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Why designers shouldn’t bother learning to code
Every couple of weeks we see a new article come up that tries to answer the good old question: should designers learn to code? Our industry is finally reaching a point where we are able to step back and reframe that question altogether. дальше »
2018-12-30 04:00 | |
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Former Mt. Gox CEO Says He Is Sorry But Maintains His Innocence as Trial Closes
Mark Karpeles, the former chief executive officer of the now-defunct Mt. Gox, has reportedly apologized for the losses that led to the demise of the cryptocurrency exchange. However, the embattled Frenchman insisted on his innocence regarding charges of embezzlement in closing arguments during his trial in Tokyo on Dec. дальше »
2018-12-27 20:15 | |
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5 ways AI can be an ally for human rights over the next decade
Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by examining the positive ways artificial intelligence will affect humanity in the next decade. Also, we ate an entire cake by ourselves. дальше »
2018-12-11 01:49 | |
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SFOX Posits Factors Behind November Crypto Volatility in Recent Report
SFOX, an institutional crypto trading platform, recently released a comprehensive, data-packed analysis on the possible causes of the volatility in the cryptocurrency space over the month of November. дальше »
2018-12-10 20:07 | |
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UBS Economist Bashes Bitcoin, Arguments Based on Lacking Information
Another day, another CNBC Fast Money crypto- and Bitcoin-related segment. Following a three-day streak of bullish-on-Bitcoin guests, CNBC’s somewhat notorious Fast Money panel turned the tables, calling upon an impassioned cryptocurrency critic to make an appearance. дальше »
2018-11-30 15:00 | |
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The Hidden Benefits of Bitcoin Mining
The energy costs of bitcoin mining are often cited as canceling out the. We must also consider the savings made, in avoiding some of the hidden costs of the alternative. Gold Standard Critics of gold originally made the same arguments — that the mining and storage cost of gold meant paper money was more economical. дальше »
2018-11-22 08:00 | |
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“We Did This With Gold”: Could VanEck Be Bitcoin’s Best Bet for an ETF?
Gabor Gurbacs is confident that the approval of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) is inevitable. And he’s optimistic that the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Strategy will be the first to deliver one to the world. дальше »
2018-11-17 01:42 | |
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Altcoins to Show 5000% Up Next Decade – Nigel Green vs Vitalik Buterin
De Vere Group CEO Nigel Green claims in official press release that the crypto market will grow by at least 5000% as a whole in the next decade. However, Vitalik Buterin had stated early that we couldn’t hope to see x-growth in crypto anymore. дальше »
2018-10-25 14:51 | |
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Ripple CTO David Schwartz Presents Strong Arguments Supporting Blockchain in Payments at Money20/20 USA
The CTO of Ripple, David Schwartz, attended the Money20/20 USA conference and participated in a debate with Esther Pigg, senior vice president of product strategy at FIS Payments. The debate, moderated by Tony Hayes, revolved around the traditional payment system and how blockchain technology could replace it. дальше »
2018-10-25 20:29 | |
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BitMEX: Not Competing with Bitcoin Core?
