Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has fired up a full Bitcoin node

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has fired up a full Bitcoin node

The Twitter chief will soon be helping to validate the Bitcoin blockchain after posting a picture of his node synchronization in progress. Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has fired up his own Bitcoin (BTC) node. On Feb. 5, the tech billionaire posted a screenshot of the Bitcoin node software Bitcoind running on his computer, meaning Dorsey now lends a hand in validating Bitcoin transactions.Dorsey posted the screenshot along with the words, “Running #bitcoin”. The photo shows Dorsey’s computer in the midst of synchronizing with the Bitcoin blockchain, which requires that a user....


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