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Seventeen years after Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world, it has grown from a cryptographic experiment into a global movement, argues Tony Yazbeck, co-founder of The Bitcoin Way. origin »
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When I decided, maybe against my better judgement, to live on bitcoin for a week, the plan was met by a combination of cautions and jokes from friends and loved ones: “Just don’t starve,” “Well, it’s the New Year, a perfect time to start a new diet,” “Will you be able to eat?”, “Have you really thought about it?”I had “really” thought about it and it seemed not only sensible but necessary.
2019-2-5 23:06 | |
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XAPO CEO and Renowned “Patient Zero” Says Bitcoin “May Work, It Might Not” CEO of the bitcoin wallet and vault (XAPO), Wences Casares sat down with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker to discuss volatility of the crypto sphere, along with where Bitcoin might be headed on Monday, October 29, on Bloomberg’s market. Casares is definitely rooting for […]
2018-10-30 20:07 | |
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In an interview with Bloomberg’s Erick Schatzker, Wences Casares described Bitcoin as a “really interesting intellectual experiment” that may or may not work. He notes that even if the whole experiment ends up failing, the learnings derived from such an experiment would still be highly beneficial.
2018-10-30 19:59 | |
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Îñíîâàòåëü áèòêîèí-ñòàðòàïà Xapo Âåíñåñ Êàñàðåñ çàÿâèë, ÷òî íóæíû ãîäû, ÷òîáû áèòêîèí äîñòèã óñïåõà, åñëè ýòî âîîáùå ñëó÷èòñÿ. Bitcoin is an intellectual experiment that could take years to prove successful, if it does at all https://t.
2018-10-30 13:28 | |
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When it comes to loyalty to crypto-related technology, a majority of innovators in this industry, many of which are diehard decentralists, would go to the ends of the Earth for their craft. However, in a recent Bloomberg interview, the founder of one of the crypto space’s foremost startups claimed that this innovation is nothing more.
2018-10-30 12:00 | |
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Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, recently sat down with Crypto Trader on how he sees Bitcoin and everything it is involved with. Wozniak didn’t get in at the bottom level, but he joined around the time that Bitcoin cost about $70 per BTC, investing via Mt Gox as his platform. Interestingly, Wozniak was quick […]
2018-10-29 00:35 | |
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As a company looking to give users full control over their digital rights, Blockstack is piloting a new app mining program that encourages designers to create new applications directly on Blockstack’s platform and earn rewards in bitcoin.
2018-10-24 00:30 | |
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There’s a new bitcoin cash wallet under construction called Qart, a light client that provides the ability to create human-recognizable QR codes using any image. The wallet is currently available for Android devices in its beta phase, but users can experiment with the application before the official launch.
2018-10-19 21:20 | |
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Indian regulators' clampdown on crypto firms is forcing exchange Unocoin to experiment with ATMs and stablecoins to continue receiving fiat deposits.
2018-10-19 10:00 | |
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Indian regulators' clampdown on crypto firms is forcing exchange Unocoin to experiment with ATMs and stablecoins to continue receiving fiat deposits.
2018-10-18 10:00 | |
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Following a partnership between Samourai Wallet and goTenna, which now allows users to send bitcoin transactions offline, one developer in New Zealand is staying ahead of the curve.
2018-10-18 00:36 | |
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CSIRO, Australia’s National Science Agency, in partnership with Sydney University have revealed that, through using the Amazon Cloud, the pair have managed to achieve a blockchain transaction settling time of 30,000 transactions per second.
2018-9-27 21:30 | |
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The University of Sydney and CSIRO’s Data61 say in their official press release they have successfully trialed a blockchain that provide 30,000 transactions per second which significantly exceeds the throughput of Bitcoin and Etherium networks.
2018-9-26 18:30 | |
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Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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As controversies surrounding Bitmain’s looming IPO spell uncertainty for the future well-being of the mining goliath, competitors are fast to move in on the manufacturer’s territory.
2018-9-21 01:04 | |
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A Chinese Bitcoin enthusiast is currently filming her attempt to survive 21 days by living on nothing but bitcoin. A recent documentary shows her trying to retrieve food, housing, and necessities all through cryptocurrency transactions done on her phone.
2018-9-19 19:00 | |
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A growing number of start-ups and larger companies have begun to experiment with blockchain’s utility for solving public health crises — like the opioid epidemic in the United States. Cryptocurrencies have had a testy relationship with some law enforcement figures in the United States, who see popular forms like Bitcoin as a scapegoat for an ongoing opioid crisis.
