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Continue ReadingThe Bitcoin 2021 conference is over. The lessons remain. This time, they turned off the livestream’s chat. An elegant solution. A wasted opportunity, the virtual community couldn’t gather around the fire. But hey… much better than watching robots pushing low-quality projects non-stop. And it was easier to focus on the presenter’s words. Still, it felt […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin is the first and a truly peer-to-peer, decentralized cryptocurrency. Part of what imparts Bitcoin and its underlying network value is the fact that anyone in the world can buy/own it, trade, and transact with it without the need for a third-party intermediary. As the Bitcoin FOMO is sweeping the globe once again, everyone wants […]
Continue ReadingFor all of its revolutionary potential, Bitcoin remains a work in progress. Its long, and often contentious development has been the subject of immense debate among both supporters and critics. Several emerging steps along its march to completion will soon become game changers on the move toward mass adoption. SCALABILITY IS A PRIORITY Increasing network […]
Continue ReadingA just-released report from Bitmex shows that Bitcoin platform development continues to grow and diversify. A look at key players reflects greater interest in scalability and bringing the flagship cryptocurrency into a position for effective mass use. Multiple Bitcoin Projects Supported The report shows that Blockstream and Lightning Labs have become by-far the top institutions […]
Continue ReadingAlmost 100 years ago, industrialist and automobile magnate, Henry Ford, proposed an ‘energy currency’ to replace gold. Does Bitcoin finally fulfil some of the promise of this ‘energy currency’? Yes, according to a recent Medium post by Capriole Investments. Currency Backed By Energy Ford’s argument for energy currency was that, unlike gold, it could not […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin showed just how inexpensive it can be as a tool for transferring value this morning. A 51,511 BTC transaction, worth almost $450 million, was sent for a fee of under 25 cents. Half a Ten Millionth of a Percent The transaction was included in block 613644, and a total amount of 51,511.81741968 was moved. […]
Continue ReadingAlmonit has released the first version of its decentralized, private search engine for the decentralized web (dWeb). It is accessible to those with a decentralized browser or plugin at almonit.eth, and to all others at almonit.eth.link. Focus On Privacy The first thing to know is that the search engine itself is decentralized. It is served […]
Continue ReadingBlockchain Capital Partner, Spencer Bogart, has been talking to Bloomberg about his predictions for Bitcoin in 2020. TL;DR – things will go vertical, and though he isn’t specifically referring to BTC price, that may well follow. The End Of The Horizontal Competition Era Bogart’s most anticipated element of cryptocurrency industry development in 2020 is to see […]
Continue ReadingSocial media giants are no longer opposing the power of decentralization and bitcoin technology. Instead, they are embracing it to solve the problems of a centralized Internet and put the power back in people’s hands. Bitcoin Decentralization ‘could unload some of their burdens.’ Since Bitcoin’s inception, many in the financial and technology sectors saw Bitcoin […]
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