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Bogart: Bitcoin Stagnating, but Should Inflate Soon

Blockchain Capital partner Spencer Bogart compared Bitcoin (BTC) to a “tinderbox” July 26, telling CNBC prices could grow further due to multiple “catalysts.” Speaking to CNBC’s Fast Money, Bogart, who is regular commentator on the network and on cryptocurrency social media, adopted a notably bullish tone compared to just weeks ago when Bitcoin was trading дальше »

2018-7-27 23:03


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Bank of Canada: Proof-of-Work Beats Alternative Consensus Systems

Canada’s central bank has championed proof-of-work (PoW) algorithms as part of a new research paper on Blockchain consensus. ‘Irretrievable Sunk Costs’ In its Staff Working Paper released this week, Bank of Canada (BoC) said PoW, used by Bitcoin, held more promise than alternative proof-of-script (PoS) algorithms found in various altcoins. дальше »

2018-7-25 18:00


Amidst Mastercard’s Outage, Bitcoin Community Compares Its Payment Advantages

Mastercard experienced a major glitch last week, which kept their customers from charging anything on their cards. Instead, the transactions were declined. However, rather than impacting a city or even a single state, this outage had a worldwide impact, which led to a very unhappy group of users voicing their opinions on social media. Even […] дальше »

2018-7-23 09:20


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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


Bitcoin investors are gambling on BTC’s value for no social benefit, says Congressman

During the recent financial services committee hearing at the U.S Congress, a Congressman named Brad Sherman suggested a ban regarding the buying and mining of cryptocurrencies by US citizens. He also strongly believes that cryptocurrencies take resources away from various other required areas and are used to facilitate criminal activities. Brad Sherman stated: “Cryptocurrencies offer […] дальше »

2018-7-20 18:28


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Bitcoin Price Live: Bullrun in Cards As ETF Hype Fuels Unprecedented Rise

Cryptocurrency experts and users alike are scrambling for an explanation Tuesday after Bitcoin prices increased by $700 in around 45 minutes. Bitcoin Jumps $700 In Under 1 Hour After a week of range-bound trading between $6150 and $6750, BTC/USD suddenly broke out, topping $7000 in five minutes and going on to reach highs above $7500 on some exchanges. дальше »

2018-7-18 21:45


Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Github Data Development Shows Very Low Activity

No Activity And Empty Blocks: Bitcoin Cash in Development in a Ghost Town, Revealed by Github Data Data harvested from Github repositories for both Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin, has caused the latest in a series of harsh contrasts between the surface and deep network performance on social media in recent weeks. Bitcoin’s statistics were uploaded on […] дальше »

2018-7-17 19:18


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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. дальше »

2018-7-17 03:00


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Promoted: The Future of Online Shopping Is Powered by Spl.yt — A Decentralized E-Commerce Protocol

As a rapidly growing business sector, e-commerce continues to open up new avenues for exploring, comparing and purchasing products worldwide. Spl. yt, a smart contract protocol, aims improve the e-commerce system for buyers and sellers by automating functions currently performed by “middlemen” marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. дальше »

2018-7-16 19:45


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A election probe implicated bitcoin – and the reaction was swift

Notably, the accused used bitcoin – including funds they mined themselves – to pay for web domains and other services utilized during their alleged scheme. Unsurprisingly, the news quickly spread through social media, inciting a mix of incredulity, suspicion and – in some cases – amusement from observers. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s tweet, as might be дальше »

2018-7-14 14:13


Scalability is the biggest hurdle ahead of cryptocurrency mass adoption, research says

While you’d find plenty of forward-thinking businesses accepting Bitcoin out there, cryptocurrency payments largely remain on the brink of mainstream adoption. But according to new research [PDF] from Imperial College London and social trading platform eToro, we might not be all that far away from that moment. дальше »

2018-7-11 14:25


Binance CEO supports Bitcoin [BTC], thumbs up during its lows

Binance, one of the top cryptocurrency exchange is known for its effortless exchanges and Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]. Binance’s CEO and Founder Changpeng Zhao [CZ] has been positive about the falls of the cryptocurrency market even though Bitcoin [BTC] has not been at its best during this bearish era. CZ retweeted Bianca Y Chen, as he […] дальше »

2018-7-11 06:05


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‘Extinguishing Capacity’: Bitcoin Could Swallow All M1 Fiat At $223K Per Coin

$223,186 is the price Bitcoin would need to be in order to convert the entire world supply of fiat currency, industry figures calculated July 2. M1 Fiat Could Go At Less Than $250k Part of an ongoing debate on social media, Blockstream CEO Adam Back and CSO Samson Mow joined Bitcoin Think editor Beautyon in discussing the phenomenon of ‘hyperbitcoinization’ – the as yet untested process by which consumers abandon fiat en masse for Bitcoin. дальше »

2018-7-3 00:00


EU Research: Cryptocurrencies Are Not a Major Threat to Sovereign Currencies

The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs received a Monetary Dialogue titled “Virtual Currencies and Central Banks Monetary Policy: Challenges ahead” recently. The EU Report was confident that cryptocurrencies are “unlikely to challenge the dominant position of sovereign currencies and central banks. дальше »

2018-7-2 20:59


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New Report Warns EU Policymakers Not to Ban Bitcoin

New research analysis on cryptocurrencies for the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the EU parliament cautions lawmakers neither to ignore nor “attempt to ban” virtual currencies.   A ‘Contemporary Form of Private Money’ The report, provided by Policy Department A at the request of the European Union Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, is titled Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead. дальше »

2018-7-2 14:00


Donald Trump Retweets News of Arrests of Darknet Illicit Goods Vendors – 2000 Bitcoins [BTC] Seized

The President of the United States is known for his use of social media to raise awareness on topics important to him and bypass what he calls “fake news.” So when President Trump retweeted the news of law enforcement agencies arresting 35 dark web vendors across the country, one can rest assured that it was […] Donald Trump Retweets News of Arrests of Darknet Illicit Goods Vendors – 2000 Bitcoins [BTC] Seized was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-6-30 16:19


Research Shows Bitcoin Price Linked to Public Sentiment on Social Media

Bitcoin’s value is manipulated by public sentiment, this according to researchers who found that positive comments by infrequent social media users were likely to enhance the coin’s prospects.   Social Media’s Impact on Bitcoin’s Price Researchers from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, led by assistant professor of information systems Feng Mai, have. дальше »

2018-6-27 06:00


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Meet Three More Applications That Utilize Bitcoin Cash OP_Codes

Over the past month or so since the most recent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network upgrade, a lot of developers have created platforms and extensions that utilize the re-enabled Satoshi OP_Codes. There’s been a bunch of social media applications like Memo and Blockpress that allow users to submit data that’s tied to the BCH protocol in […] The post Meet Three More Applications That Utilize Bitcoin Cash OP_Codes appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-6-27 05:35