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Bitcoin Mining Wasteful? Christmas Lights Use More Energy Than Some Countries
Think mining bitcoin is a waste of energy? Then you better ignore the energy consumption of US Christmas lights every year, which uses more electricity than some countries. Energy Consumption of US Christmas Lights ‘Tis the season to be jolly. дальше »
2018-11-24 00:00 | |
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Why I use VPNs all the time (and so should you)
More and more web-browsers in the contemporary age are beginning to rely on virtual private networks (VPNs) for a myriad of reasons, which has led to a boom in their proliferation. Many people still don’t know anything about VPNs, however, and certainly don’t know where to start when it comes to learning about them and whether they can be trusted. дальше »
2018-11-24 20:15 | |
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Your Thanksgiving Turkey’s Provenance Might Be on a Blockchain (Seriously)
Honeysuckle White is giving family and friends gathering for Thanksgiving dinner this year the opportunity to talk turkey with a traceable blockchain code on more than 200,000 turkeys sold through 3,500 retailers around the U. дальше »
2018-11-23 00:52 | |
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Price Dip Aside, Paxful Anticipates Big Week of Gift Card-to-Bitcoin Trades
That special time of year is coming up — the time when individuals trade in their unwanted or unusable gift cards for bitcoin. And with the price of bitcoin dropping, peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful is making it possible to use these gift cards to “buy the dip. дальше »
2018-11-22 19:12 | |
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Now Donate Ethereum on “Giving Tuesday” Using WeTrust Spring
#GivingTuesday was founded in 2012 in partnership with the United Nations Foundation to celebrate the power of donating. It is marked on the following Tuesday of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U. дальше »
2018-11-22 14:00 | |
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Op Ed: It’s Time to Reject Mediocrity, #ExitFiat and Embrace Bitcoin
When the towers in New York fell, I became obsessed with economics. I wanted to follow the money to understand what happened on that dreadful day. During that time of inquiry, I found myself very interested in Austrian economic theory. дальше »
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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3 Reasons Privacy Coins Are Unlikely to Overtake Bitcoin
When people give reasons for various altcoins’ inability to overtake bitcoin as the dominant digital asset in the world, the conversation sometimes doesn’t move far past the network effects surrounding the world’s most dominant crypto asset. дальше »
2018-11-21 17:00 | |
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Hoskinson: Satoshi Did “An Amazing Thing”...But There Are Lessons to Learn
Charles Hoskinson is best known today as a co-founder of both Ethereum and IOHK, where he leads the research, design and development of Cardano. But before these projects, there was Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-11-20 23:08 | |
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First Fraudulent ICO Case Sees Guilty Plea In Diamond Reserve Coin And REcoin Real Estate Scam Projects
First ICO Fraud Case Concludes With Guilty Plea The first case of fraud involving ICOs recently ended in a guilty plea when a man from New York admitted that he lied to over 1000 people. The man, Maksim Zaslavskiy, 39, said that he wanted to raise funds for two ICOs. These ICOs were backed by […] дальше »
2018-11-16 22:58 | |
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WhatsApp is testing a feature to add users with a QR code
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that should make it easier to add people to your contact list using QR codes, reports WABetaInfo. The report notes that the feature was spotted in a test version of WhatsApp on iOS, but it’ll be available on Android as well. дальше »
2018-11-15 10:04 | |
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AI will only succeed when people learn to trust it
Skynet may be coming, but China could usurp the U. S. as the launchpad for the robot uprising. According to a recent report from TNW, China is set to outpace America in artificial intelligence research spending by the end of this year. дальше »
2018-11-11 11:00 | |
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Colibra Token ICO: Blockchain Democratic Insurance Company?
