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We are thinking about Bitcoin’s energy usage in all the wrong ways

Global warming is certainly one of the humanity’s greatest challenges. For decades, public opinion has held heavily industrialized nations accountable for the damage done to our planet. In the quest to preserve Earth, it has become en vogue to critique Bitcoin mining for its high energy use and potentially harmful impact on the environment. дальше »

2018-8-28 18:53


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‘Lightning Definitely Has Tradeoffs,’ – Bitrefill CEO, Sergej Kotliar [Interview]

Bitcoinist spoke with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill, one of the first companies to integrate near-zero fee lightning network payments for its mobile phone top-up service.     Bitcoinist caught up with Sergey Kotliar, CEO of a cryptocurrency cellphone top-up company called Bitrefill, who recently began selling gift vouchers for Amazon and other brands — effectively opening up Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN) payments to almost any item. дальше »

2018-8-27 22:00


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CNBC as Reverse Indicator of Bitcoin Price ’95 Percent Accurate’

Mainstream media network CNBC has become an unlikely Bitcoin hero this week after an analyst showed its bull and bear forecasts were, in fact, signs the cryptocurrency would do the opposite. Bulls, Bears, And CNBC In a submission on TradingView, Jacob Canfield noted how various tweets from CNBC about Bitcoin going higher or lower coincided with abrupt U-turns in the cryptocurrency’s price direction. дальше »

2018-8-25 01:00


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Bitcoin Price Analysis: High Shorts Count Could Signal Price Hike

Once again, bitcoin finds itself precariously perched on the bottom of its macro trading range (TR). After a strong round of selling over the course of two weeks plunged the price back to the $6,000s, bitcoin began consolidating for several weeks at the bottom of the TR:Figure 1: BTC-USD, 1-Day Candles, Macro TRAs shown in the figure above, the market has interacted several times at the current price range and it has been a source of three major bullish rallies. дальше »

2018-8-25 00:42


Don’t get excited: Bitcoin’s sudden price rise Might Be induced

Many within the cryptocurrency community will wake up to see, or where trading and watching when the price of bitcoin almost hit the $7000 mark few hours ago, even though the prices of other cryptocurrencies like ethereum, xrp, bitcoin cash, EOS,Stellar lumen and litecoin where unable to appreciate with same momentum, which is usually common […] The post Don’t get excited: Bitcoin’s sudden price rise Might Be induced appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-8-22 14:39


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Pump It! BitMEX Maintenance Sparks 1-Minute $300 Bitcoin Price Spike

Bitcoin prices gained $300 in less than one minute August 22 in a leap the cryptocurrency community is broadly attributing to Hong Kong trading platform BitMEX going offline. Bitcoin Hits $6750 In Record Time Data from various price trackers confirms Bitcoin’s increase to $6750 occurred almost simultaneous as BitMEX began a period of scheduled maintenance. дальше »

2018-8-22 12:45


Research Associate: Conversations Around Bitcoin and Energy Have Been Oversimplified

In the almost decade long existence of Bitcoin, the network has repeatedly come under fire for the large amount of electricity required to secure it. However, one researcher believes that the current discussion on energy use is largely redundant since it doesn’t take into account how the electricity itself is sourced or how technology evolves. дальше »

2018-8-20 22:30


Research Shows Ethereum Blockchain Miners Get Paid Almost $2.5 Billion per Year

Research Reveals That Ethereum Miners Make $2.5 Billion On An Annual basis While the prices of Ethereum have been faltering and its network faced with endless scalability challenges, investors who mine the second largest digital currency somehow managed to rake in an annual payout worth a whopping $2.5 billion. As per a report published by […] дальше »

2018-8-20 19:56


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Three Chinese Men In Custody Over $87M Cryptocurrency Theft

Police in China has detained three men suspected of pulling the country’s biggest ever cryptocurrency heist — worth 600 million yuan ($87 million).   Theft is China’s Biggest: Reports As multiple outlets report quoting local news publication Huashang News on August 19, authorities concluded an investigation spanning almost six months into three men who allegedly hacked a computer for Bitcoin and Ether. дальше »

2018-8-20 12:00


Litecoin, Stellar Lumens, Tron, IOTA, EOS Technical Analysis: At 90% From ATHs, Altcoins are almost “Free”

Apart from IOTA which on paper seems to be outperforming peers adding 15 percent in the last days, other coins as Tron, Litecoin and Stellar Lumens are up roughly two percent on average. Of all coins though, Stellar Lumens (XLM) is the most stable as they consolidate horizontally along our previous buy trigger line at. дальше »

2018-8-20 03:02


VeChain Announces New Blockchain Vaccine Tracking Protocol as VET Coin Pumps 40%

VeChain Announces New Blockchain Protocol to Track Vaccines, Resulting in Almost a 40% Pump to Their Coin Most of the cryptocurrency market is still healing from their place of run, after almost every coin in the industry suffered losses of at least 70%, coinciding with delays and denials from the United States SEC. Even though […] дальше »

2018-8-18 20:05


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Apple says teen who hacked its network didn’t compromise customer data

Seeking to reassure customers after the news of repeated breaches of its network broke yesterday, Apple said that no user data was compromised in the attacks, reports Reuters. The statement follows the 16-year-old Melbourne-based student’s appearance in court: according to statements by his lawyer, he had broken into Apple’s mainframe multiple times over the course of a year, and downloaded 90GB of files. дальше »

2018-8-17 09:19


Ripple’s CTO invented a distributed computer system 20 years before blockchain – ask him about it

The mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto is often credited with inventing blockchain – the tech behind the recent cryptocurrency and decentralization boom. But long before Nakamoto published his seminal paper that shaped Bitcoin as we know it, Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz had already come up a similar concept. дальше »

2018-8-16 15:33


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Ethereum Is The Scammers Favourite Coin

According to new research by Kaspersky Labs, Ethereum is the favoured coin for cryptocurrency scammers worldwide. As the most notorious cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, Ethereum is the obvious choice for a scammer, built on a huge network but with little mainstream attention, it allows scammers to remain hidden, yet still able to access a huge network filled with the potential to commit fraud. дальше »

2018-8-16 06:00