A brief history of Bitcoin (and the people that made it happen)

2018-9-4 18:18

The recent fluctuations in the value of Bitcoin are just the latest in a series of spectacular peaks and troughs since it was created in 2009. (Though its price has been falling recently, it remains five times higher than last April, before the latest major peak began.

) Commentators are often dismissive of Bitcoin buyers, writing them off as naive victims of a fraudulent bubble. But if we look more carefully, we can trace the history of Bitcoin through five key narratives. Each has drawn in a different group of buyers and in doing so contributed to its long-term growth in…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin

.

Similar to Notcoin - Blum - Airdrops In 2024

origin »

Bitcoin (BTC) íà Currencies.ru

$ 95847.08 (+0.43%)
Îáúåì 24H $40.675b
Èçìåíåèÿ 24h: -1.78 %, 7d: -7.04 %
Cåãîäíÿ L: $95217.68 - H: $97458.26
Êàïèòàëèçàöèÿ $1897.745b Rank 1
Öåíà â ÷àñ íîâîñòè $ 6509.73 (1372.37%)

bitcoin latest five history buyers narratives key

Èñòî÷íèê: thenextweb.com

bitcoin latest → Ðåçóëüòàòîâ: 126


What are Watchtowers and How Do They Work? Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Latest Development

Bitcoin has always had a scalability problem. While this cryptocurrency wants to become the worldwide money of tomorrow, it currently doesn’t have the technical prowess to do so. For the entire world to be able to use Bitcoin for their everyday payments and other financial activities, Bitcoin’s blockchain will need to be able to handle […] The post What are Watchtowers and How Do They Work? Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Latest Development appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

2019-3-4 17:53


Ôîòî:

Bitwise Files With SEC for Cryptocurrency ETF

Bitwise Asset Management is the latest venture to apply for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). Called the Bitwise HOLD 10 Cryptocurrency Index Fund, the ETF will track the returns of the company’s HOLD 10 Index, a “market-cap-weighted index of the 10 largest cryptocurrencies” that captures roughly 80 percent of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization.

2018-7-25 02:18


U.S. Congressman Calls for Cryptocurrency Probe Following Mueller Indictment

A United States Congressman has called for a holistic cryptocurrency probe based on the recent revelation that Bitcoin was used by Russian operatives who meddled in the 2016 presidential elections. This is the latest in a line of regulatory measures by the country’s Congress concerning the emerging cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin Played a Role in the […]

2018-7-19 09:35


Ôîòî:

Bitcoin Cash Development is a Ghost Town, GitHub Data Reveals

Bitcoin Cash continues to receive criticism of its network setup as bitPico’s “stress test” unearths what the group describes as possible “fake decentralization. ” Empty Blocks, No Activity Data harvested from GitHub repositories for both Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has caused the latest in a series of stark contrasts of network performance to surface on social media in recent weeks.

2018-7-17 03:00


äàëüøå åùå 77 íîâîñòåé →

Ïàðòíåðû Currencies.ru

Àíàëîã Notcoin - Blum - Èãðàé è çàðàáàòûâàé Ìîíåòû



Ðåêëàìà íà Currencies.ru

Ñàìîå ñâåæåå íà Currencies.ru

How climate change infiltrated popular culture

It seems that people are finally waking up to the threat of climate change. The most poignant sign of this for me was seeing an infographic I created adorning the main music stage at Reading Festival 2019.

Jupiter’s Europa could contain life — and these missions aim to find it

It’s brilliant news. In just over a decade, there will be two spacecraft exploring one of the most habitable worlds in the solar system – Jupiter’s moon Europa. That’s thanks to a recent announcement by NASA that the orbiter Europa Clipper has been given the go ahead, scheduled to reach the moon at the beginning of the 2030s.

How finding the first exoplanet changed our perception of the universe

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for “contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos. ” Half the prize went to cosmologist Jim Peebles, and the other half was awarded jointly to Michel Mayor and my colleague Didier Queloz for the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star.