What Is Colibra? Colibra is the world’s first insurance company that seeks to change how to handle risk and how people are treated when risks occur. Colibra is an open crowdsourced platform based on blockchain technology that handles non-parametric insurance claims and the payment of claims in an automated, transparent, and autonomous way. The main objectives […] дальше »
2018-11-10 11:15 | |
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OverStock’s Patrick Byrne Says Bitcoin Is Great For Communicating And Transacting Without Central Institutions
It's not easy to admit when a new system of doing things, like blockchain and Bitcoin, allows people to do something that many of these companies started off being. But the CEO of Overstock, Patrick Byrne, has been discussing the regulation of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in an exclusive interview with Noami Brockwell on Youtube […] дальше »
2018-11-10 09:28 | |
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We should all worry about corporate control of data
The information age has delivered innumerable wonders to us and continues to churn out astonishing innovations on a daily basis. The only reason that contemporary society enjoys such awesome technology and progress these days is that we can gleam so much insight from our data, particularly when we combine disparate datasets together and comb through them with analytics technology. дальше »
2018-11-9 20:49 | |
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The US Air Force is working on general artificial intelligence
The US Air Force has a penchant for developing officers, but the ‘general’ it’s working on right now doesn’t have any stars on its uniform: it’s general artificial intelligence (GAI). The term GAI refers to an artificial intelligence with human-level or better cognition. дальше »
2018-11-8 19:51 | |
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5 crucial lessons learned from 2 years of building TNW’s tech hub
Two years ago, we opened the doors to TQ — TNW’s first tech hub in the center of Amsterdam. At the time, I was organizing TNW’s conferences but when I heard about the project, I was super excited to be involved. дальше »
2018-11-8 13:17 | |
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Revolutions and Counter Revolutions: Andreas Antonopoulos Reflects on 10 Years of Bitcoin
As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade. дальше »
2018-11-7 19:56 | |
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The EU’s border control ‘lie detector’ AI is hogwash
Calling the EU’s new border control AI a “lie detector” is like calling Brexit a minor disagreement among friends. The low-down is that the EU is testing a pilot program for international airports featuring a machine learning-based “lie detector. дальше »
2018-11-7 22:10 | |
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Meet the people busting scientists who fake images in research papers
In biomedical research alone, an estimated $2 billion may have evaporated last year over papers that were retracted due to doctored images. Now, a growing body of researchers are turning to AI to catch crooked scientists in the act, and hopefully solve this decade-old issue. дальше »
2018-11-6 17:32 | |
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3 Short-Term Profitable ZCash Price Predictions
When it comes to predicting future cryptocurrency price momentum, the opinions can be very different between traders and speculators. In the case of the ZCash price, it seems a fair few people expect the value to dip later this year, rather than witnessing an uptrend. дальше »
2018-11-6 17:00 | |
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Blockstream: When Will the Level of Dishonesty and Manipulation End?
The alleged Bitcoin-focused company Blockstream has raised over $100 million publicly, but has yet to be forthright with the Bitcoin community. It’s time for people within the Bitcoin space to start holding them accountable. дальше »
2018-11-4 22:00 | |
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Use Consensus to the Fullest: A Quick Guide on Strengthened Networking
There were times when some crypto conferences had a reputation of being the most anticipated events in the industry. Today the industry seems to have got tired of conferences because of the vast presence of those who only pave the way for attracting investments to their doubtful projects. дальше »
2018-11-2 11:18 | |
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Come on board as a Jubiter Affiliate and start Making Money
Why are so many people excited by Bitcoin? For a long time, the top Wall Street and High Street banks have made all the money. Now, you can come on board as a Jubiter affiliate and start making your own money. дальше »
2018-11-1 17:19 | |
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Police are outsourcing criminal-catching to IoT in Dutch ports
The Internet of Trucks is here. Or, to be, more specific: the internet of tarpaulins. Industrial textile company Sioen is currently developing smart truck tarpaulins that notify security when someone tries to cut through it. дальше »
2018-11-1 11:29 | |
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Binance Freezes Funds on Multiple Accounts with Dubious Crypto Exchange
Binance has frozen multiple accounts associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Wex, citing money laundering concerns. The CEO of Binance went on Twitter recently to announce the freezing of multiple accounts owned by Wex, claiming that Binance will cooperate with law enforcement in any way possible should a criminal investigation result from alleged money laundering. дальше »
2018-11-1 01:47 | |
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BlockFi Announces Global Expansion of Its Crypto-Backed Loan Services
Galaxy Capital–backed BlockFiis taking its loan services to the global stage. According to a statement shared with Bitcoin Magazine, the platform is expanding its services to an international audience. дальше »
2018-10-31 17:17 | |
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Review: The OnePlus 6T is now the easiest phone to recommend to most people
Apple, Samsung, Google. Those are the names most Americans think of when considering a new flagship phone, but OnePlus is vying to become the next household name. The with OnePlus 6T, it might just succeed. дальше »
2018-10-29 19:34 | |
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8 best apps for newbie stock traders
When it comes to making your money grow, few options provide greater reward — or risk — than the stock market. Stock trading has been consistently shown to have the most potential for providing long-term growth and helping individuals reduce their financial risk. дальше »
2018-10-29 15:03 | |
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Hadley Stern Leaves Fidelity Investment And Links Up With Bloq Blockchain Company
Change is part and parcel of life. Today the employment market is so fluid that when one decides to switch companies or even careers, people hardly batter an eyelid. However, when Hadley Stern decided to cross over from Fidelity Investment over to a small startup, people did notice. The obvious reason for the surprise being […] дальше »
2018-10-29 09:40 | |
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Judging Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Whitepaper As Cryptocurrency’s Constitution
When most people think of the bitcoin whitepaper, they compare it to that of other cryptos and just assume it’s the same thing. Yet, if history has shown us anything, it is way more. While we may never know who the person behind the Satoshi persona, what we know is they/he/she were incredibly brilliant and […] дальше »
2018-10-28 09:59 | |
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4 human-caused biases we need to fix for machine learning
Bias is an overloaded word. It has multiple meanings, from mathematics to sewing to machine learning, and as a result it’s easily misinterpreted. When people say an AI model is biased, they usually mean that the model is performing badly. дальше »
2018-10-27 15:30 | |
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#DoctorsAreDickheads is hashtag activism at its most ineffectual
People tend to talk about doctors in respectful, often referential terms. I can think of few other professions besides Medicine which command immediate, universal respect. Except for the past couple of days, when the hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads trended across Twitter. дальше »
2018-10-26 19:32 | |
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There’s Still Hope For Cryptocurrencies In China As A Shenzhen Court Rules In Favor Of Bitcoin
Back in 2008 when Bitcoin entered the market as the first of cryptocurrencies, only a few people really understood it. Just a few were willing to throw their money into developing the Bitcoin Network and its decentralized database. дальше »
2018-10-26 18:19 | |
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What is Proof of Capacity (PoC)?
