Is Adding Functionality To Bitcoin A Problem?
Adding operation codes to Bitcoin can increase the types of functions users are able to perform, but choosing their size limits has been a topic of debate.Watch The Episode On YouTube or RumbleListen To This Episode Here:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynIn this episode of “Bitcoin, Explained,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss OP_RETURN and what some have called the “OP_RETURN Wars.” More specifically, they discuss a blog post by BitMEX Research titled “The OP_Return Wars of 2014 – Dapps Vs Bitcoin Transactions.”Van Wirdum and Provoost start off by explaining that OP_RETURN is an....
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Elon Musk Joins Twitter’s Board of Directors
After disclosing Monday that he has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc., Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has joined Twitter’s board of directors, according to the social....
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