How Bitcoin 2021 Redefined The Importance Of In-Person Celebration

The biggest Bitcoin event in history welcomed more than 12,000 enthusiasts to celebrate together in real life, proving that this decentralized, open-source software project is a cultural force to be reckoned with.

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Bitcoin Turns 13

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Jack Dorsey is Building a KYC-Complaint DEX for Bitcoin with a Decentralized Identity Solution

Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey have shared more details about his project that revolves around Bitcoin. Last month, Dorsey had said that decentralized finance (DeFi) on Bitcoin is his new goal — “an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial services” and that […] The post Jack Dorsey is Building a KYC-Complaint DEX for Bitcoin with a Decentralized Identity Solution first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Sovryn Launches DeFi Platform on RSK Bitcoin Sidechain; Decentralized Lending And Trading Tools

New decentralized lending and trading platform launches with a focus on the top cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), rather than the conventional Ethereum-based applications. Sovryn, a decentralized platform built and operating on Bitcoin’s RSK sidechain, announced the launch of its public chain this Tuesday, aiming to bring a full Bitcoin suite to the DeFi world.

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ION, Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity System, Launches Beta On Bitcoin Mainnet

ION, a Microsoft-led decentralized identity system built on top of Bitcoin, has officially been moved to beta on Bitcoin’s mainnet today. The post ION, Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity System, Launches Beta On Bitcoin Mainnet appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Bitcoin News Roundup for April 17, 2020

Bitcoin could rise to $8,000 while the EU dumps a decentralized solution. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.

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Bitcoin’s decentralized nature will render military superiority, economic sanctions irrelevant

A lot has been debated about whether Bitcoin would eventually disrupt traditional systems, or whether the latter would just embrace the technology. The decentralized ledger technology has undoubtedly garnered the attention of skeptics, as industry giants are looking forward to revolutionizing the existing system by leveraging the underlying tech or jumping into the cryptocurrency ecosystem […] The post Bitcoin’s decentralized nature will render military superiority, economic sanctions irrelevant appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Did Aftermath of Binance Hack Show Bitcoin is Not as Decentralized? Not Quite

The aftermath of the Binance hack has left the industry confounded. While the price of Bitcoin remains steady, following a slight dip on the news, the incident has once again raised questions over security and, given Changpeng Zhao’s (CZ) motion to “rollback” the network, whether Bitcoin is as decentralized as we are led to believe.

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Decentralized BCH Exchange and a New Giveaway in the Weekly Update From Bitcoin.com

Decentralized exchange Bisq gets forked for bitcoin cash (BCH) and the r/BTC subreddit reaches 250,000 subscribers. In addition to learning about the latest developments, you can also take part in a new giveaway in this week’s video update from Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Is The Answer: Paypal Bans Cybersecurity News Outlet

To many, Bitcoin is a censorship-resistant, decentralized, immutable, and borderless transactional tool that transcends centralized boundaries. But for many Westerners, these inherent features aren’t something that’s all too useful in day-to-day life.

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Here’s How the World Will Commemorate Bitcoin’s 10th Anniversary on Jan. 3

Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary will fall on Jan. 3. As a decentralized currency that belongs to everyone and no one, there is no official way to commemorate its 10th birthday. From wallet manufacturers to developers, every ecosystem participant will have their own suggestions as to how bitcoiners should mark the historic occasion.

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Is XRP Really More Decentralized Than Bitcoin And Ethereum, as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse claims

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of San Francisco based startup Ripple, has focused a lot of his efforts in the past to defend the cryptocurrency his company made, XRP. Many critics pointed out in the past that XRP is a heavily centralized cryptocurrency, mostly due to the way its validator network is structured and due to […] The post Is XRP Really More Decentralized Than Bitcoin And Ethereum, as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse claims appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

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Data Leaks and Deplatforming Drive Businesses Away From Web Giants

Consumers and enterprises are exiting centralized web platforms amid growing concerns over unwarranted data sharing. Loss of privacy and data leakage are the primary drivers leading users away from web giants such as Google and Facebook.

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Binance adding Ripple’s XRP as base pair would trigger long-wished decoupling from bitcoin

XRP, the much debated and second largest cryptocurrency weighed by market cap, just launched on the decentralized crypto exchange CryptoBridge. It’s paired with other two large coins, Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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What Is Litecoin (LTC)? | The Silver to Bitcoin’s Gold

Litecoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency often referred to as the silver to Bitcoin's gold. Learn all about it in this guide. The post What Is Litecoin (LTC)? | The Silver to Bitcoin’s Gold appeared first on CoinCentral.

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XRP More Decentralized Than Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple CEO Says

“By Many Measures, XRP Is More Decentralized Than Bitcoin And Ethereum” Since XRP, the digital asset of choice for the fintech startup in Ripple, rose to the near-tippy-top of the cryptocurrency leaderboards, many pundits have questioned the asset’s inner workings.

