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Bitcoin Block Size News

All transactions made with Bitcoin are recorded into a blockchain block, the size of which is 1 MB. Initially, there was no limit, but as Bitcoin’s technology spread into the public, there were a number of hacking attacks in 2010 and containing the storage size of a block was something that could help make blocks more sustainable and protected from them. When making transactions with a small amount of data, such as in case of creating a new block, users didn’t even notice the limit. Nevertheless, as a number of miners, sellers and buyers increases every day, problems due to the size of the blockchain are becoming more evident. Nowadays, some are considering expanding the Bitcoin block size. However, it will take miners much more time to create a new block and amending the code is a complex process, so such an improvement might take a lot of time and money.
Bitcoin scaling solution consensus has been reached among key industry players. SegWit and 2MB block size increase to be implemented.
BREAKING: Bitcoin Scaling Consensus Reached. Commentary From Industry Leaders
Raoul Bova
2017-05-23T18:05:00+01:00
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Antpool, Bitcoin’s largest mining pool, has begun mining blocks supporting Bitcoin Unlimited, cementing deadlock in the scaling debate as transaction issues wor...
Bitcoin's Largest Mining Pool Now Supports Bitcoin Unlimited, Scaling Gridlock Deepens
Joël Valenzuela
2017-03-13T13:30:00+00:00
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Bitcoin’s unprocessed transaction pool size spiked again last week, prompting fears the network is nearing operational capacity.
Bitcoin Mempool Spikes Again As Capacity Nears, SegWit Support Grows
William Suberg
2017-02-27T11:36:00+00:00
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Bitcoin Unlimited blocks mined have reached a new high, passing SegWit and indicating that a hard fork may be just around the corner.
Bitcoin Fork Soon? Bitcoin Unlimited Surges Past SegWit, Core Blocks Drop Below 75%
Joël Valenzuela
2017-02-18T18:23:00+00:00
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Roger Ver, the owner of Bitcoin.com, believes that there is good reason to think that 2017 will be the best year for Bitcoin.
Roger Ver: 2017 Will Be the Best Year for Bitcoin
Frisco d'Anconia
2016-12-30T13:40:00+00:00
2303
What if you could add almost 2500 transactions a second to the Bitcoin protocol without the major network changes required by SegWit and Lightning?
Bitcoin Block Size and Scaling Issues May Be Solved With This New Solution
Evander Smart
2016-12-24T16:05:00+00:00
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Bitcoin’s scaling issues have long caused a deep divide within the community as well as transaction delays. Unfortunately, there is a human cost to these delays...
The Human Impact of Bitcoin's Scaling Problems
Joël Valenzuela
2016-12-19T12:45:00+00:00
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Chandler Guo, a known Bitcoin and Ethereum startups investor, compares Bitcoin with Trump, Ether with Hillary and suggests block size could be raised to avoid a...
Chandler Guo to Bitcoin Community: Avoid a War Over Block Size
Olusegun Ogundeji
2016-12-03T14:10:00+00:00
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