KeepKey Prepares for Bitcoin Scaling With Wallet Startup Acquisition
As developers prepare for the launch of Segregated Witness, a proposed scaling method for the bitcoin network, one startup based in the US has purchased an entire firm to help it prepare for the change. Hardware wallet firm KeepKey announced today that it has acquired MultiBit, a desktop-based bitcoin wallet program. According to KeepKey founder and CEO Darin Stanchfield, the purchase was aimed at positioning the firm for both the launch of Segregated Witness, known commonly as SegWit, as well as other improvements to the bitcoin network. He told CoinDesk: "All the new plans for the....
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