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Bitcoin Core Discloses Two Security Vulnerabilities

[Aug 1 8:08 AM] The Bitcoin Core project has disclosed two security vulnerabilities that could have affected the stability of the Bitcoin network. The first one, classified as having a high severity level, could have caused an assertion crash of the network via a…

Fully Noded: The Basics and Benefits of Running a Bitcoin Node

[Apr 8 8:30 AM] Bitcoin is a decentralized and finite digital currency, it’s verifiable by anyone anywhere in the world. This is the chief reason people have any interest in holding it at all. No one can dilute the supply, no one can counterfeit Bitcoin, it just…

Bitcoin Developer's Proposal to Stop 'Spam' NFTs Gets Shut Down

[Jan 9 1:28 PM] Luke Dashjr's technical proposal sounded innocuous enough: to make the popular Bitcoin Core software "effective with newer datacarrying styles." In reality, the effort represented a sophisticated but controversial plan to block the suddenly popular…

Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node's UTXO Set

[Oct 3, 2023 8:30 AM] Yesterday marks coming up to the finishing line after almost four years of work. Assumeutxo was merged into the Bitcoin Core master branch by Andrew Chow yesterday. This is the first major non-consensus update to the Bitcoin reference…

Bitcoin Core 25.0 Hits The Market: A Sneak Peek Into The Future

[May 29, 2023 12:19 AM] Bitcoin Core has now rolled out Version 25.0. The most recent update includes numerous new features, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and translation updates. Bitcoin Core, the reference implementation of the Bitcoin (BTC) protocol, is…

Ordinals Project Launches Enabling NFTs Directly On Bitcoin

[Jan 31, 2023 3:12 PM] The controversial project has been met with equal parts excitement and criticism in regards to its impacts on Bitcoin.A project called Ordinals has launched on the Bitcoin blockchain, effectively enabling Bitcoin-native on-chain NFTs. Led by…