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Facebook May Launch a Stablecoin to Target India’s $69 Billion Remittance Market

Cryptocurrency’s first killer application may be well on its way from the rosters of Facebook, a company ironically known for practices contrary to the ethos of decentralized currencies and blockchains, reported South China Morning Post on December 21, 2018.

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End of year crypto roundup: How did Dash perform in 2018?

Dash cryptocurrency (DASH) was created by software developer Evan Duffield in 2014 as “XCoin,” an open source fork of the Bitcoin protocol. Its vision was to facilitate fast anonymous transactions over the blockchain.

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Atari Licenses Blockchain Versions of Games, Including Roller Coaster Tycoon Franchise

Video game maker Atari has entered into a license agreement with blockchain startup Animoca Brands, giving the company full authorization to port some of Atari’s most popular franchises to a decentralized ledger-based platform.

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Crypto Assets Won’t Be Classified As Securities With Proposed U.S. Bill

Since Bitcoin (BTC) was formally classified as a pseudo-commodity, crypto investors have been pestering regulators, namely the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), how their favorite cryptocurrencies stack up.

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The Daily: Coinbase to Pay Users for Learning, Okex Launches Instant Messaging Service

In today’s edition of The Daily we feature a number of recent developments by popular cryptocurrency exchanges. These include an educational platform by Coinbase, a communication tool for OTC traders from Okex, an important ticker update by Coinex, and an investment by ZB.

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Ethereum Calls for Dapps That Solve Real-world Issues

The Ethereum Foundation is looking for decentralized applications that could solve real-world problems in emerging economies. These decentralized applications could help in embracing the spirit of Kaizen that is a continuous change for the better.

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The Daily: Atari Partners Decentralized Gaming Company, Tagomi Goes Live

In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover stories that show how crypto assets and technology continue to impact the development of everything, from mobile games to artificial intelligence. We also feature a new crypto trading venue that aims to bring in more investment from ultra wealthy families and institutions.

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Electricity Consumption of Bitcoin is a Non-Issue: Solar Energy is Free in Some Regions

Bitcoin and its trustless, decentralized design requires a unique process called mining that validates each transaction being added to its underlying blockchain. The process involves solving complex mathematical equations, and typically requires some serious computer processing power, and even specially-designed hardware, to validate each block.

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A Chinese Government-Controlled Bitcoin Alternative Is Reportedly in the Works

In the midst of a sino-U. S. trade war, the People’s Bank of China is working to develop its own cryptocurrency prototype. It apparently believes this centralized digital asset can ultimately trump BTC and perhaps even the U.

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BTCPayServer Expands Lightning Operability, Integrates Spark Wallet

Decentralized payment processor BTCPayServer now offers wallet support for c-lightning users. Following its most recent update, the BitPay alternative announced support for Spark Wallet, a client for the Lightning Network's c-lightning implementation created by Bitrated founder and Blockstream employee Nadav Ivgi.

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Bitcoin exchange Bibox acquires decentralized exchange DEx.top

CryptoNinjas Bibox, a popular bitcoin, and digital asset exchange, today announced the company has officially acquired decentralized exchange DEx. top, one of the first exchanges that achieved cross-chain trading.

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Bibox Buys 100% Share of Decentralized Exchange Dex.top

Bibox, a Chinese digital asset exchange, has acquired 100 percent of shares in Dex. top, a decentralized ERC20 exchange that also operates from Beijing. Officials refused to discuss the price of the deal, saying it was “private.

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Ethereum-Based Exchange Uniswap DEX Has no Token and Much Smart Contract

The demand for decentralized token exchange solutions has been on the rise as the shortcomings of centralized exchanges have become increasingly more evident. Crypto investors also continue to be plagued by security concerns and are now facing lengthier onboarding and KYC processes when trading on these platforms.

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PR: Bitcoin Fork Bithereum Launches Coin to Revolutionize Cryptocurrency Mining

Dubai, UAE. - The Bithereum (BTH) team is officially launching their peer-to-peer (P2P) fork of Bitcoin centered around “Proof of Stake”, the future of Ethereum mining and blockchain consensus. The launch of Bithereum will occur around December 28th, or at Bitcoin block number 555,555.

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Decentralized Streaming DApp Livepeer as a Case Study for the Profitability of Generalized Mining

A new report published by the digital asset investment fund, Vision Hill Advisors, is making a case for the financial advantages investment funds can garner when participating in a cryptosystem in the context of generalized mining.

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“We probably only go to $150k BTC and people start panic selling houses to get a Bitcoin”, says “The Serial Forker”

Rhett Creighton was the man behind Bitcoin Private, the fork of Zclassic and Bitcoin. He has suddenly abandoned the project and announced another fork called “Bitcoin Prime”. The Bitcoin Private team later announced that they were firing him and would continue the project with other developers.

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TRON Launches TRXMarket, a New Decentralized Exchange (DEX)

Tron, one of the most popular blockchain-based operating systems for building decentralized applications (Dapps) launched a decentralized exchange (DEX) known as TRX. Market, based on the Tron network on Dec.