When it comes to generating specific cryptocurrencies, there are some specific requirements to take into account. Proof of Work coins require powerful computer hardware to do so. Proof of Stake, on the other hand, requires users to leave a wallet open and connected to the internet at all times. People who have a less powerful […] дальше »
2018-10-25 09:00 | |
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David Chaum on Digital Privacy: “The Cat Is Out of the Bag”
David Chaum, the cryptographer credited with starting the cypherpunk movement in the 1980s and launching eCash, an early form of virtual money in the 1990s, thinks people are taking financial privacy a lot more seriously these days. дальше »
2018-10-24 18:02 | |
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Op Ed: In Defense of Bitcoin: A Response to Nouriel Roubini
Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it. дальше »
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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Op Ed: Why Satoshi Nakamoto Deserves a Nobel Prize
Alfred Nobel died with regrets. After making a fortune off of explosives, he indicated in his will that his fortune should be used to make a prize awarded each year to those who “conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. дальше »
2018-10-23 23:22 | |
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Fintech Firms Are Taking Business Away From Banks: Study
Management guru Peter Drucker has a simple definition for business: “It’s other people’s money. ” And when it comes to their wallets, apparently more people around the world are having less confidence in traditional banks. дальше »
2018-10-22 17:35 | |
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Minting the Future of Cryptocurrencies - [BTC Media Sponsor]
In 2009, Bitcoin was ushered in as an alternative to fiat currency, promising to revolutionize the future of peer-to-peer spending. Since then, it has spawned scores of other cryptocurrencies with various value propositions and potential. дальше »
2018-10-22 17:11 | |
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Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: $25k For Bitcoin (BTC) Still Possible, “People Are Too Bearish”
Fundstrat Executive Maintains Bullish Bitcoin Prediction, Calls Investors Bearish When it comes to Bitcoin bulls, there isn’t anyone as optimistic as Tom Lee, a veteran market analyst on Wall Street. дальше »
2018-10-22 22:10 | |
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Bitcoin Intentions: Are We Aiming to Replace the Status Quo or Become Them?
When the idea of a working digital currency like bitcoin was introduced, many of its early adopters disliked the current bureaucratic system, with a cartel of bankers pulling the world’s monetary strings. дальше »
2018-10-20 22:05 | |
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It’s only a matter of time until terrorists use AI as a weapon
Do you have a family emergency plan for autonomous weapon attacks? Stop, drop, and roll isn’t going to fool the drone tracking you. Duck and cover? Does it even matter? It’s hard to separate the hyperbole and science fiction-nonsense from practical concerns — for regular people — when it comes to autonomous weapons. дальше »
2018-10-19 22:35 | |
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BitMEX Research Says Bitcoin SegWit Use Up 17% Over Bitcoin Cash Even With Stress Test
Bitcoin SegWit Challenges Bitcoin Cash Both soft and hard forks have always presented an interesting conceptual and practical issue on the blockchain. Bitcoin’s blockchain creates forks in its overall chain when the community decides that a certain idea or issue is simply too important to continue along the same path. When some people felt as […] дальше »
2018-10-19 02:33 | |
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Report: Despite Price Volatility Blockchain and Crypto Jobs Are In Demand
Glassdoor Economic Research is delivering much needed good news to the crypto community saying that despite extreme price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, the number of crypto jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has risen by 300 percent since the same time last year. дальше »
2018-10-19 21:27 | |
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