An Open Letter and Plea to the Bitcoin Core Development Team

An Open Letter and Plea to the Bitcoin Core Development Team

Counterparty is a ‘metacoin‘ protocol and currency built on top of Bitcoin by hiding message data in Bitcoin transactions. Counterparty provides functionality for a distributed exchange, user-created assets, contracts for difference, betting, and other powerful...
An Open Letter and Plea to the Bitcoin Core Development Team

Pay Dividends With Bitcoin

The exchanges on which Bitcoin stocks are traded have had regulatory and internal problems, and thus far have had difficulty staying open. As a result, some Bitcoin stocks have stopped trading altogether, while others have turned to roundabout methods to continue...
An Open Letter and Plea to the Bitcoin Core Development Team

Next Generation Digital Currency Platforms

Tim Swanson, an accomplished business consultant and author, just released a new book entitled Great Chain of Numbers: A Guide to Smart Contracts, Smart Property and Trustless Asset Management. This work includes a chapter on ‘next generation’ digital currency...
An Open Letter and Plea to the Bitcoin Core Development Team

Two Bitcoin Security Experts to Audit Counterparty Code

An anonymous white hat hacker recently discovered a vulnerability in the counterpartyd code, which he exploited to steal 35,000 XCP from Poloniex, a centralized exchange on which XCP is traded. The bug was quickly fixed and the fraudulent transaction invalidated, but...