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Former Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd has settled a defamation suit against a cryptographer who accused him of being a rapist.
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Peter Todd is a Bitcoin enthusiast and expert, consultant and leading developer related to cryptocurrency and blockchain software at Bitcoin Core, which is considered to be the official client application for operations with Bitcoin. Peter Todd is famous for his profound knowledge of the security properties of the Bitcoin network and other decentralized technologies. He holds a degree in integrated media. His career started as a software developer, but now he is the chief scientist at Dark Wallet and Mastercoin. The main direction of Peter Todd’s work is in the design of Bitcoin’s application framework and in providing security for the whole network. On his Twitter, Peter frequently posts his comments about some crypto novelties or events.
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Peter Todd argued Google’s latest breakthrough relates to “primitive” quantum tech and likely faces insurmountable costs.
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A study suggesting that the Lightning Network struggles to route payments, especially larger amounts, has been called ‘bullshit.’
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PayPal has filed a patent to speed up cryptocurrency transaction times by eliminating the verification time of payments. Bitcoin expert argues that this is already made possible through existing technologies in the cryptocurrency industry.
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Segwit is an upgrade well on its way, but there are a few other things in the Bitcoin Core development Pipeline.
26466 New controversy surrounding SegWit2x focuses on its legal implications for New York’s BitLicense scheme.
14559Peter Todd and Max Keiser consider Bitcoin mining in space wholly practical but not without its dangers.
10843Traders and investors are coming back to Bitcoin due to the lock-in of BIP 91 and the high probability of Segregated WItness being activated in the near future.
64239Max Keiser, host of RT’s Keiser Report, predicts Bitcoin price will hit $5,000.
27618Peter Todd, highly regarded Bitcoin Core developer and well-respected cryptography consultant, encourages users not to accept transactions with one confirmation when BIP 91 activates.
17284Applied Cryptography Consultant Peter Todd raises questions as to where’s the journalistic standards for media companies covering the Craig Wright’s new venture, nChain.
11017Barry Silbert has said almost 80% of Bitcoin hashrate is coming from miners sharing his scaling solution support.
25352Ripple’s decision to lock up $14 bln of tokens to avert a flash sell-off has been met with suspicion from cryptocurrency sources.
21010Bitcoin Unlimited succumbed to a second bug Tuesday which developers appeared to fix with non-open source code.
1419Core developer Peter Todd has suggested changing Bitcoin’s proof-of-work algorithm is a “good backup plan” in the ongoing scaling debate.
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