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Ethereum to fall further? High profile investors are shorting ETH

Ethereum has seen its value go down by 36% in the past year. Being the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, it is surprising that it is falling at all, but what is even more shocking is that many investors, cryptocurrency enthusiasts and market participants are betting against the fact that the cryptocurrency may see more losses The post Ethereum to fall further? High profile investors are shorting ETH appeared first on ItsBlockchain. дальше »

2018-7-26 16:29


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Bottle Caps Or Bitcoin, Crypto’s Use During Times Of Crisis

They say that in an apocalypse, during the crash of the financial system, humans may turn to items like bottle caps for currency. I do wonder why bottle caps would be the chosen item but I guess that they are easily accessible as a result of our questionable drinking habits, right? Joking aside, we want to explore how cryptocurrency could come into its own during times of crisis. дальше »

2018-7-13 12:00


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16


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Lenders May Deny Your Mortgage Application if You Sold Bitcoin in the Past

Over the past year, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have gained in value and some people have ‘cashed out’ their digital assets in order to purchase cars or a new home. However, some people who have sold cryptocurrencies in the past may have a hard time getting a home loan even though they have the funds to […] The post Lenders May Deny Your Mortgage Application if You Sold Bitcoin in the Past appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-7-10 03:05


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‘Why Don’t You Adopt It?’ Andreas Antonopoulos Advocates Decentralized P2P Commerce

Andreas Antonopoulos thinks it is not important whether retail giants such as Amazon adopt Blockchain, instead urging consumers to adopt it themselves. ‘Person-to-corporation-to-corporation-to-Visa-to-investment bank-to-MasterCard-to-corporation-to-JPMorgan Chase-to-corporation-to-person’ Speaking as part of a Q&A session during an appearance at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Vienna in May, the celebrated cryptocurrency educator said that commerce “has always been local” and decentralized technologies made it possible for it to become even more so. дальше »

2018-7-7 23:00


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The Price Decline of Cryptocurrency is Trivial in Comparison to Venezuela’s Financial Woes

It is still believed cryptocurrency will have a positive impact, although it may not be in the form of Bitcoin or even the Petro. Venezuela and Nano Mix Well According to a recent Reddit thread, the financial situation in Venezuela is only getting worse. It is evident financial hardship has become the new normal in дальше »

2018-7-3 17:57