The Protocol: Bitcoin Gets Political as U.S. Government Ponders Airdrops

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain tech, we examine U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis's call for a national "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve." We've also got photos from the Bitcoin Nashville conference, where it seemed like nearly everyone was talking about staple-gunning layer-2 networks onto the original blockchain.

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Bitcoin Miners In Distress: Mass Sell-Off Sends BTC Price Tumbling To $61,000

The winds of change are howling through the Bitcoin blockchain. Since the April 19th halving, a pre-programmed event that cuts miner rewards in half, the digital gold rush has hit a snag. Miners, the lifeblood of the network tasked with verifying transactions and securing the blockchain, are facing a harsh reality – their revenue has […]

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World’s First ICO on Bitcoin Blockchain Enters Final 7 Day Countdown

Bitcoin Dogs, the first ever ICO on the Bitcoin Blockchain, has announced a presale end date of the 15th March, which marks it's final 7 days remaining.

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Bitcoin Dogs Makes History with First-Ever ICO on Bitcoin Blockchain, Raises $3.1M in Under 6 Days

Bitcoin Dogs, a remarkable blockchain project that seeks to bridge the gap between NFTs, gaming, and new token types, has just made history by launching the first-ever ICO on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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OnChainMonkey’s Blockchain Migration to Bitcoin

Explore the unprecedented migration of OCM's 10,000 NFT collection from Ethereum to Bitcoin, marking a historic shift in the blockchain technology landscape. The post OnChainMonkey’s Blockchain Migration to Bitcoin appeared first on NFT News Today.

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RFK Jr. Vows to Back Dollar With Bitcoin, Exempt BTC From Taxes

Kennedy also reiterated a May stance defending the right to self-custody bitcoin, run blockchain nodes at home and promising industry-neutral energy regulation.

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All you need to know about Bitcoin blockchain sizes and more

About 42 GB of data was added to the network since the beginning of 2023.  The transaction count has retreated from its ATH in May. The size of Bitcoin [BTC] blockchain has increased substaThe post All you need to know about Bitcoin blockchain sizes and more appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: Exploring the Revolutionary Potential of AI Crypto

Blockchain, the decentralized and immutable ledger technology, gained fame as the backbone of Bitcoin cryptocurrency, enabling secure and transparent transactions without intermediaries. While the popular narrative often revolves around Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the true potential of AI crypto goes far beyond digital currencies.

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Bitcoin surpasses Solana to become second most popular NFT blockchain

Bitcoin’s NFT market is growing, but it is primarily driven by newfound hype for memecoin trading on the blockchain.

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Yuga Labs to launch NFT collection on Bitcoin blockchain

Leading NFT studio Yuga Labs is set to launch a new collection of NFTs called TwelveFold on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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Yuga Labs Announces Generative Ordinals NFT Collection on Bitcoin Blockchain

Called TwelveFold, the 300-piece collection serves as a “visual allegory for the cartography of data on the Bitcoin blockchain.”

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Bored Ape-Parent Yuga Labs' Next NFTs Will Live on Bitcoin Blockchain

Called TwelveFold, the 300-piece collection serves as a “visual allegory for the cartography of data on the Bitcoin blockchain.”

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With Bitcoin Mining Becoming More Industrialised, What Will This Mean for the Future of the Bitcoin Blockchain?

High energy prices and tight margins are seeing smaller Bitcoin miners struggling to operate profitably. Robin Vaks asks how this might effect the longer-term security and decentralization of the Bitcoin blockchain.

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Bitcoin Miner Hive Blockchain Holds $68M of BTC, Has No Debt Costs on Equipment

Canadian Bitcoin miner HIVE Blockchain currently holds 3,311 bitcoin worth $68.8 million, according to a production report released Monday.

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Bitcoin Miner Hive Blockchain Holds $68M of BTC, Has no Debt Costs on Equipment

Canadian Bitcoin miner HIVE Blockchain currently holds 3,311 bitcoin worth $68.8 million, according to a production report released Monday.

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Portal Partners With HighCircleX to Tokenize Pre-IPO Equity on the Bitcoin Blockchain

Bitcoin-based Cross-Chain DEX Network, Portal, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Blockchain-based Asset Marketplace HighCircleX following plans to help tokenize shares in pre-IPO companies on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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Криптоактивы под защитой! С 22 по 28 февраля билеты на Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Moscow 2022 доступны со скидкой 30%

Как приумножить криптоактивы и сохранить их в безопасности? Что ждет держателей цифровой валюты в ближайшем будущем? Эти и другие вопросы лидеры индустрии обсудят 29 марта на Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Moscow 2022.