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TRON Releases Dapp Weekly Report: Two Tron-based Decentralized Exchanges Launched

The Tron project published its Dapp weekly report on Dec. 14th in which it highlighted key milestones such as the launch of two decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Tron is doing a good job in publicizing its growing Dapp ecosystem, and this will potentially direct more users to the platform.

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Bitcoin Development Not Controlled by Anyone Says Crypto Veteran

No one controls the focal point for Bitcoin development, said Jameson Lopp in his latest blogpost. The Bitcoin veteran, who has been a crucial part of crypto developments since the beginning, opened recently about how developers run the world’s biggest decentralized financial network without fragiling it.

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Edgeware: Experimental Blockchain for On-Chain Governance

Over the past 12 months, there has been an explosion in the number of blockchain protocols being built. Of these new launches, nearly 80 percent of utility tokens and smart contract blockchains have announced that their governance processes will be decentralized and migrated on-chain.

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Blockchain Beware: DAG And Block Lattice Are Here

How often has the average cryptocurrency investor heard “blockchain, not bitcoin” ramble across their feeds? Or now, “bitcoin, not blockchain?” Often cryptocurrency is heavily associated with blockchain, but there are other protocols and platforms in the broader realm of decentralized and distributed technology.

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Bear-Resistant: Blockstack Reaches “Milestone 1,” Unlocks $25 Million

Despite red water market conditions, Blockstack announced on December 13, 2018, that they had “unlocked” $25 million in resources to continue their blockchain development. In a company blog post, co-founder Muneeb Ali described the necessity of an advisory board, reviewed the firm’s milestones, and explained how the newly released funds would be put to use.

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Op Ed: Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Our Monetary Independence

Nick Spanos is an early adopter and innovator in the blockchain space. He is best known for launching Bitcoin Center NYC, the world’s first live cryptocurrency exchange, in 2013, right next to the New York Stock Exchange — as immortalized in the Netflix documentary “Banking on Bitcoin.

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CoinShares Exec: China Crypto Plan Could Make Dystopian Future a Reality

Bitcoin was designed in the wake of the 2008 global economic crisis as a way to take control over money away from central authorities such as governments, banks, and other traditional systems. The decentralized design could also prevent communist countries like China from establishing control over their citizen’s money.

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Bisq Decentralized Exchange Drops Bitcoin Cash, Denounces Hash War

Bisq, a major decentralized exchange, has announced that it is dropping support for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as part of its latest update. Unlike some decentralized exchanges, which often trade minor tokens, Bisq has always focused on supporting leading coins.

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These Two Analogies Will Help You Explain Bitcoin to Anyone

Explaining Bitcoin to someone who knows nothing about Bitcoin isn’t easy. In fact it’s fiendishly tricky. Describing concepts such as blockchain, decentralized networks, and permissionless ledgers to beginners is as tough as describing the color orange to a blind person or the taste of an orange to someone who’s never peeled one.

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Ethereum-Based Opera Browser Hopes to On-Board Web 3.0 Users

On December 13, 2018, Opera finally announced the launch of their blockchain-based web browser at Hard Fork Decentralized in London. At the conference, the team described the technical features included in the release as well as how it fits in with a broader vision for a Web 3.

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Blockchain Startup Algorand Gets a Dedicated $100 Million Venture Fund

Algo Capital, a blockchain venture capital group, is launching a $100 million fund to invest and manage significant capital in emerging companies building on the Algorand decentralized platform, the company announced in a press release on December 11, 2018.

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Crypto Holiday Guide: Gifts for Every Bitcoiner on Your Shopping List

The holiday season is here. And even if crypto prices are on the coal heap, you can still have fun spreading some holiday bitcoin cheer. For the bitcoiners in your life, this could mean a crypto-related gift as a token of solidarity.

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How OriginTrail Can Disrupt the Supply Chain Industry

Taking a step back to look at what blockchain technology might do for our civilization, we can see that history is about to take a turn towards the truth. It’s often said that “winners write the history books,” but with a decentralized and immutable ledger accessible worldwide, objectively recording history has officially become possible.

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Membrana.io – A Trust Management of Digital Assets Platform Announces Start of Token Sale

Bitcoin Press Release: The Membrana Blockchain Platform is intended to bring investors and traders together for concluding mutually beneficial blockchain-protected contracts for the trust management of cryptocurrency assets December 11th, 2018, Saint Petersburg – Membrana provides investors and traders with a transparent, decentralized and secure system, which controls the process of concluding and executing a […] The post Membrana.

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TRD COIN ICO

INTRODUCTION We want to build an exchange website known as Bittrader where many coins will be listed and the main pair will be the TRD Coin. Similar to Binance, some of the notable features of Bittrader include strong security, privacy, and untraceable features.

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0x Launches Instant, a One-Click Solution to buy ERC Tokens from dApps

The 0x blockchain project has launched Instant, a modular software library that allows users to buy digital tokens from within a decentralized application (dApp) or website. In a blog post published December 6, 2018, the project’s marketing lead Matt Taylor explained that the service will present users with only the best prices for each token, streamlining the user experience.

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