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Is the ICO Boom Officially Over?

Over the course of late 2017 into early 2018, the cryptocurrency world was rocked by the biggest boom in its history. Bitcoin’s price exploded from around $6,000 in mid July 2017 to just shy of $20,000 in December, and at the same time, the cryptocurrency market was flooded with billions of dollars being invested in… The post Is the ICO Boom Officially Over? appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »

2018-8-3 20:45


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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‘Wow’: Ethereum Fees Higher Than Bitcoin’s For First Time Ever

Ethereum traders were feeling the pressure July 18 after average transaction fees on its network surpassed Bitcoin’s for the first time in history. Ethereum ‘Benefited From Irrational Exuberance’ Data from monitoring resource Coin Metrics uploaded to Twitter Monday confirmed the unexpected reversal of fees, which compound an apparent lack of confidence in Ethereum’s outlook this week. дальше »

2018-7-18 21:00


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16


History Goes Down, Quarter 2 2018 Sees First Time Bitcoin Price Declines In Q2

History generally repeats itself over time. Unfortunately, for the Bitcoin investors, this is not a reality when you consider the historic of the Bitcoin price in the second quarter of the year. As the period was finished this week, the figures indicate that Bitcoin fell 8% during the quarter according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price […] дальше »

2018-7-7 07:43


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How Game Technology Can Be Used To Map Out A Future For Blockchain Technology

If you haven’t already seen, we have published a bunch of articles over the past week that discuss how similar the cryptocurrency and gaming industries really are. Within this, we have discussed various different notions and ideas, covering topics such as cryptocurrency as game play, addiction, the sociology of gaming and cryptocurrency and fandom/celebrity within gaming and cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-4 13:00


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Blockchain Offers Viable Alternative to Outdated Online Advertising

Even a decade ago, television was the sole king of advertising, while the internet had to take its dust together with billboards and radio ads. Over the years, however, the situation has changed: last year, online advertising has outgrown television for the first time in history, with more than $200 billion spent on ad campaigns on the internet. дальше »

2018-6-16 14:00