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Bitcoin’s Rise Reflects Governments’ Failure To Stabilize National Currencies

Bitcoin is digital gold for a digital generation. Libertarian proponents of cryptocurrencies, like America’s Founding Fathers before them, argue that fiat currencies are nothing but Monopoly paper: Why does fiat cash have value when it’s not backed by any real asset, such as gold or silver? In 1786, Thomas Paine wrote: “Gold and silver are the emissions of nature: paper is the emission of art. дальше »

2018-9-3 16:00


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Bringing Real World Value onto the Blockchain with OpenLaw and ChainLink

Open Law and ChainLink are teaming up to bring real-world valuations of smart contracts to the digital space according to August 14, 2018, reports. Capitalizing on the Blockchain ChainLink is a blockchain platform which allows smart contracts to access off-chain assets like APIs, traditional banking payments, and data feeds. дальше »

2018-8-19 14:00


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Dutch Central Bank Against Crypto, But Won’t Move To Regulate

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) the central bank of The Netherlands have recently spoken out against cryptocurrencies, denying to recognise crypto as a real form of currency. According to Dutch News, Petra Hielkema, the Divisional Director at DNB has said in a report: “If something wants to be treated as money, you have to be able to spend, save and calculate with it. дальше »

2018-8-3 13:00


What Influencers Are Saying About Cryptocurrency and Real Estate in 2018

A popular cryptocurrency analyst and pundit by the name of ‘Crypto Bobby’ yesterday recalled a discussion he had with a “NYC real estate broker” on his Twitter feed, who had apparently “sold a $3M apt in Brooklyn for $BTC when Bitcoin was $270, he took his commission in cash instead…” Since then, Bitcoin’s value has. дальше »

2018-7-31 12:00


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Why Iran Could Be The First Country To Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender

Many things happened from the time Bitcoin was conceived as a peer-to-peer electronic cash to the time someone dared to buy two pizzas giving it real monetary value, but it only took one person daring to accept its economic value for a revolution to take place raising its price from pennies to thousand dollars in […] The post Why Iran Could Be The First Country To Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-26 19:57


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


US Fed Reserve Chair Bashes Crypto’s Money Properties, Says “Not Really a Currency”

Jerome Powell Claims Bitcoin is Not a Real Currency and Has No Intrinsic Value The head of the United States Federal Reserve issued a warning to Congress earlier today regarding cryptocurrencies. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, who took the position in February, said on Capitol Hill that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are dangerous to “unsophisticated […] дальше »

2018-7-21 00:41


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16