Bitcoin Earns Reputation for Poor Payments Standards Participation
Bailey Reutzel examines how the bitcoin community’s reluctant to engage over standards could harm the digital currency in the long term.
Bitcoin Price: Again, There And Back Again
Bitcoin price has been declining all day. The failure to continue higher turns our attention back down in the chart. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code CCN29. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: […]
Factom Lands Smart-City Deal With China
With an eye to the future, China’s government is working with Factom, a blockchain based record verification and auditing infrastructure company along with consulting firm iSoftStone to plan blockchain based administration projects for smart cities. The plan will include strategies for storage, auditing and verification services. Named after the Factom brand, Factoids, a token value, […]
Alaskan ‘Judge’ Wants Pope Francis to Endorse the Blockchain
An Alaskan conservative commentator and self-styled judge has called for the world to embrace blockchain technology.
IBM Supports Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Blockchain as Industry Standard, Plans Deployment
In December Bitcoin Magazine reported that IBM and a group of top tech and finance companies are joining forces to develop a new open source blockchain separated from the Bitcoin blockchain. The group will work with the Linux Foundation to create a public network that lets blockchain applications built on top of it communicate with […]
Bitcoinj Maintainer Andreas Schildbach: Segregated Witness worth the Effort
The long-lasting block size dispute has catapulted into the center of attention again. One of the most talked-about developments is Segregated Witness, of which a public testnet iteration – SegNet – waslaunched in January. The innovation as recently proposed by Blockstream co-founder and Bitcoin Core developer Dr. Pieter Wuille is a centerpiece of a scalability […]
Deutsche Bank: Banks Must Partner with Fintech and Digital Currency Businesses or Risk Disappearing Altogether
The number of banks experimenting with blockchain technology and looking at their own digital currencies is growing by leaps and bounds, so it’s no surprise that Deutsche Bank is well on its way to having its own blockchain technology. In a recent statement, the bank was quoted as saying: “Banks must partner with fintech and […]
Chilean Bitcoin Exchange SurBTC Raises $300k
SurBTC has closed $300,000 in seed funding to develop a bitcoin exchange for the Chilean market.
Blockstream Investors See Commercial Use Cases for Bitcoin Blockchain
Following Blockstream’s $55m funding yesterday, CoinDesk speaks to investors who participated in the round.
Documents Reveal Divorce Dispute May Be at Heart of Cryptsy Issues
Court documents obtained by CoinDesk offer new details about an ongoing legal battle involving digital currency exchange Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon.