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Bitcoin Trading on LocalBitcoins Sees Huge Spike During Hong Kong’s Protests

Coindance’s data shows that there is a massive Bitcoin volume spike in Hong Kong with over $13 Million being traded just last month. ’ Given that China monitors its citizens through their spending habits, cryptocurrencies allow them to move to a different form of transferring value that is not controlled by the state. LocalBitcoins has […] дальше »

2019-10-3 18:18


Bitcoin became a medium of exchange without force unlike fiat money, claims Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht

“Bitcoin didn’t start out as money, it became money,” read a letter drafted by Ross Ulbricht, the infamous creator of  darknet website, Silk Road. Being one of the first to spread Bitcoin’s use and mass adoption, Ulbricht highlighted how Bitcoin, while having no prior value, became a medium of exchange without force. дальше »

2019-9-26 21:30


Understanding PLONK

Special thanks to Justin Drake, Karl Floersch, Hsiao-wei Wang, Barry Whitehat, Dankrad Feist, Kobi Gurkan and Zac Williamson for review Very recently, Ariel Gabizon, Zac Williamson and Oana Ciobotaru announced a new general-purpose zero-knowledge proof scheme called PLONK, standing for the unwieldy quasi-backronym “Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge”. дальше »

2019-9-24 04:03


Bitcoin Is The “Most Significant Investment Opportunity Of A Generation”: Analyst Travis Kling

“Bitcoin is too good at being a store of value right now to be a good method of exchange,” said Travis Kling, equities portfolio manager turned crypto fund executive. Recently, he stated how “nobody wants to be the Bitcoin pizza guy” and spend 10,000 Bitcoins on a pizza. It also doesn’t make sense when there […] дальше »

2019-9-16 22:30


U.S dollar, Yuan, Euros need cryptos for easy translation of value, claims Ripple’s Chris Larsen

When the concept of virtual assets surfaced a decade back, the potential of ‘Internet of Value’ seemed ready to being unleashed. Originating back in 1982, Internet of Value translates to an online medium where users can transfer any form of value [monetary or social] across the network, while discarding the need for middlemen and basically […] The post U. дальше »

2019-9-6 15:30


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What’s Being Built – and What’s Not – on 2019’s Smart Contract Blockchains

Has anyone checked in with EOS lately, to see how it’s doing? How about Tezos – any signs of life there? In mid 2017, two of the largest token sales in history birthed two smart contracting platforms that promised to topple Ethereum and usher in an era of fast and low-cost value transfer with dApps […] The post What’s Being Built – and What’s Not – on 2019’s Smart Contract Blockchains appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2019-8-30 18:40


Bitcoin evangelist claims Facebook’s Libra is unlikely to withstand global trade and currency wars

In an interview with Cryptonites, prominent Bitcoin advocate Andreas Antonopoulos spoke about his stance on Bitcoin being a safe haven asset during a financial crisis. With the value of fiat currencies like the British pound and Chinese yuan falling, many speculate that the world is in for yet another financial crunch. дальше »

2019-8-13 21:30


Could President Donald Trump Be A True Crypto Catalyst For Bitcoin’s Price? Forbes Says Yes

Bitcoin has been around now for over a decade, but there are still many people that doesn’t quite understand how much value it holds. The people who actually know about it understand the way that it acts as both a store of value and a medium of exchange, but the concept of being an apolitical […] дальше »

2019-7-28 19:14


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The financier earned 46% with Bitcoin (BTC). And could earn 300%

Crypto enthusiast Bill Miller has earned 46% for his Miller Value Partners fund since the beginning of the year, mainly from Bitcoin investments and Amazon shares. In his opinion, Bitcoin and the trading giant behave similarly in terms of sharp rises and falls, since “Amazon and Bitcoin both have the distinction of being disruptive technologies”. […] дальше »

2019-7-26 18:09