Mt. Gox: Bitcoin Developer Explains Transaction Woes, Dismisses Rumours
Mt. Gox exchange wallet may have mangled transactions. In a candid discussion on Reddit, Bitcoin Developer Gregory Maxwell has provided some insight into the technical difficulties being faced by Mt. Gox and dismisses rumours of insolvency. His musings point to practical obstacles posed by Mt. Gox's use of the Bitcoin protocol and their custom wallet implementation. Insolvency - "just hysteria". First of all, it is noteworthy that Maxwell dismisses allegations of Mt. Gox's imminent insolvency as "just hysteria". But then, what exactly are the supposed causes of the massive disruption....
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Bitcoin Core team’s website has announced the first successful zero-knowledge contingent payment. Unveiled by Gregory Maxwell, the protocol ZKCP was first proposed in 2011 on Bitcoin Wiki. The ZKCP transaction platform enables buyers and sellers to purchase data in a trustless way. The Core developer explains if one accepts the existence of the....