Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: The Resilience of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: The Resilience of Bitcoin
Altcoins may come and go; hacks may challenge exchanges; mainstream financial advisors might not get it — but even in the face of a protocol bug, Bitcoin perseveres and develops. Here are this week’s top stories from Bitcoin Magazine.Stay on top of the best stories in the bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Subscribe to our newsletter here.A Bug Fix and a New ASIC MinerThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly Details of One of Bitcoin’s Nastiest Bugs YetFor well over a year, versions of Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin’s leading software implementation — contained a severe software bug. The bug was fixed with Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 (and 0.17.0rc4), released this week, and the status of the Bitcoin network now appears to be safe, with no harm done. The Bitcoin Core project has since released a full disclosure report, revealing that the bug was even worse than previously thought.Our technical editor, Aaron Van Wirdum, takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly details of the bug that didn’t take down Bitcoin.Innosilicon’s Impending ASIC Miner Could Challenge Bitmain’s DominanceInnosilicon claims to have a new ASIC miner for bitcoin — the T3 —  in the works that will outperform any current hardware in speed, profitability and efficiency. Purportedly consuming only 44 watts of power per tera hash (44W/TH), the T3 could become the most energy-efficient miner on the market when it is released. Altcoin NewsCrypto Ex... For Further Information Click on Below Button
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