Not exact matches
It could be said Ver both gave the monetary movement a face that it didn't have in bitcoin's
pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and that he helped further develop the ideology that the cryptographic
network should be a digital cash, one out of the control of the powers that be.
In fact, the most accurate description of these add - on
networks is that each Lightning implementation requires building completely separate
networks run and secured by different third parties:
pseudonymous node operators acting as payment processors.
Pseudonymous Bitcoin Core contributor BTCDrak views bitcoin's upcoming Segwit2x hard fork — which has a chance of splitting bitcoin into two competing
networks — with a bit of boredom.
Though all bitcoin transactions are recorded and broadcast via the public blockchain, transactions are afforded a degree of privacy through the
network's
pseudonymous address system.
Pseudonymous developer bitPico has claimed responsibility for the attack — which does not appear to have a financial incentive — and has said that it is a «stress test» for the
network, not a malicious attempt to derail the project.
In reality, all payments processed on the Bitcoin
network are recorded on a public ledger (blockchain), so Bitcoin is actually only partially anonymous or «
pseudonymous».