Scaling Bitcoin Preview: 5 Talks to Watch at Bitcoin's Big Summit

Scaling Bitcoin Preview: 5 Talks to Watch at Bitcoin's Big Summit

Will bitcoin, the much-hyped $10bn distributed digital currency network, scale? The open question is set to be addressed at the latest in a series of developer conferences aimed at the issue this week. Scaling Bitcoin, scheduled to run from 9th to 10th October, is the third conference of its kind since divisions in the digital currency's community began following debate on how to accommodate more transactions, and some argue, more users. While the conference has lost some of its former intrigue, what's at stake is still the development roadmap for bitcoin, a project that critics argue is....


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