Former Microsoft Engineer Predicts a Gradual Shift in Blockchain Development Focus Toward Vertical Scaling

While wrapped digital assets have enabled the bridging of assets and expanded their utility, their perceived need for custodianship reintroduces centralization risks and trust dependencies. This contradicts the decentralized ethos of blockchain technology, according to Chris Li, founder and CTO of Ava Protocol. Attaining Utility While Preserving the Core Principles of Decentralization Li told Bitcoin.com … Read more

Smart Contract Blockchains Are Struggling to Scale

Second generation blockchains were presented as being faster, cheaper, and more scalable than Bitcoin. Third generation chains (basically anything that came after Ethereum) promised even greater optimizations. In the event, these networks have run into the same difficulties as Bitcoin, with competition for scarce resources leading to mounting costs and congestion. To tackle these problems, … Read more

Rogue App Wreaks Havoc –Transaction Costs Soar as the Ethereum Network Slows

Another month, another almighty congestion on the Ethereum network. Gas prices have soared this week, passing 500 gwai at one stage, before settling on a still-pretty-substantial 56 gwai. As a result, the average transaction cost is $0.49, making it more expensive to send crypto on Ethereum than on other major blockchains such as BTC or … Read more

Satoshi’s Place Is the New Battleground for Bitcoin Core and Cash Supporters

There aren’t many things that bitcoin core and bitcoin cash supporters can agree on. If the two camps were a couple, they could reasonably be described as having irreconcilable differences. When Satoshi’s Place, a virtual graffiti wall powered by the Lightning Network (LN) sprang up, it was inevitable that the BTC and BCH factions would … Read more