2021-11-18 03:44 |
Gerald Votta from Quantum Economics has a theory on the true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto: the author of the first reply to the white paper itself. origin »
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The theory that underpins computer viruses was first made public in 1949, when computer pioneer John von Neumann presented a paper titled “Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata. ” In the paper, von Neumann speculated that computer programs could reproduce themselves — effectively describing the most basic form of a malevolent virus you often hear about now.
2019-9-25 17:13 | |
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Trigger warning: specialized mathematical topic Special thanks to Karl Floersch for feedback One of the more interesting algorithms in number theory is the Fast Fourier transform (FFT).
2019-5-14 04:03 | |
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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.
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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Physicists and researchers working in several laboratories are close to proving a theory that lays the groundwork for an advanced understanding of … well, everything. The theory in question is quantum mechanics, a form of physics that relies on the movements of subatomic particles to explain the natural universe.
2018-11-9 01:00 | |
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Many people know bitcoin as an anonymous digital currency, one whose privacy features prime it for concealed payments in sketchy recesses of the internet’s dark web.
2018-8-29 17:33 | |
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Researchers from Toronto’s York University have concluded that replacing gold with bitcoin in an investment portfolio can lead to higher risk adjusted returns. Using modern day portfolio theory to weight.
2018-8-21 16:30 | |
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Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type).
2018-8-9 04:03 | |
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What’s the best that can happen? That’s the focus of Fetch. ai in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Episode 025 of the What Bitcoin Did podcast featured a wide-ranging conversation between host Peter McCormack and Fetch co-founder/CTO Toby Simpson about both best-case and worst-case outcomes for AI.
2018-7-20 19:38 | |
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Grayscale has recently released a paper that suggests the role of digital assets and what it might fall under. In particular, the paper revealed that digital assets fall into a risk-return model called the “Modern Portfolio Theory” (MPT).
2018-7-10 09:55 | |
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Barry Silbert’s Grayscale Investments believes digital assets conform to successful trading strategies and should form part of beta portfolios. Digital Assets ‘Fit Squarely’ With Portfolio Success That’s according to a new research paper from the investment giant, which claims digital assets fit into the risk-return model known as Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) the same as traditional commodities do.
2018-7-9 17:00 | |
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Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away.
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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There is substantial controversy surrounding Tether, a cryptocurrency that claims to be pegged to the U. S. dollar. According to Tether, each Tether token is backed by one U.
2018-6-14 22:01 | |
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The crypto world is celebrating 16 years since Bitcoin’s Genesis block was mined on Jan. 3, 2009. This landmark event not only marked the birth of the top digital asset but also laid the groundwork for today’s digital financial revolution.
On Dec. 24, 2024, the amount of mined bitcoins crossed the 19,800,000 mark, leaving less than 1.2 million bitcoins remaining until the total supply is exhausted. After the 2024 halving, approximately 450 bitcoins are mined each day. According to one…
Frank Richard Ahlgren III, an early Bitcoin investor from Texas, has been sentenced to two years in prison for tax fraud. According to the Department of Justice, Ahlgren underreported $3.7 million in Bitcoin (BTC) capital gains on his 2017 tax…
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs have significantly transformed both Bitcoin and the broader crypto industry. These ETFs have seen their value and holdings grow massively since their launch in January 2024, breaking multiple ETF records in traditional finance.
