Bitcoin transactions require multiple confirmations to ensure security, with most considered final after six confirmations. Increasing network congestion, block size limits and transaction fees have ...

secp256k1lab hopes to streamline the development process of cryptographic protocols for BIP proposals with a standard library for secp256k1. Until now, every Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that ...

A Bitcoin node is a computer that runs Bitcoin software to validate and relay transactions across the network. Like servers in a traditional financial system, nodes store a complete copy of the ...

The minimum fees required for a Bitcoin transaction have been slashed by 90%. This news comes amid the debates over what the asset is best suited for. Some believe it is better for everyday payments, ...

The Bitcoin transaction mempool is a temporary storage area for unconfirmed transactions that are waiting for a miner to add them to a new block. Every Bitcoin node runs a mempool and works to check ...

Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions are enhancing the utility and programmability of Bitcoin, marking the beginning of a new era of innovation and development for the leading cryptocurrency. A dominant theme ...

MetaMask announces Bitcoin (BTC) is now being supported on the platform. According to the update, this means users may trade ...

Until now, every Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that needed cryptographic primitives had to reinvent the wheel. Each one came bundled with its own custom Python implementation of the secp256k1 ...