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Is An Energy-Efficient PoW-Based Blockchain Possible?

The emergence of cryptocurrency has disrupted the traditional financial industry and captivated the world while doing so. The decentralization movement does not only prevent fraud, but for those living under authoritarian governments, it can provide a medium of exchange resistant to censorship, giving a crucial means of financial freedom. дальше »

2021-10-5 10:22


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Paypal Pullout Prompts Pornhub to Add Tether as Payment Option for Its Adult Models

The porn industry is seen by many as a perfect fit for widespread cryptocurrency usage as it suffers from financial censorship far more than most businesses. When Paypal stopped servicing Pornhub models, the company hinted it might turn to digital currency as an alternative and now this has been accomplished with the Tether stablecoin USDT. дальше »

2020-1-24 03:00


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Call for Press Freedom in Australia Highlights Need for Censorship Resistance

Newspapers across Australia rallied together in protest against government secrecy and press censorship by printing heavily redacted front pages in unison on Monday. Media Outlets Rally Together National and regional press outlets, including The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Australian Financial Review ran their front page completely censored. дальше »

2019-10-22 09:18


Are Odds Increasing or Decreasing for Obtaining a Completely Decentralized Crypto Marketplace?

When the whole concept of Bitcoin came into the industry ten years ago, the world believed that Satoshi held a victory that Cypherpunks could not claim, making an opportunity for decentralization. The goal was to reduce the interactions with centralization and censorship, focusing on the financial freedom afforded by decentralization. Bitcoin made it possible to […] дальше »

2019-4-22 20:10


Craig Wright claims Bitcoin [BTC] is infested with “censorship” as Binance delisting mauls BSV

Bitcoin [BTC] was created as a means to fight government censorship and to promote financial freedom, but according to its opponents, it is a bastion of curtailment. Craig Wright, the self-claimed Satoshi Nakamoto has reignited the Bitcoin censorship claim at a time when his project Bitcoin SV [BSV] is being silenced from major exchanges. дальше »

2019-4-17 21:30


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Op Ed: With Bitcoin, Anarchy Is the Point, Not the Problem

Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems. дальше »

2019-3-23 17:29


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The Problem With ‘Sustainable Journalism’ Platform Civil

ConsenSys backed “sustainable journalism” marketplace Civil isn’t raising as much as it had hoped in its ICO. Civil’s ambitious plans have been picked apart by, you guessed it,  journalists. Free Press or Censorship Civil’s approach to revolutionizing journalism has been questioned in a recent post by Financial Times’ Alphaville. дальше »

2018-10-14 23:30