
Scaling Bitcoin.
A newly introduced
proposal for how the
bitcoin network can be
scaled to handle greater transaction volumes is gaining traction in its once divided development community.
Bitcoin price will decrease further due to implementation of network
scaling proposals.
But fascinating as the real - time market creation of
Bitcoin Cash has been, for those who have closely watched developments, August 1 marked another lesser - acknowledged milestone - the passing of the deadline for a controversial
scaling proposal Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (B
proposal Bitcoin Improvement
Proposal (B
Proposal (BIP) 148.
Breakdown by Company The
scaling debate in which two predominant
Bitcoin improvement
proposals, SegWit and
Bitcoin Unlimited, are competing for miners» support is becoming more and more intense.
While current
scaling proposals near collision, Paul Sztorc details a vision of
bitcoin's future, including Lightning Network and Drivechain.
Meanwhile, while these
proposals were being put forward and tested, a group of major
Bitcoin miners who previously supported the SegWit2x
proposal decided that deploying SegWit without increasing the block size would not be sustainable, as it would simply delay the
scaling issue due to the size limit.
Blockstream CEO Adam Back and
Bitcoin Core contributor Eric Lombrozo claim they tried to be diplomatic when the
proposal was first unveiled in June, arguing they wanted to work with those supporting Segwit2x to come to a
scaling agreement.
CoinDesk gives a broad overview of BIP 91, a code
proposal that could prove integral to
bitcoin's upcoming
scaling upgrade.
Although Bhardwaj is against Segregated Witness as a solution to
Bitcoin's
scaling concerns, he does see value in other features enabled by the improvement
proposal.
At
Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong, Blockstream co-founder and developer Pieter Wiulle introduced a
proposal called Segregated Witness that would alter how the network stores transaction signatures.
He also believes the activation of the
scaling proposal will allow everyone in the ecosystem to refocus on building on top of
Bitcoin rather than debating over the base protocol.
So, while businesses and miners are pushing for more aggressive
scaling via the controversial Segwit2x
proposal, the open - source team behind
bitcoin's most widely used software is focused on other efforts entirely.
A unique
proposal aimed at
scaling bitcoin's transaction capacity via sidechains has been revealed in a new white paper.
Since first unveiling their
proposal at the
Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong workshop, the Core developers have published several BIPs explaining the technical details of the
proposal.
Following the landmark presentation on his Segregated Witness
proposal at the
Scaling Bitcoin Phase II workshop, Pieter Wuille stopped by the SF Bitcoin Devs meetup in San Francisco to give the presentation again and open the floor for questions from the local bitcoin developer com
Bitcoin Phase II workshop, Pieter Wuille stopped by the SF
Bitcoin Devs meetup in San Francisco to give the presentation again and open the floor for questions from the local bitcoin developer com
Bitcoin Devs meetup in San Francisco to give the presentation again and open the floor for questions from the local
bitcoin developer com
bitcoin developer community.
If one
proposal excited attendees at the recent
Scaling Bitcoin workshop in Hong Kong,
Bitcoin Core and Blockstream, it was developer Dr. Pieter Wuille's Segregated Witness.
A new solution to the
bitcoin scaling debate known as «Segwitx2» has garnered notable support, but what do
bitcoin's developers think of the
proposal?
As various
scaling proposal deadlines loom,
bitcoin is either on the verge of the biggest change in its history, or its biggest political failure.
What to make of the most political
proposal for
bitcoin scaling?
The developer team behind the Segwit2x
scaling proposal is set to announce a formal date for a planned
bitcoin hard fork today.
While this may sound like just another
proposal (and it is one of a very large number introduced in the
scaling debate of late),
Bitcoin Cash took a notable step forward earlier this week when ViaBTC launched futures trading for the tokens - and trading took off (it had about $ 11m in volume on Thursday).
The
Bitcoin Core development team's proposed
scaling solution, called Segregated Witness (SegWit), would separate signature data («witnesses») from transaction data, and a new solution, Segwit2x, builds upon that
proposal.
Jimmy Nguyen of nChain provides an opinion on possible legal issues with the SegWit
scaling proposal should it activate on
bitcoin's network.
There are bound to be more discussions before the next
Scaling Bitcoin event in Hong Kong, but that's where real proposals can be presented alongside test results based on the guidelines for scaling outlined in the Montreal
Scaling Bitcoin event in Hong Kong, but that's where real
proposals can be presented alongside test results based on the guidelines for
scaling outlined in the Montreal
scaling outlined in the Montreal event.
But while
bitcoin's miners remain united in this daily pursuit, their opinions on a new
scaling proposal seem decidedly mixed.
Two weeks ago, a similar volume spike was caused by the sudden (and brief) reversal of fortunes between
Bitcoin (BTC) and
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), as the cancellation of the
scaling proposal SegWit2X led to a massive pump of the latter.
Uncertainty remained even after SegWit2x [the
scaling proposal based on the New York Agreement, and backed by a number of
Bitcoin companies and mining pools] was released.
And more to the point, its success acted as an instruction for
Bitcoin when it came time for BTC to adopt some serious
scaling proposals.
A group of contributors to the open - source
Bitcoin Core development project met late last month in Switzerland for a sit - down review of the code for Segregated Witness, a proposal aimed at scaling the bitcoin n
Bitcoin Core development project met late last month in Switzerland for a sit - down review of the code for Segregated Witness, a
proposal aimed at
scaling the
bitcoin n
bitcoin network.
Audience enthusiasm was more pronounced early in the day as
proposals for longstanding ideas such as payment channels via the Lightning Network were demonstrated with renewed clarity, while developer Pieter Wuille wowed with segregated witness - a
proposal for
scaling the
bitcoin blockchain without requiring a hard fork.
Various ideas,
Bitcoin Improvement
Proposals (BIP) were proposed to resolve the issues and
scale up the
Bitcoin network.
The day's biggest winner among alternative
scaling solutions that don't impact block size was perhaps the Lightning Network, as its two lead developers successfully made the case that the
proposal is the most developed way to seriously
scale bitcoin by orders of magnitude.
The
scaling debate in which two predominant
Bitcoin improvement
proposals, SegWit and
Bitcoin Unlimited, are competing for miners» support is becoming more and more intense.
For example, some of the day's talks occasionally provided a broad, analytical look at current
proposals, delving into the theoretical considerations such as how much capacity the
bitcoin network would need to handle at
scale and how the metric of
scale could be defined.