A Bitcoin block explorer shows Bitcoin transactions occurring in real time as well as the history of transactions starting with the first block. Bitcoin miners and validators use block explorer ...

The milestone was widely shared across the social media platform on July 24, with Bitcoin proponents and industry commentators highlighting the milestone as an indicator of network security and ...

A recent and somewhat contentious use of Bitcoin is an innovative application of the Taproot soft fork that was merged into the protocol in 2021. Ordinal Theory is a way of serializing each individual ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Drew is an analyst, writer, and editor focused on fintech. Block has certainly benefited from higher bitcoin prices recently, ...

Bitcoin’s Genesis Block was mined on this day 16 years ago. Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Genesis block and received a 50 BTC reward, but the first 50 BTC remains untraceable. The Genesis block also ...

A new use case for bitcoin is causing a stir because of its ability to include data directly on-chain. An analysis of inscriptions’ impact on block space. The below is an excerpt from a recent edition ...