This article describes a weakness in the design of Bitcoin Merkle trees that reduces the security of SPV (Simple Payment Verification) clients. By exploiting the weakness, an attacker can simulate a payment of arbitrary amount to a victim using a SPV wallet, and trick the victim into accepting it as valid (a “Fake Transaction Attack” […]

A new RSK Bamboo release has been made available in our Github repo. Bamboo v0.4.3 introduces support for pub/sub using subscriptions (‘newHeads’), improves usage of configuration settings and fixes minor issues detected in previous versions. Important note: This version introduces several changes in configuration file. We’ve made available a very simple tool that makes configuration migration […]

RSK is the first smart contract platform built as a sidechain to Bitcoin that rewards the Bitcoin miners via merge-mining, allowing them to actively participate in the RSK Smart Contract ecosystem 1. There’s nothing you have to do that would make Bitcoin mining difficult RSK does not need special equipment to help us secure our […]

By Alejandro Banzas This tutorial aims to help you install the required environment, code your first smart contract and deploy it to RSK network. If you find something unclear, or have ideas on how to improve this or new tutorials? Found this useful? Want to help building more tutorials? Have ideas? Feel free to contact […]

A new RSK Bamboo release has been published in our Github repo. This release solves synchronization issues and introduces security improvements detected in previous version. Important note: If you are already running a previous version of RSKj, it’s strongly recommended to do a database reset and restart node. Also, if you are upgrading from 0.4.0, please check changes […]

Exchange Union is excited to announce a partnership with Rootstock (RSK), the first open-source smart contract platform powered by Bitcoin. The partnership paves the way for both parties to benefit from both technological and liquidity perspectives. RSK’s blockchain is secured by Bitcoin merge-mining, rewarding Bitcoin Miners with an additional revenue stream and allowing them to […]

Billions of dollars are spent each and every year on tech infrastructure and the trend has been growing exponentially for the last five years. Cloud computing services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ali Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are used on a daily basis by thousands of organizations, companies & individuals all over the […]

George Levy, Chief Learning Officer and “Blockchain, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies” certified trainer at Blockchain Institute of Technology (BIT), a co-founder of Bitsonline and well known speaker, shared with RSK Media his vision about Blockchain, its potential to impact the world, and the role of education for the technology to go mainstream.. RSK Media: How can […]

A new RSK Bamboo release has been published in our Github repo. This release introduces JSON-RPC txpool module, blockchain synchronization enhancements, block submission performance improvements and fixes minor issues detected in previous versions. Important note: This version introduces several changes in configuration file. We’ve made available a very simple tool that makes configuration migration between versions […]

Johannesburg, South Africa – March 9th, 2018. It was my first time in South Africa. As a matter of fact, it was my first time in Africa at all. I flew more than 25 hours from Buenos Aires to Johannesburg to speak and participate in the Blockchain Africa Conference. During my journey, I had plenty […]