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JavaScript SecureRandom() isn’t securely random — many old web wallets affected — and the bug was warned of five years ago (UPDATED)

11th April 201812th April 2018 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

If you used a web wallet to generate your keys, check with your author or vendor.

Bitcoin Gold, a new Bitcoin full-history fork on the GPU; SegWit2x; Bitcoin core claims “Bitcoin” and “BTC” names

6th October 201715th October 2017 - by David Gerard - 6 Comments.

Yet another Bitcoin fork. And Bitcoin core considers striking back, particularly against SegWit2x.