2018-8-10 20:57 |
California-based software giant Intuit has been awarded a patent by the USPTO for processing Bitcoin payments via text message
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There was one issue with Bitcoin when it was first proposed in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto: it couldn’t scale. Ten years later and Bitcoin has the same scalability problem. Throughout its existence, it hasn’t managed to go beyond processing more than seven transactions per second; which was enough in the beginning.
2019-4-10 19:21 | |
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The US Patent and Trademark Office recently granted the financial software company a patent to create a bitcoin payment processing system.
2018-8-10 22:12 | |
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California-based business and financial software company Intuit has been awarded a patent for processing bitcoin payments via text message.
2018-8-9 05:00 | |
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Square Inc’s quarterly earnings report shows that the company is processing more Bitcoin transactions each quarter, though the growth is slow. According to the report recently submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company reported revenue from Bitcoin at over $71 million in the first half of 2018.
2018-8-3 15:56 | |
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Canaan creative have launched what they claim is the world’s first bitcoin mining television set, the ‘AvalonMiner Inside’. The world’s second largest manufacturer of mining hardware are diversifying their product line, according to the South China Morning Post.
2018-8-3 02:00 | |
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According to regional reports the Japanese financial institution, Mizuho Bank, is being accused of creating issues for Mt Gox customers who were hoping to withdraw funds after the exchange collapsed.
2018-8-2 12:50 | |
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Bitpay’s chief operating officer, Sonny Singh, recently attested to the efficacy of bitcoin as a means of payment, stating that “bitcoin is being used all around the world for things other than speculation and trading.
2018-8-2 04:50 | |
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Cloud mining to me is quite ironic. I often see the cloud as the first generation of the blockchain, the younger sibling that the blockchain wants to compete with, yet, a large majority of blockchain activity takes place through cloud mining, interesting right? Or perhaps I’m over thinking it.
2018-7-30 13:30 | |
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Recently the internet was abuzz with an article written by a renowned authority in cryptocurrency breaking news, CoinDesk about the SEC delaying the processing and approval of ETF license applications for Bitcoin.
2018-7-25 23:16 | |
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Hashflare is a cryptocurrency mining service that allows users to connect with crypto mining pools. What this does, is controls a set amount of your computers processing power via the pool and rewards contributors with a share of the transactions that they facilitate.
2018-7-23 16:30 | |
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Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining has become a very competitive industry, and the amount of processing power hashing away to mine these digital assets is truly amazing. However over the years since the inception of GPU and ASIC mining, essentially when home mining turned into an industry, the cryptocurrency mining space has been riddled with fraudulent […] The post Some Crypto-Mining Operations Are Not What They Say They Are appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-7-22 18:35 | |
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Mass, mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies might take a route few original cadres of developers and enthusiasts imagined — major payment processing, plastic debit cards. They’re incredibly handy for those wishing to use crypto while merchant adoption works itself out.
2018-7-21 22:20 | |
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On Friday, Samsung stores in the Baltic States have announced they will be accepting seven different cryptocurrencies for merchandise. Through a partnership with the payment processing firm Coppay, customers shopping at the Samsung stores in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, and Kaunas will be able to pay with BTC, ETH, DASH, NEM, STEEM, XRP, and LTC.
2018-7-20 19:20 | |
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Bitcoin payment processors come in many different shapes and sizes. In every single case, users rely on centralized parties to take care of most of the legwork. BTCPay Server is an interesting solution in this regard, as it provides self-hosted payment processing through the BitPay API. The Concept of BTCPay Competition in the world of […]
2018-7-20 18:00 | |
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Established online payments processing company Stripe previously supported cryptocurrency, even releasing a Bitcoin exchange tool back in 2015. But now it seems that it has changed its stance on the matter.
2018-7-20 13:59 | |
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Blockchain platform EOS has broken two major records in terms of transaction processing speed in the last 24 hours, first beating all other major cryptocurrencies at 2,822 transactions per second, then crossing the 3k transactions per second mark.
2018-7-20 00:39 | |
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With Chinese media estimating that Sichuan’s mining sector comprises 70% of the computing power of both the bitcoin network and the total processing power situated within China’s borders, reflections following the devastating Sichuan floods’ have many insights into the realities of life of a crypto miner in Sichuan.
2018-7-18 01:30 | |
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On July 13, 2018, American travel agency Cheapair. com has announced that it will no longer use a third party to process bitcoin payments from customers, following its much-publicized problems after Coinbase discontinued its support for the platform.
