Bitcoin News

Bitcoin initially grew in part because it promised freedom from government-issued centralised authorities. Over the years though, it has developed into an asset class that many serious investors also have...

On 12 March 2013, a bitcoin miner running version 0.8.0 of the bitcoin software created a large block that was considered invalid in version 0.7 . This split resulted in...

When using a lightweight wallet, however, the user must trust full nodes, as it can report faulty values back to the user. Lightweight clients follow the longest blockchain and do...