Weekend Roundup: Israel Is a Bitcoin 'Forerunner,' Peter Todd Responds to BitGo's Patenting Dispute
CoinTelegraph reached out to a few Israeli Bitcoin startups to get an idea of the local ecosystem, and according to many, the country is a "forerunner." Mathematician Meni Rosenfeld said: Earlier this week, Blocktrail, a Bitcoin API provider, discovered a bug in BitGo’s security platform that causes Bitstamp's transaction data to be identifiable on the blockchain. "I think the Bitcoin community in Israel is more coherent than in many other places in the world, which can be attributed to the small size of the country. Everyone is in driving distance from anyone else, so its much easier to....
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When Peter Todd tweetedhis thoughts about BitGo and their patent claims, it set off and opened the door for an online debate about the role of patents in the cryptocurrency space and their impact on innovation. CoinTelegraph spoke to Todd about the issue, along with the topics of centralized blockchains and Bitcoin core development funding. CoinTelegraph: Can you speak on your tweet and your concern about BitGo’s patent filing? Peter Todd: It’s known that BitGo was using the term “patent pending” to promote their technology to potential clients and investors. It is known that they did....
Developer Peter Todd has caused quite a stir in the community by committing a double spend on Coinbase. Taking $10 from the company and buying Jeremy Gardner of the Augur project some reddit gold. Todd admitted to the action via Twitter and GitHub with the crack he created. At this time, Gardner says he and Todd were conversing, and Todd had decided to “make a point about security in the industry” Gardner goes on to say that he had succeeded on his first try and was able also to snap a screenshot of the action. Many people in the community went crazy on Twitter following this announcement.....
Core developer Peter Todd is known for his forthright ideas on how to improve the security and stability of bitcoin, while staying true to the technology's decentralised roots. An avid Twitter user and conference regular, Todd has worked on everything from off-chain transactions and privacy-enhancing stealth addresses to '2.0' projects like Viacoin, Counterparty and coloured coins. In this video, he discusses his first experiences with bitcoin and precursor Hashcash and I ask how centralisation, regulation and scalability might shape bitcoin's future. View the full video interview below:....
Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd recently discussed a variety of topics on The Crypto Show. Todd was asked if he is still worried about the possibly negative implications of a controversial hard fork induced by Bitcoin Classic or any other alternative Bitcoin client. said he is still worried about a hard fork due to some larger block size limit supporters who seem willing to “fork Bitcoin at all costs.” When Todd was first asked how he felt about his hard fork worries, he brought up the fact that some parts of the Bitcoin community seem ready to fork the blockchain no matter what. He....
Consultant and Bitcoin Core Developer Peter Todd has advocated changes to the cryptocurrency’s proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm as the scaling debate continues. As the prospect of a Bitcoin hard fork looms and associated “politicized” activity remains, Todd suggested “researching a PoW change” would be a “good backup plan.” With some miners threatening 51% attacks against Bitcoin, researching a PoW change is a good backup plan: https://t.co/SEZ1qlxhAH. — Peter Todd (@petertoddbtc) March 19, 2017. The ongoing infighting over how to resolve Bitcoin’s capacity woes now directly involves the....