2018-7-15 12:30 | |
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Bitcoin payment startup Abra has announced the addition of Visa and Mastercard payment options for buying bitcoin on its platform. The new payment option is in partnership with fintech company Simplex, per the company’s blog post.
2018-7-13 00:38 | |
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As the Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market dipped over the past several months, so has the price of GPUs. Computerworld has reported that the price of high end GPUs have gone down in correlation with the price of a Bitcoin.
2018-7-13 00:26 | |
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The bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network continues its roll-out process. Earlier today, payment processing startup CoinGate revealed the launch of a risk-free Lightning Network trial available to 100 merchants.
2018-7-11 13:01 | |
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The Institutes RiskBlock™ Alliance is joining forces with Accenture in a move that will see both companies expand the use of blockchain technology within the insurance sector.
2018-7-10 00:28 | |
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In late 2009, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto ushered in a groundbreaking approach to money by championing a digital payment system free from third-party intermediaries and governmental control.
2018-7-9 19:37 | |
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In late 2009, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto ushered in a groundbreaking approach to money by championing a digital payment system free from third-party intermediaries and governmental control.
2018-7-5 19:37 | |
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It could be mining bitcoin for criminals. So-called “crypto-jacking” attacks have become a growing problem in the cybersecurity industry, affecting both consumers and organizations.
2018-6-29 13:49 | |
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The growing popularity of Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin has made it possible for hackers to find lucrative earning opportunities by hijacking your computer and using it for mining digital currencies.
2018-6-28 13:29 | |
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Bitcoin’s value may have reached a new low on Sunday, but research proves that social media could do the trick to bring the coin back to its feet. A new study conducted by the Stevens Institute of Technology uses natural language processing and social media analytics to suggest that the coins could be moving per […] New Research Shows Social Media’s Influence on Cryptocurrencies was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-6-27 22:23 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: The Mazzuma platform enables instantaneous transactions using an application layer transaction processing protocol which solves the scalability issues that has plagued a lot of cryptocurrencies.
2018-6-26 14:17 | |
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I’m not sure what conclusions we should draw from this (or how long it has been happening), but the large “Fee Market” was generally considered a bad thing for Bitcoin in terms of growing adoption.
2018-6-24 13:14 | |
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I’m not sure what conclusions we should draw from this (or how long it has been happening), but the large “Fee Market” was generally considered a bad thing for Bitcoin in terms of growing adoption.
2018-6-24 08:24 | |
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Square, a payment processing company owned by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has obtained a New York BitLicense. The firm announced the news on Twitter on June 18, 2018. The license grants approval for the company to offer Bitcoin trading services in New York via its Cash app.
2018-6-19 15:00 | |
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Bancor has announced today it will launch a network of blockchain-based community currencies in Kenya. The new project is expected to combat poverty through the stimulation of local and regional commerce and peer-to-peer collaboration.
2018-6-19 01:01 | |
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Two of Russia’s largest banks are piloting cryptocurrency portfolios for their private clients, the Kommersant newspaper reported Friday. Sberbank, the main state-owned bank responsible for processing government employee paychecks, and Alfa Bank, the largest private bank in the nation, plan to enter crypto trading with the help of the AddCapital investment fund, the National Settlement
2018-6-18 10:31 | |
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The shift has already started; finance is moving onto the blockchain, leveraging the decentralization and disintermediation benefits of the technology’s architecture.
2018-6-14 23:52 | |
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In a pivotal decision, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has declined the Dogecoin Foundation, Inc. ’s application to trademark a design of a gold circular medallion featuring the iconic Shiba Inu dog and the letter “D”.
Mike Kondoudis, a licensed trademark attorney, has confirmed that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officially registered the TD Logo for crypto purposes
ParallelChain Lab has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for creating a fail-safe mechanism for autonomous systems.
Fidelity Investments has filed three US trademark applications primarily focused on providing metaverse and digital world services.
Newly filed trademark applications outline a long list of possible avenues for the firm in the metaverse.
On Wednesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the US Copyright Office announced a planned joint study of IP address problems as they are related to non-fungible tokens (NFT). This development comes after a request by the US…
Walmart, one of the world’s leading retail giants, may have plans to launch its own fiat-backed stablecoin. This development emerges after the social media giant, Facebook, warned that its cryptocurrency project, Libra, may be put on hold.