US infrastructure law could brace up digital assets — but first some fixes
Assuming a fix for its troublesome language, the bill might eventually prove a boon — another sign “digital assets are here to stay.” Back in August, there were some dire warnings about what the Biden Administration’s proposed infrastructure bill might do to the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector by driving crypto miners out of the United States, crippling America's leadership role, etc. In response, the crypto industry mobilized a full-court-lobbying press on lawmakers. However, it was too late to excise the troubling digital-asset language, and, in November, the infrastructure bill was....
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Etoro, a trading and investing platform, has warned its customers to brace for possible limitations on their buy orders this coming weekend. The company says it might be forced to take this and other steps if the anticipated and unprecedented surge in demand for cryptos occurs. Unprecedented Demand and Limited Liquidity The Israeli company’s warning follows its curb of European investors’ “ability to trade cryptocurrencies on margin” in the past week. The company had reportedly made this decision in “response to soaring risks in the market.”....
Updated with commentary from core developer Mike Hearn. Update 20th March 6:30 pm GMT: Updated with commentary from BitMonet founder and developer Ankur Nandwani. Update 21st March 6:30 pm GMT: Updated with commentary from bitcoin developer Peter Todd. Bitcoin's core developers have released the latest update to the bitcoin reference client, version 0.9.0, which includes transaction malleability-related fixes, as well as updates to how transactions are relayed on the network. Version 0.9.0 notably includes coin control features and a Windows 64-bit installer, among other updates, bug fixes....
Bitcoin 0.8.6 was officially released this week and the incremental update brings a few bug fixes and some nifty features, such as relaxed restrictions on block size. The biggest changes affect block size. The maximum size of free transactions is now 1,000 bytes instead of 10,000 bytes, allowing more transactions per block. Since each block allows 27,000 bytes for free transactions, this means that as many as 27 free transactions will be available per block, up from three or less in 0.8.5 and previous releases. The minimum output requirement of 0.01 BTC has been dropped, too. The....
A public service announcement: Bitcoin 0.9.0 FINAL is now available for download, according to a post made by 'rme' at Bitcointalk.org. This release includes a number of fixes, including some transaction malleability-related fixes, a drop in transaction fees to 0.01mBTC per kilobyte, and more. So, without holding you up any further, here's a copy of the release notes. Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0 is now available from: https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.0/. This is a release candidate for a new major version. A major version brings; both new features and bug fixes. Please report bugs using the....
Bitcoin's eighth birthday was marked by a new software update. Though all eyes may have been on the escalating price, Tuesday's software upgrade (to version 0.13.2) is the latest of many "minor version releases" published by the volunteer developer group known popularly as Bitcoin Core. It might not be as big of a release as say, 0.13.0, but it rounds up a number of bug and performance fixes, including an upgrade that will allow the built-in wallet to react to memory pool (mempool) changes more appropriately. Other improvements include increased block relay speed on the network....