GreenAddress released updated wallets with new 2FA recovery implemented, bech32 sending support and various bug fixes.
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Two Factor Authentication Recovery
Hi, We’d like to update you on our progress with enabling two factor resets for users who have lost access to their second factor authentication. For those affected, we are happy to announce that we will be enabling access to your coins following the procedure… Read More
Segregated Witness & Updates
Hi, It’s been a very busy few months for us, and certainly an exciting few months in the Bitcoin ecosystem! We’d like to update you on what’s been happening here at GreenAddress and what’s in store in the future. This is a long post, but… Read More
Announcement regarding BIP148/BIP91 SegWit soft fork upgrade and enforcement
How is GreenAddress handling the BIP91/BIP148 soft fork? BIP91 (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0091.mediawiki) has now been activated by a large majority of miners. This means that miners are now signaling to activate Segregated Witness (also known as segwit or BIP141, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawiki). If BIP91 is enforced by… Read More
GreenAddress’ position on contentious forks
Dear GreenAddress users, Recently there has been considerable discussion and speculation concerning the possibility of a contentious fork to the Bitcoin blockchain. At this time, we remain confident such a fork will not occur. We trust that the incentives of the system continue to operate… Read More
Announcing Blockstream’s GreenAddress acquisition
Dear GreenAddress User, Today, we have some exciting news. We are proud to announce that we are joining forces with Blockstream, a leader in open source blockchain technology. For the last two years we have worked hard to bring you a user friendly, innovative, and… Read More
Why Replace by Fee is Good for Bitcoin
tldr The reason we started GreenAddress was to provide a way of third party assured, zero-conf transactions: our customers have enjoyed since the service was launched. RBF means these transactions won’t get stuck, and their bitcoin experience will be even smoother, even in the case… Read More
Scaling Bitcoin is Political
“What is the right maximum blocksize?” This question is impossible to answer. There is no “right” blocksize, and everyone will have to lobby for their vision of the network. However, in order to actually persuade anyone of your position, you need to enumerate your end… Read More
BTChip HW.1 : Paris-based Secure Element innovators launch a tiny smartcard-based USB bitcoin hardware wallet, compatible from day one with GreenAddress
BTChip announced the launch of a friendly, small yet powerful USB wallet – HW.1 – a new product, designed with security and ease of use in m ind, thus effectively providing stronger protection against theft and malware while providing a smoother user experience. BTChip founder… Read More
Pay to script hash stats
Since the end of 2013 a new kind of Bitcoin addresses is possible. Instead of sending your Bitcoin to an address made of a hash of a public key you send them to an address made of a hash of a script. This allows to shift the responsibility… Read More
