In a clearly stated analysis and opinion blog post about the costs and benefits of doing either a hard fork to a 2 MB block size limit versus going with the “Hong Kong Compromise” Segregated Witness (Segwit) upgrade, Sam Cole offers the perspective from that of a Bitcoin miner in what options lie ahead. From a […]
A judge has rejected a claim by Mizuho Bank that a class action lawsuit related to its involvement in the collapse of Mt Gox should move to Japan.
Bitcoin Press Releases: Based on BitShares Bitcoin 3.0 technology, OpenLedger is pleased to announce the world’s first Decentralized Conglomerate: a platform which allows organizations to invest in each other and share profits in a fully decentralized manner. Most recently launched BTSR and OBITS tokens are defining their place as emerging ecosystems on the OpenLedger platform. […]
Researchers have proposed a new kind of cryptocurrency that puts a central bank in control of the network but retains a transparent ledger.
Bitcoin mining has entered the African continent; the very first Bitcoin mining facility in the region is now in Ghana. Africa has always been a center of attraction for both Bitcoin and fintech-based businesses. The African continent has provided a lot of positive PR to the Bitcoin ecosystem – It has been and still is […]
In this morning’s bitcoin price watch piece, our focus was on two things. The first, an ongoing trade that we entered during the Asian session – one that had tested our stop but not hit it, and at the time of writing, was testing broken resistance as support. We took this testing as a positive […]
The post The Complete Guide to Using Bitcoin Anonymously Around the Web appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. In one of our previous articles we’ve talked about how Bitcoin is not completely anonymous. Ever since we’ve been getting emails asking how to use Bitcoin anonymously around the web. So we now bring before you the complete […]
Bitcoin has graduated from being a cryptocurrency to an applications platform that can be used in a range of industries to augment their operations. The use of Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology for purposes other than recording and confirming transactions is labeled under an umbrella term Blockchain 2.0. Smart Contracts is one of the applications of […]
Bitcoin Press Releases: MARCH 10, 2016 – MaskNetwork is thrilled to introduce decentralized margin markets, a new feature of their platform. MaskNetwork is the world’s first decentralized social trading network, and the rollout of decentralized margin markets makes it possible for anyone to trade virtually anything without restriction. While a broker is needed to trade stocks […]
Bitcoin price reversed to the downside after a failed attempt on the resistance ceiling. As it turns out there are negative elements among the Core developers – further biasing price to the downside.. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive […]