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Bitcoin Core developer Peter Velle introduced Miniscript, a new programming language to simplify the development of smart contracts for the Bitcoin network. After publishing the corresponding message in the newsletter for Bitcoin developers, Peter Velle noted that the work on Miniscript lasted almost a year, and Andrew Poelstra and Sanket Sanyalkar also participated in it. Just announced our Miniscript project website on the bitcoin-dev […]

The blockchain of the second Ethereum cryptocurrency capitalization is almost full, and scalability is one of the most problematic sections of the network. Such recognition in an interview with The Toronto Star was made by the co-founder of this popular smart contract platform Vitalik Buterin. That, he said, is today one of the biggest hurdles for large organizations interested in the Ethereum ecosystem. “Scalability is […]

By the end of 2019, Silvergate Bank, California, will begin issuing loans secured by digital assets to selected institutional clients. This is stated in S1 form, which the parent company Silvergate Capital Corporation filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in anticipation of the IPO. So, the bank found a demand for loans for the purchase of cryptocurrencies. The new service involves […]

Charlie Lee, creator of the Litecoin cryptocurrency, said he had invested in the American company Casa. The latter is known as a developer of a multi-signature scheme, which requires signing tools on three hardware devices, a Keymaster key manager, as well as a hardware bitcoin node with support for the Lightning Network. According to Charlie Lee, what Casa does is very important for the entire cryptocurrency industry, and today […]