Don’t panic. That’s the message to anyone spooked by bitcoin’s brutal sell-off from several bullish experts interviewed by CoinDesk. The bellwether cryptocurrency has tumbled 11.5 percent in the last…
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Bitcoin Price Dips to Six-Month Low of $7,000
Bitcoin’s price dropped to a six-month low on Friday, with a widely tracked technical indicator reporting the strongest bearish bias in eight months.
How Bitcoin’s Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging – CoinDesk
Bitcoin’s lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments. Last week Lightning Labs developer Joost Jager revealed an experimental, new proof of concept: Whatsat,…
Bitcoin Price Hits Five-Week High Above $10,000 – CoinDesk
Bitcoin’s price was quoted in five digits across cryptocurrency exchanges earlier today, but the breakout into $10,000 was short-lived. The number one cryptocurrency by market value jumped to $10,350…
The Specs Behind Bitcoin’s Lightning Pass Their First ‘Formal’ Security Test – CoinDesk
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of bitcoin’s lightning network. Lightning is new(ish), experimental, and bugs that could lead to loss of user…
Leadership Shakeup at Wasabi Wallet as Bitcoin Business Surges – CoinDesk
One of bitcoin’s most experimental startups has grown dramatically over the past year, highlighting both the opportunities and pitfalls of open source development. Now Adam Ficsor, co-founder of zkSNACKs…
Craig Wright Again Claims Authorship of Bitcoin White Paper – CoinDesk
Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur who controversially says he’s bitcoin’s anonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, has made another attempt to cement that claim in the public domain. On Friday, Wright…
Bitcoin Price Sees Steep Drop After Rejection Above $12K – CoinDesk
The price of bitcoin’s recent rise above $12,000 was stopped short a few hours into its rally, with prices sliding by more than $1,000 over the course of the…
Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin’s ‘Notoriously Unreliable’ Testnet – CoinDesk
Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin’s test network. The software plays a crucial role for developers, serving as a place where they…
Electrum Wallet Is Adding Support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network – CoinDesk
The popular wallet service Electrum is soon to add support for bitcoin’s lightning network. Electrum’s founder Thomas Voegtlin told CoinDesk from the BIP001 blockchain event in Odessa, Ukraine, that work…