An article appeared on the BitMEX blog this week comparing competition to the Bitcoin Core software project. It concluded that, even if the Bitcoin Core repository were hijacked or deleted, Bitcoin should remain largely unaffected. дальше »
2018-10-18 04:00 | |
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Bitcoin Mining: Three Reasons Why Energy Consumption Rhetoric Is Pure Nonsense
When they aren’t bashing Bitcoin as a bubble, nocoiners can usually be found trying desperately to prove how the activities of miners will bring about the end of the world. Here are three reasons why the energy consumption rhetoric is utter garbage. дальше »
2018-10-15 02:00 | |
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Bitfinex Challenges Insolvency Rumors, Provides Proof of Wallet Reserves
Top-three cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is pushing back against claims that call its solvency into question. The Hong Kong-based company released a blog post on October 7, 2017, that states, contrary to recent rumors, it is not insolvent. дальше »
2018-10-9 00:43 | |
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Bitcoin mining consumes 20X less Energy than Gold Mining – LongHash
One of the most popular arguments against bitcoin technology is the argument that bitcoin mining consumes more electricity than some countries. However, a comparison by LongHash has revealed that bitcoin mining actually uses 20x less energy than gold mining. дальше »
2018-9-15 14:18 | |
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Federal Judge Applies Long-Established Securities Law to ICOs
Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may. дальше »
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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Cash, Not Crypto, Still King When It Comes to Funding Terrorists
One of the main arguments used by cryptocurrency critics is that digital currencies make it easier to finance terrorism. But, as they say, the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. A defense expert recently told the US Congress that it is actually harder to finance terrorists using cryptos after citing that numerous attempts by terrorist […] Cash, Not Crypto, Still King When It Comes to Funding Terrorists was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »
2018-9-12 18:29 | |
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Human intelligence and AI are vastly different — so let’s stop comparing them
These days, it’s easy to believe arguments that artificial intelligence has become as smart as the human mind—if not smarter. Google released a speaking AI that dupes its conversational partners that it’s human. дальше »
2018-9-1 13:00 | |
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Bobby Lee’s Vision of Blockchain is Wrong and Here’s Why
Сryptographer and PhD in Information Security Dr. Pavel Kravchenko brings valid arguments explaining why we should't agree with prominent industry influencer's vision of blockchain technology. The post Bobby Lee’s Vision of Blockchain is Wrong and Here’s Why appeared first on CoinSpeaker. дальше »
2018-8-27 15:53 | |
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Layer 1 Should Be Innovative in the Short Term but Less in the Long Term
One of the key tradeoffs in blockchain design is whether to build more functionality into base-layer blockchains themselves (“layer 1”), or to build it into protocols that live on top of the blockchain, and can be created and modified without changing the blockchain itself (“layer 2”). дальше »
2018-8-28 04:03 | |
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Markets Are Down, But Most Exchanges Are Doing Just Fine
As the old maxim asserts: those who made the most money in the gold rush were those who sold shovels. With our own digital gold rush in a downturn, however, the shovels aren’t selling so well, as mining companies themselves are struggling to move hardware because miners are struggling to turn a profit. дальше »
2018-8-22 22:53 | |
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Venezuela Nationalizes Petro, Will Introduce Crypto-Based Salary System for Workers
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently revealed that the nation’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, will be used as a unit of account by the state oil company PDVSA. дальше »
2018-8-16 00:26 | |
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Coin Center Blockchain Group Releases New Crypto Securities Regulatory Report
Blockchain Advocate Embraces Cryptocurrencies The relationship between cryptocurrencies and the regulators of the financial world has been a confusing one. Debates have raged since the conception of cryptos surrounding how, if at all, the currencies might fall into the existing framework for regulation and scrutiny. дальше »
2018-8-12 00:19 | |
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The Miner’s Dilemma: Premined Coins Making Headway
Whenever cryptocurrencies come up in debate, mining is inevitably one of the biggest, and least-informed, points. From Brad Sherman to Paul Krugman, certain commentators clearly feel that since the two leading cryptocurrencies require work they must be inherently bad. дальше »
2018-8-10 21:06 | |
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Blockchain Technology Summit 2018 to be Held in Shanghai
There is no doubt that the rapidly developing blockchain technology began to explode in early 2018. Despite arguments about the risks and regulation of ICO, Internet giants have referred to blockchain technology on various important occasions spontaneously, with longing, passion and anticipation. дальше »
2018-8-8 19:26 | |
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Lyn Ulbricht and the Effort to Free Ross: Looking at "the End of the Road”
The darknet site founded by Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, has been offline for years now. But the legal questions behind his conviction and subsequent sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, remain fresh, raw and real to Ulbricht’s advocates. дальше »
