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Bitcoin’s 21M supply cap failed in 2010 and 2018 — nearly 75% of Bitcoin Core code was written after the Epstein funding era

Bitcoin’s supply cap is enforced by software and social consensus, not by immutable law. Bugs have tested that system before. The 2010 inflation incident was real and required a rollback, while the ...
CoinDesk

Bitcoin Core 30 to Increase OP_RETURN Data Limit After Developer Debate Concludes

Bitcoin Core 30, set for release in October, will increase the OP_RETURN data transaction limit from 80 bytes to nearly 4MB. The change aims to address issues with data storage techniques and improve ...
CoinTelegraph

Jimmy Song explains why Bitcoin needs a ‘conservative’ node client

The Bitcoin advocate is the co-founder of ProductionReady, a non-profit initiative to fund open source development of BTC software and education. The Bitcoin (BTC) network needs a “conservative” ...
Morningstar

Software stocks are getting pulverized - but bitcoin's rebound hints that a bottom might be in

Okta was one of the software stocks that fell sharply on Friday. Bitcoin's relative strength on Friday may offer a bullish clue for battered software shares - that is, if a past relationship still ...
New Scientist

What is bitcoin and how does it work?

Bitcoin is a digital currency which operates free of any central control or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead it relies on peer-to-peer software and cryptography. A public ledger records ...