Tag: Gregory Maxwell

The final days of February saw the release of Bitcoin Core 0.16.0: the latest iteration of the Bitcoin software client originally developed by Satoshi Nakamoto. Unperturbed by routine FUD and day to day price-action, the Bitcoin Core developers have been hard at work for the last few months, developing...

At a recent SF Bitcoin Developers meetup, Bitcoin Core contributor and Blockstream CTO Greg Maxwell provided a technical presentation on the upcoming 0.15 release of Bitcoin Core. During the Q&A portion of his talk, Blocktime co-host Michael Tidwell asked Maxwell for his thoughts on SegWit2x and specifically what he...

Bitcoin has been making headlines in the mainstream press over the past couple of weeks due to the recent rise in the exchange rate. After breaking through the $800 mark on December 20th, the price has continued to skyrocket and hit the $1000 mark on New Year’s Day. For the...

During his recent introductory presentation about Sidechain Elements, Blockstream Co-Founder and Bitcoin Core Developer Greg Maxwell explained why altcoins are not the proper solution for adding new features to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In the past, Maxwell has noted that he has “ethical concerns” with altcoins, but he mainly focused...