2018-9-8 23:00 | |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world’s largest financial groups, has been experimenting with using its own cryptocurrency, the Mufg coin, for payments at a convenience store for employees.
2018-9-2 02:50 | |
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Venezuela’s economic conditions are worsening by the day, and the authorities have turned to digital coins to help facilitate growth. However, what started with the “Petro” as a digital currency experiment has now given way to a unique (albeit crazy) plan of the Maduro-led government.
2018-8-23 21:01 | |
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This past week, we talked to three security experts about how to design smarter and more secure smart contracts. Google is dipping its toe in the blockchain waters by introducing integrations for applications built with Ethereum and Hyperledger.
2018-8-5 16:08 | |
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Following a successful 2016 trial of blockchain technology in an interbank open account transaction, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has partnered with five international and Australian companies to ship 17 tonnes of almonds from Melbourne, Australia, to Hamburg, Germany, using a new distributed ledger platform built on the Ethereum blockchain.
2018-7-31 23:13 | |
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Billionaire investor, Bill Miller believes Bitcoin is the cream of the crop as far as cryptocurrencies are concerned. The founder and chief investment officer (CIO) of Miller Value Partners also thinks that the top-ranked cryptocurrency is similar to gold.
2018-7-30 02:00 | |
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A few lucky merchants now have one less obstacle to accepting bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. Inevitably there will be some bugs, either in our implementation or in the Lightning Network.
2018-7-10 17:00 | |
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The Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, Jean-Pierre Landau, also named “Mister Bitcoin” by the French government, submitted a report to Bruno Lemaire, the French Minister of Finance and Economy.
2018-7-10 16:15 | |
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The Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, Jean-Pierre Landau, also named “Mister Bitcoin” by the French government, submitted a report to Bruno Lemaire, the French Minister of Finance and Economy.
2018-7-10 16:15 | |
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Bitcoin Cash Becomes The Second Crypto To Be Supported on Bob Wallet Privacy-centric Bob Wallet recently added Bitcoin Cash (BCH) support so BCH users can use BCH Testnet coins and experiment with the mixing service.
2018-7-9 20:03 | |
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Global Data recently published a report called “Cryptocurrencies – Thematic Research,” which is presently breaking down the myths that they believe surround the crypto industry. Some of the main themes reference the expensive nature of these exchanges, along with their lack of speed and the few ways that they can be spent. The study goes […]
2018-7-7 08:02 | |
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Typically, the human brain is designed to process information using charts and graphs for easy display of large amounts of complex data. That is because these infographics are much more comfortable than poring over the endless number of spreadsheets or reports.
2018-7-6 08:06 | |
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The introduction of Bitcoin as the pioneer of cryptocurrencies happened rather quietly way back in 2009, with a single bitcoin trading at around 10p. By the start of 2011, the crypto had risen to $1, a significant upscale from the cents of 2010.
2018-7-5 23:10 | |
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Keeping in line with the trend of football fever, we want to take a look at how the English Premier League would look if we replaced this seasons line up with cryptocurrencies instead. Okay yes, this is a bit of fun, but you never know, perhaps we will learn something about the personalities of a number of cryptocurrencies through this.
2018-7-5 23:00 | |
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The Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2018, that it will not reconsider the conviction or life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the darknet site Silk Road.
2018-6-30 23:20 | |
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Bear with us, but could the current low price for Bitcoin mean that Bitcoin is inadvertently more likely to hit $20,000. 00? Put it this way, with the price of Bitcoin sinking to new lows, it is becoming cheaper and cheaper to buy a slice of Bitcoin action.
2018-6-19 03:00 | |
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For all the talk that this cycle is somehow “different,” the structure of Bitcoin’s market still looks unmistakably cyclical to me. Each top brings the same chorus claiming the cycle model is dead, and each cooling phase renews the idea that liquidity alone now sets the trajectory.
ZKPs could become the backbone of a new era of trusted AI and digital identity, giving individuals and organizations a way to interact safely and transparently across platforms and borders, argues Evin McMullen, CEO and co-founder of Billions Network.
The louder these companies protest regulation, the clearer it becomes that something’s off, argue Paradigm’s Katie Biber and Dominique Little.
The following is a guest post and opinion from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief from The Tokenist. It is no secret that large language models (LLMs) crossed the capability threshold by harvesting vast amounts of public and private data.
MiCA deserves credit for imposing order on chaos, but its structure rests on a dangerous assumption: that proof-of-reserves equals proof-of-stability, argues Dr. Daniel D’Alvia. It does not.
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper did not describe the end of Bitcoin’s development but the beginning, argues Voltage’s Bobby Shell.