Blockstream, the global firm focused on Bitcoin infrastructure technology, marked ‘Bitcoin Genesis Day’—the anniversary of Bitcoin’s first block mined on January 3, 2009—with the launch of its latest ...

Bitcoin Core update improves performance, privacy, and fee estimation without altering consensus rules. BIP324 (encrypted P2P) is partially implemented and available for testing. Taproot support is ...

Cypherpunk Nick Szabo has posted on X after five years of silence, adding his views to a fierce debate between Bitcoin purists and maximalists. Bitcoin Core developers have released the second test ...