Blockchain Tech Leaders Debate Satoshi Mystery and Scaling at Consensus 2016
It has been said that bitcoin is in a crisis as its community attempt to reach consensus on how best to scale the technology to increase its capacity, and the evolving debate was on display at Consensus 2016 today. Perhaps the day's most visible panel was one featuring former Bitcoin Core maintainer Gavin Andresen, who just the night before had revealed he believes he has received proof that Australian cryptographer Craig Wright is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. As a result, when Andresen joined Ethereum investor Vitalik Buterin; Bitcoin Core developer Eric Lombrozo; and Neha Narula of....
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