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29 марта состоится одиннадцатая Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Moscow

29 марта в Москве состоится одиннадцатая Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, посвященная криптовалютам, блокчейну и майнингу.

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Blockchain experts explain what makes Bitcoin an immutable truth

This week’s Cryptonites episode dives into the evolution of blockchain–featuring some of the most prominent experts on the subject, including Don Tapscott, Ray Youssef, Andreas Antonopoulos, and Peter McCormack–talking about Bitcoin and the underlying technology that makes it the most decentralized, secure, and advanced form of money in history.

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New world record 2 gigabyte block on Bitcoin SV blockchain paves future for Bitcoin mining with transaction fees as majority of block reward

Bitcoin Association, the Switzerland-based global industry organisation that works to advance business with the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain and digital currency, today confirms that a 2...

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New world record 1 gigabyte blocks mined on the Bitcoin SV blockchain

Bitcoin Association, the Switzerland-based global industry organisation that works to advance business with the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain and digital currency, today confirms that two 1...

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Bitcoin Mining Energy Consumption Becomes A Blockchain Heated Debate

Launched in 2009 by “Satoshi Nakamoto,” whose identity remains unknown, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency to scale. Since then, it has risen to prominence through high-security blockchain technology to provide an open-source alternative to institutional or government-backed currencies, the U.

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Bitcoin SV (BSV) surpasses BTC blockchain in data size

The Bitcoin Association, a Switzerland-based organization that works to advance business on the Bitcoin SV blockchain, has cited today that the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain surpassed BTC in accumulated data size; demonstrating the ability of the network to scale without limits.

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25 мая в Киеве состоится Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference

25 мая в Киеве, в конференц-холле «Оазис», пройдет Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, посвященная трендам криптовалютной индустрии и перспективам развития украинского рынка виртуальных активов.

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Coinbase Marks IPO With Memo on Bitcoin Blockchain

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Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Mining Operations See Shares Skyrocket, Riot Blockchain Market Cap Reaches $1B

While bitcoin’s value has captured new all-time price highs, a number of publicly listed bitcoin mining operations have seen significant profits. The U. S. -based firm Riot Blockchain’s market valuation recently obtained a $1 billion capitalization.

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Blockchain Capital Finds Americans Are Moving Toward Bitcoin Conviction

A recent survey commissioned by Blockchain Capital found that Americans are increasingly convinced that Bitcoin is the future. The post Blockchain Capital Finds Americans Are Moving Toward Bitcoin Conviction appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Chainlink to Ensure That Your Wrapped Bitcoin Is Actually Backed by Real Thing

?hainlink emerges as a solution to the biggest problem faced by Bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain

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Mining is Game Theory and The origin of blockchain

Bitcoin inherits both its strengths and weaknesses, so Matsuo explains that understanding each technology is important for the development of Bitcoin and blockchain. Of these, let him introduce Mr.

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Bitcoin Revolution: Legal-Economic Analysis on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology

Coinspeaker Bitcoin Revolution: Legal-Economic Analysis on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain TechnologyThe characteristics of immutability, security, consensually and transparency of the blockchain, the technology that supports the Bitcoin system, have made it attractive in many other sectors.

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Bitcoin News Roundup for May 20, 2020

Bitcoin's halving busted a lot of miners while Samsung adds blockchain e-gaming. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.

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tzBTC: Bitcoin Association Of Swizterland To Issue The First-Ever Tokenized Bitcoin (BTC) On The Tezos Blockchain

Switzerland has long been a haven for cryptocurrency and blockchain due to the country’s favorable outlook towards the burgeoning technology.   Today, the Bitcoin Association Of Swizterland (BAS), alongside other companies, have launched tokenized bitcoin on the Tezos blockchain.

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Governments and Enterprises Can’t Get Enough of Blockchain

Governments have long been wary of Bitcoin, while expressing admiration for its innovative ledger system. This trend can be traced back till 2014, when the “blockchain not bitcoin” mantra was coined.

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Governments and Enterprises Can’t Get Enough of Blockchain – The Gateway to Bitcoin

Governments have long been wary of Bitcoin, while expressing admiration for its innovative ledger system. This trend can be traced back till 2014, when the “blockchain not bitcoin” mantra was coined.

