The Case for Replace-By-Fee (And the Case Against)

The heated debate in the Bitcoin community throughout the past months not only concerns the block size dispute. Another technical change at the center of conflict is replace-by-fee, a version of which was included in the latest release of Bitcoin Core – while the next version of Bitcoin Classic will have no replace-by-fee at all. […]

Helperbit Uses Blockchain to Win European Competition for Natural Disaster Relief

An emerging blockchain startup aimed at revolutionizing the way money is donated to charities for people affected by natural disasters has won theD10e contest in Amsterdam with an exclusive invitation to pitch at the D10e in San Francisco in July. Helperbit, a natural disaster management platform, faces real-world problems harnessing the power of blockchain andgeographic […]

Blockchain Meets Biometrics as BitGo Partners With HYPR

Palo Alto-based Bitcoin security platform BitGo recently announced a partnership with HYPR, a New York-based biometrics security firm, to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space.   The BitGo-HYPR partnership will see integration of the HYPR-Secure biometric login with BitGo’s multi-signature platform, to provide users with a decentralized identity as well as an added layer […]

The Bank of England Exhibits Patience with Bitcoin Regulation

Bitcoin regulations is a serious business and the governments know that. These regulations are not about parallel economies or money laundering anymore. Bitcoin technology may be the answer for the solutions they were looking for so far to improve their financial sector. The importance of Bitcoin technology in today’s digital world has led the governments […]

Over 11 Bitcoin Paid Out to Bloggers’ Club 500 Members, Join and Get Paid to Write About Blockchain Technologies – Latest OBITS Initiative

Bitcoin Press Releases: Over 11 Bitcoin worth of digital currency has been paid out to writers over the last month who have contributed to OBITS’ Bloggers’ Club 500; the latest OpenLedger, OBITS and BTSR initiative. For a limited time, the club is still open to new members, who will earn valuable crypto assets that also generate […]

The “Million Dollar Homepage” for Bitcoin Kilobitcoinhomepage.com Offers Unique Rewards for Advertisers and Visitors

Bitcoin Press Releases: New “Million Dollar Homepage” for Bitcoin, Kilobitcoinhomepage.com offers many unique advantages for advertisers that purchase ownership of pixels for life. Visitors also automatically go in a draw to earn free Bitcoin by clicking on images that link to Bitcoin businesses websites. Innovative Bitcoin advertising platform Kilobitcoinhomepage.com (kBTC) offers cryptocurrency companies worldwide the […]

Bankers & Regulators Not Keen on Public Blockchain Solutions

Regulators, banks and private blockchain consortiums aren’t particularly enthused about a public blockchain or distributed ledger providing the platform for banking or financial services, going by the common sentiment at an industry conference in London today. While they don’t want to go the way of bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies, the threat of the ‘uberification’ […]