‘Sin’ Activities No Longer Drive Bitcoin Economy, Researchers Find
A soon-to-be-released study has found evidence that bitcoin’s market is now a venue for “legitimate” commerce.
Bitcoin Allows You to Buy 2016’s Most Anticipated Game
No Man’s Sky – arguably 2016’s most anticipated game, or at least a contender for the distinction – is seeing its developers accept bitcoin as a payment method to purchase the game, due to launch in August. Integrating bitcoin is a no brainer for digital distribution platforms which are waking up to the realization that […]
SEC Opens Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust Filing for Public Comment
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss take another step closer to SEC approval with a request submitted by their new listing exchange, BATS.
Traders Getting High on HempCoin
HempCoin is a Scrypt algorithm coin like Litecoin and countless other Bitcoin alternatives, but unlike most, it has a publicly traded company, Rocky Mountain Ayre, backing it. Interest seems to be increasing in the coin, which is one of the many currencies targeting marijuana dispensaries and other legal marijuana entities which have banking issues due […]
Bitcoin Price Consolidating At $640
Bitcoin price has spent another day in the vicinity of its consolidation pivot level of $640 (Bitstamp). Consolidation leads to break-out, but traders are advised to mind the possibility of a fake-out. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis […]
Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum Mining – How to Mine Ethereum on Your PC?
The post Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum Mining – How to Mine Ethereum on Your PC? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. If you’re new to mining Ethereum, this guide covers all the important facts in a simple, low-jargon way. Let’s start with some short answers to common questions about Ethereum mining: Q: Why should I mine Ethereum tokens […]
The Halving: Then & Now – a Bitcoin Magazine Infographic
A milestone in Bitcoin’s history, the block reward will be halved for the second time today. Where the first “halving” cut the mining reward from 50 bitcoins to 25, for the next four years miners will only earn 12.5 bitcoins for each block they find – not counting mining fees. This means that the sensational […]
Renowned Futurists Merkle, Hanson on the Future of Government Using DAOs and Prediction Markets
In May, Bitcoin Magazine covered the spectacular launch of The DAO, a new kind of organization created and run using blockchain software rather than conventional corporate structures. The DAO ‒ an acronym for Distributed Autonomous Organization ‒ is similar to an open venture capital fund based on Ethereum smart contracts and rapidly became the world’s […]
The W3C and MIT Media Lab Host First ‘Blockchain and the Web’ Workshop
In June Bitcoin Magazine covered the first Decentralized Web Summit, a gathering of developers striving to make the web open, secure and free of censorship by distributing data, processing and hosting across millions of computers around the world, with no centralized control. The Summit was organized by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, and […]
Bitcoin Price Increase Stars Align As World Economy Wobbles
For the Bitcoin price to go to the proverbial moon, all of the stars and planets must align. By the look of things, that scenario is not so impossible to achieve as some people may assume it to be. The financial world is teetering, and the number of problems continues to increase. All of these […]