News with the tag "Bitcoin Block"

Julian Assange’s monumental 2010 release of the Afghan War Logs marked a turning point in transparency, revealing classified details of US military operations during the Afghanistan War. According to a recent report by The Block, a new initiative now aims to ensure these records remain permanently a...

Citrea has launched its public testnet, creating a solution to allow Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) developers to access Bitcoin’s blockspace. The team believes this is testnet marks a significant step toward using Bitcoin as a settlement layer for decentralized applications (apps). Citrea Launches ...

BitSNARK enables private transactions and advanced DApps on the Bitcoin blockchain while keeping BTC’s core intact.

The next difficulty adjustment is expected to decrease mining difficulty, potentially relieving some pressure on miners. But market sentiment and broader financial conditions could influence bitcoin's price, with possible selling pressure if the overall market weakens.

Empty Bitcoin block: In a notable event for the Bitcoin network, an empty Bitcoin block was mined at block height 860932 at 00:45 UTC on September 12, 2024. According to data from Mempool.space, this block, which contains no transactions aside from the coinbase transaction, has drawn attention from ...

Spaces Protocol founder Mike Carson argues that in light of the recent Squarespace DNS attack, domains should be decentralized and put on the blockchain.

BitcoinOS, a superlayer protocol of trustless and interoperable Bitcoin rollups, has successfully verified the first-ever zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) on the Bitcoin mainnet, marking a groundbreaking milestone in crypto history. This unlocks unlimited scaling and functionality on Bitcoin without ...

Stacks (STX) saw a significant surge of nearly 9% following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) landmark decision. Recently, the U.S. SEC decided to conclude a three-year investigation into Hiro Systems, previously known as Blockstack. The SEC had been scrutinizing the blockchain sof...

Bitcoin holders moved over 367,000 BTC on May 18, worth over $25 billion, recording a yearly high in the value of Bitcoin transactions.

Debates on Bitcoin network upgrade heats up among developers as they believe the blockchain requires further updates for new use cases. Among upgrades mostly under debate is OP_CAT to enable “concatenation” on the blockchain introducing new features for the community. Bitcoin Network Upgrade Bitcoin...