Bitcoin miners use their computing powers to solve cryptographic puzzles which, in turn, build up the blockchain by adding blocks of transactions. This process is fundamental to how Bitcoin transactions are authorised in the absence of a central authority, although the energy consumption involved has raised concerns. Now a new threat to the blockchain is […]
Monthly Archives: March 2018
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It has been a tumultuous few years for Bitcoin. Users of the currency have had to face a series of challenges ranging from government crackdowns to incompetent brokers. Yet despite this the underlying principle of Bitcoin, namely, that currency needn’t be dependent on centralised governments, has remained intact. In truth the Bitcoin story does not […]