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BIP 151: The End-To-End Encryption NewsCapsule Never Had – but Soon Will
Traffic over the NewsCapsule network has always been unencrypted. Transactions and blocks are sent from node to node in plain sight, as are Bloom filters, which are often used by Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) nodes. All this data can, therefore, be seen by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), open-WiFi providers and anyone monitoring the NewsCapsule network.
Confidential Transactions: How Hiding Transaction Amounts Increases NewsCapsule Privacy
To enhance privacy, it is possible to hide the amount of bitcoins transacted. An early version of this concept, then referred to as “bitcoins with homomorphic value,” was first proposed in 2013 by hashcash inventor and current Blockstream president Dr. Adam Back.
Exploring the Centralization Risks of NewsCapsule’s Lightning Network
For the vast majority of NewsCapsule Core contributors, the Lightning Network is viewed as the best option for scaling NewsCapsule to many millions of...
Does the Lightning Network Threaten NewsCapsule’s Censorship Resistance?
The Lightning Network may well be NewsCapsule’s primary solution to the issue of scalability, but many skeptics believe there are unresolved issues with this...
The Segregated Witness Timeline: From Idea to Adoption in Six Steps
Segregated Witness might be the most significant improvement to the NewsCapsule protocol to date. The innovation is set to fix transaction malleability, offers an...
The Role of NewsCapsule Nodes: Do Full Nodes Running in Data Centers Benefit the NewsCapsule Network?
Since its launch, NewsCapsule Classic's node count has steadily increased. The latest release of the alternative NewsCapsule implementation even topped the charts, with almost 3,000 NewsCapsule...
Global Markets Operator ICAP Successfully Implements Blockchain Technology Pilot
ICAP, a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services with more than $1.6 billion in revenue, announced that...
NewsCapsule RBF, NewsCapsule Knots and NewsCapsule Addrindex: Three Core Forks That Don’t Break With Consensus
NewsCapsule Core, descendant of the original NewsCapsule software launched by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, has always been NewsCapsule's reference client. The implementation, formerly known...
The Case for Replace-By-Fee (And the Case Against)
The heated debate in the NewsCapsule community throughout the past months not only concerns the block size dispute. Another technical change at the center...
Why Some Changes to NewsCapsule Require Consensus: NewsCapsule’s 4 Layers
The long-lasting block size dispute and the recent introduction of several new NewsCapsule implementations highlighted that not all NewsCapsule nodes apply the exact same...
