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Bitcoin and gold: Risk versus resilience in the 21st century

When considering a safe-haven asset it is important to ascertain what we are protecting against. Known high-probability risks within a system, or low-probability high-consequence systemic risks that interconnected with other systems? Intelligent investors should consider the difference between risk and resilience, and look at the market from a systems perspective. дальше »

2020-1-6 14:01


Institutions’ Long Position on Bitcoin Doubles, BTC Futures Surpasses the Spot Volume by 18 Times

It’s been a month now that Bitcoin's price has been boring, hovering around $8,000. As such, volatility has dropped below 2%. However, volatility might make a comeback soon as the difference between the upper and lower band in the Trading Envelope indicator gets to its narrowest since mid-September. A similar narrowing was seen last month […] дальше »

2019-10-23 16:03


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Can’t figure out Photoshop? Let Luminar 3 edit your images for you

Luminar 3 is award-winning photo editing software that splits the difference between ultra-functional and intuitively simple for occasional users. Right now, you can get a full taste of everything Luminar 3 has to offer with this limited-time offer for a lifetime of service at just $29, over half off the regular price, from TNW Deals. дальше »

2019-10-15 15:00


Tezos’ Arthur Breitman discusses transactions fees and inflation for PoS-based blockchains

Recently, Tezos Founder Arthur Breitman tweeted about how transaction fees for PoS-based blockchains are deflationary, while those on PoW-based blockchains are not. An important difference between PoW and PoS is that, in the former, transaction fees accrue to the hashpower of the network, with no corresponding reduction in inflation, whereas in the latter it acrues […] The post Tezos’ Arthur Breitman discusses transactions fees and inflation for PoS-based blockchains appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

2019-9-18 00:30


Difference of Libra and Crypto Noted In Congress as Bitcoin Gets Clear Distinction from Facebook’s Coin

Deliberations in Congress about Facebook’s Libra have shown that Congress may have a grasp of crypto and what it entails. During the hearing where Facebook was represented by its executive David Marcus, legislators made it a point to differentiate between cryptocurrency projects that are currently in existence and the project Facebook proposes to launch. One […] дальше »

2019-7-23 18:37


Libra is Not Bitcoin, CoinShares Exec Testifies Before US Congress

Facebook cryptocurrency Libra is an imitator of Bitcoin, Meltem Demirors of CoinShares testified before the US Congress on Wednesday. The chief strategy officer appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to explain the difference between Bitcoin and thousands of cryptocurrency projects that takes inspirations from it. дальше »

2019-7-18 16:00


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Congressman Warren Davidson Suggests Libra is a Sh*tcoin

On Wednesday, Representative Warren Davidson suggested that Facebook Libra’s lack of decentralization placed it in the same category as other run of the mill sh*tcoins. Libra is Not a Cryptocurrency Events took a somewhat unexpected twist during today’s congressional hearing on the potential impacts of Facebook’s new Libra cryptocurrency. дальше »

2019-7-18 09:34


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


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Cryptocurrency and Cannabis: Risky Investments with a Twist

While classifying investments based on growth potential and risks, investors tend to cluster cryptocurrency, cannabis, and biotech together. While cryptocurrency has several more dimensions of risk, Rob Wertheimer of Melius Research gave a strong point of difference between cannabis and cryptocurrency in an interview with Yahoo Finance, June 11, 2019. дальше »

2019-6-12 17:00