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How Payswap Can Confuse Blockchain Analysts, Benefiting Bitcoin Privacy for All

Payswap, from pseudonymous developer “ZmnSCPxj,” offers a simple-yet-effective trick to confuse blockchain analysis and obscure bitcoin transactions. The post How Payswap Can Confuse Blockchain Analysts, Benefiting Bitcoin Privacy for All appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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The Productization of Bitcoin Maximalism

NLW discusses the rise in bitcoin only businesses and “blockchain not crypto” in China vs. “digital assets not blockchain” in US financial firms.

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Blockchain Capital’s 12 Bold Predictions For 2020: Number 7 is Controversial But Inevitable

2019 is coming to an end and Bitcoin price is currently trading at $7,265, down 63% from its all-time high of $20,000. But according to Blockchain Capital’s bold predictions for next year, Bitcoin could very well make a new ATH.

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Podcast: What Harnessing the Bitcoin Blockchain’s Power Could Mean for China

In this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation discusses blockchain technology and democracy. The post Podcast: What Harnessing the Bitcoin Blockchain’s Power Could Mean for China appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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The North American Bitcoin Conference returns for 7th annual forum

TNABC and Miami Blockchain Week return to kick off in 2020.  On the 16th and 17th of January, 2020, pioneers of the global Bitcoin and blockchain community will converge in Miami for a historical The post The North American Bitcoin Conference returns for 7th annual forum appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Blockchain Not Bitcoin Says China While Launching Lessons on Bitcoin and Ethereum

China’s Communist Party is apparently cautioning its people to not confuse the blockchain with bitcoin. “Bitcoin is only an application of blockchain, and it is not equal to blockchain, so.

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Bitcoin Suddenly Jumps by $1,000 on Futures Expiry and President Xi’s Blockchain Endorsement

Bitcoin has jumped in six minutes from $7,800 to $8,500 after rising since yesterday’s low of circa $7,400. That’s on increased volumes with the price fall earlier this week now... The post Bitcoin Suddenly Jumps by $1,000 on Futures Expiry and President Xi’s Blockchain Endorsement appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Bitcoin Actually Accepted? Luxury Car Firm Explores Blockchain and Crypto Payments

Karma Automotive, a luxury car manufacturer based in California, has just announced its intentions to explore blockchain technology with its shareholders. The means by which the firm intends to this is by accepting Bitcoin.

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Blackstone CEO Brands Blockchain as Interesting, Promises to Never Purchase Bitcoin

Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of investment firm Blackstone, has offered his thoughts on the euphoria regarding blockchain and bitcoin. Schwarzman labeled bitcoin an ‘odd’ investment but admitted that the notion of a blockchain is quite interesting and sound, as reported by Forbes, September 22, 2019.

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Founding father of blockchain praises Electroneum, compares its security with that of Bitcoin’s

Scott Stornetta compares Bitcoin and Electroneum The world-renowned scientist highlights the work of the UK-based 0. Dr. Scott Stornetta is the blockchain co-inventor quoted in the Bitcoin whitepaper written by Satoshi Nakamoto, who created the first cryptocurrency in 2009.

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Blockchain.com Faces Pressure To Offer 31M Bitcoin Wallet Users SegWit

Bitcoin and altcoin wallet provider Blockchain. com is facing fresh pressure for forcibly making its users pay higher transaction fees. Reddit Mod Decries 31 Million New Legacy Bitcoin Wallets Blockchain, formerly known as Blockchain.

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Without Loud Announcements Samsung Adds Bitcoin to Its Blockchain Keystore

Coinspeaker Without Loud Announcements Samsung Adds Bitcoin to Its Blockchain KeystoreRecently it has come to light that Samsung has added Bitcoin to its Blockchain Keystore SDK. However, the SDK is still under development.

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Samsung Quietly Adds Bitcoin to its Blockchain Keystore

Korean tech giant Samsung has added Bitcoin support to its Blockchain Keystore SDK. This will eventually allow users to use Bitcoin with applications via the company’s secure storage hardware featured on supported devices.

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Analyst Looks to Blockchain Data to Explain Why Bitcoin is Still ‘Bullish’

Market analyst Jesus Rodriguez believes that investors should consider blockchain datasets when devising their Bitcoin investment plans. Blockchain data helps with crypto investing On August 12, Invector Labs chief scientist, Jesus Rodriguez, took to Hackernoon and made his case as to why he believes Bitcoin remains bullish despite correcting from $13,800.

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This Lucky Bitcoin Bull Names the Main Reason Why You Should Invest in Blockchain Stocks

John Hargrave, the king of dot-com comedy who got rich again because of Bitcoin, now bets big on Blockchain

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