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Queensland Backs Cryptocurrency Point-of-Sale Project for Tourism

The Queensland government in Australia is backing a cryptocurrency point-of-sale system that officials believe will help boost tourism throughout the area. Thus far, they have given over $8 million in Australian dollars ($6 million USD) to roughly 70 different companies that will work to inspire innovation and create new ideas within the region’s travel space. дальше »

2018-8-2 00:27


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‘Delusional’ Paul Krugman Says Bitcoin Sets Monetary System Back 300 Years

Cryptocurrency industry figures are reacting with scorn after US economist Paul Krugman likened Bitcoin to “setting the monetary system back 300 years. ” Bitcoin Is No Evolution, Suggests Krugman In an opinion piece for the New York Times July 31, Krugman took aim at the high cost of Bitcoin mining and the “speculatory” nature of its users, claiming it undermined stability compared to fiat currency. дальше »

2018-8-1 19:00


Bitprim Team Launches a Token Asset Creation and Smart Contract System Called Keoken

Now the firm Bitprim has announced the launch of a new token creation and smart contract platform called ‘Keoken’, an open protocol for extending blockchain functionality. Also Read: Market Caps for Privacy-Centric Currencies Have Dropped Significantly Bitprim Team Launches a Token Asset Creation and Smart Contract System Called Keoken This week the Bitprim development team gave news.Bitcoin.com дальше »

2018-7-31 22:34


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Paul Krugman: Bitcoin Will “Set the Monetary System Back 300 Years”

Bitcoin (BTC)–Bitcoin is again in the headlines being criticized by a Nobel Prize winning economist. Paul Krugman, one of the most accoladed and celebrated economists of our time, has again written in his contribution to The New York Times that Bitcoin fails to constitute money, but could also be responsible for erasing much of the […] The post Paul Krugman: Bitcoin Will “Set the Monetary System Back 300 Years” appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-31 20:03


Famed Economist Paul Krugman Criticizes Bitcoin [Again], Predicting ‘Total Collapse’

Paul Krugman Criticizes Bitcoin, Projecting It Will “Set the Monetary System Back 300 Years” American Economist, Paul Krugman, who’s known for actively criticizing Bitcoin, went at it again noting that its like will negatively disrupt the monetary system, with higher chances of its presence stimulating a downgrade to the growth it has achieved thus far. […] дальше »

2018-7-31 19:51


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Airbnb, Uber Investor Believes “Everybody Should Put Something Into Crypto”

Jeffrey Wernick, an independent investor who claims to have begun purchasing bitcoin as early as 2009, recently advocated that “everybody should put something into crypto. ” The investor also criticized the current financial system, describing cryptocurrency investment as sole viable means through which “a typical middle-class person [can] accumulate wealth. дальше »

2018-7-28 02:45


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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. дальше »

2018-7-25 02:18


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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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Bitcoin Price Too Cool for School, Altcoins Can’t Hang

Bitcoin has many cryptocurrency traders feeling bullish after making a strong move to reclaim a position above $7,000. Many altcoins, however, have failed to keep up. Ethereum Starting from the top, the first altcoin which has failed to keep pace with Bitcoin price is Ethereum (ETH), the second-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization and leading operating system featuring smart contract functionality. дальше »

2018-7-20 12:45


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FSB Look Into Volatility Threats Posed By Bitcoin

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) have recently stated they want to look into possible volatility threats posed by the likes of Bitcoin. The Switzerland-based Financial Stability Board stated on Monday that the digital currencies have raised concerns regarding the protection of users and the investors since there it little known about banks exposure to them. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:00


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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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Cryptocurrency’s People-Oriented Nature Beats Traditional Monetary System

At a time when central banks and other heavyweights in the traditional finance sector are busily stating reasons why bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem can’t function as fiat money, highly reputable serial entrepreneur Jeffrey Wernick has come up with ideas why he thinks the world’s legacy finance system is faulty. дальше »

2018-7-16 22:30