Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s lightning network has taken a big step toward a better user experience courtesy of new work by one of...

The proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm used by bitcoin and some other cryptocurrencies is not viable in the long-term and needs to...

It’s been over a year since the scaling upgrade known as segregated witness, or SegWit, was activated on the bitcoin...

Do your bitcoins really exist? The answer might seem like an obvious “yes,” but the brewing “Proof of Keys” movement,...

The number of Google searches for bitcoin is now at its highest level in over seven months. Google’s trend explorer...

Mobile payments startup Square is making its bitcoin cold storage solution open-source. Alok Menghrajani, a security engineer for the company,...

Over $1 million in bitcoin was hidden in a picture – and there’s still some left to be found. Called...

David Schwartz is CTO at Ripple. This exclusive opinion piece is part of CoinDesk’s “Bitcoin at 10: The Satoshi White...

Dr Garrick Hileman is head of research at Blockchain and co-founder of Mosaic. This exclusive opinion piece is part of...

Joseph Bonneau is an assistant professor at New York University and co-author of "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies," a popular textbook. ...