2018-7-28 23:38 | |
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Supreme Court of India Reschedules Cryptocurrency Ban Petition to September 2018
On July 20th, 2018, The Supreme Court of India again delayed the hearing for the fate of cryptocurrencies, on account of minimal action from SEBI regarding the petition seeking regulation of cryptocurrency in India. дальше »
2018-7-22 13:00 | |
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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 | |
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Breaking news: RBI’s cryptocurrency prohibition continues, final arguments on 11th September
The Reserve Bank of India [RBI] petitioned a ban against cryptocurrencies, as to prohibit the banks for conversion of digital currencies to Indian Rupee [INR]. The hearing of lifting or proceeding with the ban was held today. дальше »
2018-7-21 02:25 | |
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Supreme Court of India delays Crypto Banking Ban Hearing to September
A Supreme Court decision on the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) efforts to bar cryptocurrency firms from receiving banking services will have to wait – for now. A final hearing on the ban’s merits has been deferred to September 11, local news outlet Inc42 reported Friday. The panel of judges overseeing the case want all arguments дальше »
2018-7-21 00:07 | |
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India’s Supreme Court Upholds RBI Ban, Final Arguments To be Heard in September
Today was the proverbial D-Day for the cryptocurrency industry in India as the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear the case against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) instituting a ban forbidding all commercial banks in the country from facilitating crypto related transactions. дальше »
2018-7-20 19:39 | |
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Indian Supreme Court Heard Crypto Petitions Today – RBI Ban Stays
India’s Supreme Court heard the petitions against the crypto banking ban by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today. After hearing some arguments from both sides, the court decided to set another hearing date, allowing some of the regulators involved to respond to the petitions. дальше »
2018-7-21 17:15 | |
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Indian Supreme Court Heard Crypto Petitions Today but RBI Ban Stays
India’s Supreme Court heard the petitions against the crypto banking ban by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today. After hearing some arguments from both sides, the court decided to set another hearing date, allowing some of the regulators involved to respond to the petitions. дальше »
2018-7-20 17:15 | |
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‘Copyright’s True Purpose Is Dead, It Never Existed’
We’re all familiar with the statement that piracy is “killing” the music industry. It’s one of the main arguments used to argue in favor of stronger copyright enforcement and legislation. The underlying idea is that strong copyright protection ensures that artists get paid. дальше »
2018-7-16 16:57 | |
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Cryptocurrency Wealth Concentration: Exploring the Problem and Possible Solutions
There are many criticisms of cryptocurrencies thrown about by the media, bankers, government officials, and other defenders of the economic status quo, and although many of these criticisms may have some truth to them, members of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community can just as easily counter most of them with their own arguments. Criticisms such […] дальше »
2018-7-13 14:45 | |
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Cryptocurrency Wealth Concentration: Exploring the Problem and Possible Solutions
There are many criticisms of cryptocurrencies thrown about by the media, bankers, government officials, and other defenders of the economic status quo, and although many of these criticisms may have some truth to them, members of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community can just as easily counter most of them with their own arguments. дальше »
2018-7-13 00:03 | |
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Breach Below Trading Range May Spark Spring Retest
After a feeble rally on diminishing volume, bitcoin is currently in the middle of its first major pullback in about 2 weeks. Over the last week or so, bitcoin managed to break its sustained downtrend and trend back inside the macro trading range (TR) — both of which are quite bullish market characteristics. дальше »
2018-7-11 00:21 | |
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XRP Ledger moves towards decentralization, third-party validators emerge!
One of the biggest arguments against the XRP Ledger and the accompanying token is that it is centralized. This argument is beginning to become weaker as the number of third-party validators on the Ripple network is increasing. дальше »
2018-7-3 21:18 | |
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: New Low on Low Volume Breeds Potential Bullish Set-up
Bitcoin sits precariously perched at the bottom of the annual market low and many bitcoin investors aren’t sure what to make of it. Although the market seems to be continuing its drift to new lows with greater and greater ease, there are a couple of bullish signals worth considering while the market continues to consolidate: Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, New Market LowOn Friday, June 29, 2018, for the first time this year, the daily candles closed below the annual low of $6,000s. дальше »
2018-7-1 19:35 | |
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What Is Forging, and Is It a Viable Alternative to Bitcoin Mining?
As more and more people join the cryptocurrency conversation, Bitcoin mining has been thrust into the limelight. And just like everything surrounding this inherently controversial industry, it’s shrouded in misconceptions. дальше »
2018-6-24 22:00 | |
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