BTC.com
From CryptoWiki
Basics
- Founded: 2015
- Formerly Blocktrail, since July 19, 2016)
- From this post (9-2019) by Bitcoin.com:
"Originally created by Bitrail to serve as a web wallet, BTC.com still provides mobile and desktop wallets as well as a block explorer and Bitcoin API. It’s best known for its mining pool though, which has been in the hands of Bitmain since being acquired by the mining manufacturer in July 2016."
"In June 2017, BTC.com appealed for the sender of a transaction with an 80 BTC fee attached to come forward, with the pool offering to return the accidental fee."
- Block explorer
- Wallet service
- API-provider
- 3-12-2016 currently not signalling support for Segregated Witness, decision will most likely also depend on Bitmain’s preference. According to Bitcoin Core website BTC’s status on SegWit is a “work in progress” so they seem Bullish
- Coins mined (9-2019): BTC, BCH, ETH
Team, partners, etc.
- Open source mining pool owned by Bitmain
- Pan, Kevin; pool operator
- Founders of BTC.com have created Poolin. In June 2019, it was revealed that Bitmain was suing three former employees for violating a non-compete agreement by launching Poolin.
- Partnered with Rootstok