Inspired by Unwriter’s Apps, BCH Developers Create Fountainhead Cash

When the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network split last November, prominent platform developer Unwriter decided to focus on building applications for the BSV chain. Since then, a group of BCH developers has forked Unwriter’s 21 Century Motor Company. On Jan. 27, a few BCH programmers revealed the Fountainhead Cash project and explained they had decided to … Read more

Query the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain With Bitcoin.com’s Dedicated Bitdb Node

Over six months ago, Bitcoin.com launched a dedicated development page for programmers working on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. More recently, our web portal further added the literature “Mastering Bitcoin Cash,” a comprehensive overview of BCH basics and technical operation of the protocol. In order to ring in the New Year, Bitcoin.com has added a … Read more

With Deplatforming on the Rise, Onchain Social Media App Memo Shows Promise

Last year the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community welcomed a BCH-based social media network called Memo.cash. Since then Memo has gathered a lot of traction with hundreds of profiles and thousands of onchain updates and conversations posted to the BCH chain. Also read: Crypto-Friendly Statesman Takes Over Swiss Presidency Memo’s Uncensorable Posts Continue to Grow In … Read more

Unwriter Launches ‘Bitsocket’ — A Push API for the Bitcoin Cash Network

After a slew of new applications released over the last six months, on Oct. 24 the software developer Unwriter published another platform for the BCH ecosystem called Bitsocket; a real-time application program interface (API) for Bitcoin Cash. Essentially Bitsocket compliments Unwriter’s Bitdb ‘pull’ based API with a ‘push’ based infrastructure for transactions on the Bitcoin … Read more

Launching a Website on the Bitcoin Cash Network Is Now a Reality

On September 29, Bitcoin Cash enthusiast Donald Mulders wrote an interesting post on the social media network Yours.org. The post detailed that he was attempting to host a website on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) chain using the Bitdb 2.0 application. Following the write-up, and with a little help from the BCH developer Unwriter and a … Read more

Bitdb’s Global Database Now Crawls the Entire BCH Transaction Universe

This week the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Unwriter has released the second iteration of Bitdb, a global NoSQL database backed by BCH and implemented with Mongo-DB. Unwriter’s latest Bitdb 2.0 allows the protocol to continuously synchronize itself with not only the BCH op-return database but now the autonomous database syncs with every bitcoin transaction. Also … Read more

The Bitcoin Files Protocol Provides a BCH Secured File Storage System

This weekend the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) developers have announced another new feature to the Bitcoin Cash network called the Bitcoin Files Protocol (BFP). The first implementation of the file storage system has been added to the SLP version of the Electron Cash light client. Also read: Simple Ledger Token Creation Platform Launches on the BCH … Read more

BCH Roundup: Rock Festivals, Long Form Blogging, and Prescription Drugs

The past seven days has been another interesting week for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents. After wrapping up a successful Stress Test Day with a record 2.2 million transactions confirmed in 24-hours there’s been a lot more happening within the BCH ecosystem. Also read: Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Debate Reconvenes After the Stress Test Bitcoin Cash (BCH) … Read more

A Discussion With the Prolific Bitcoin Developer Unwriter

This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with one of the most prolific developers working with the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. Over the past few months, the developer Unwriter has created a large swathe of censorship-resistant applications that are tethered to the BCH blockchain. We decided to get an inside glimpse of all the interesting platforms Unwriter has … Read more