Blockchain Summit Day Two: End-Of-Conference Highlights From Shanghai

Financial services firms and startups looking to be the bridge to blockchain ledgers continued to dominate presentations on the second and final day of the Blockchain Summit, ending International Blockchain Week in Shanghai that also saw Devcon2 and a startup demo competition. CME Group’s Daily and Reference Rates for BTC Heavyweight derivatives exchange CME Group, […]

The Water Project Receives the Largest Bitcoin Donation

Bitcoin has been at the receiving end of all the negative publicity until now, thanks to its extensive use by cybercriminals and darknet marketplaces. But one recent transaction allows both Bitcoin and Bitcoin community to break away from the stereotype. The Water Project, an international non-profit organization working to provide clean drinking water and sanitation […]

Images on Darknet Can Give Out Location Information

The darknet is not as secretive as it was thought earlier.  A recent research indicates that many darknet vendors may have unwittingly announced their location on various deepweb marketplaces. According to researchers Paul Lisker and Michael Rose, the images of drugs and other products shared by darknet vendors may contain embedded geographical coordinates pointing out […]

This UK Startup Sells Drones For Bitcoins

The Daedalus Group, a team of expert drone operators in North East of England, specializes in Aerial Surveying with footage taken via drones. The post This UK Startup Sells Drones For Bitcoins appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

Bitcoin Price Slipping From $600, Downside Risk

Bitcoin price looks to be slipping from $600 and 4,000 CNY in some exchanges exchanges. Failure to hold this critical level opens the possibility of another corrective wave of decline. 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 Time of […]

Ethereum Responds to Recent DDoS Attack

The Ethereum network was recently attacked by an opcode called Excodesize that slowed down the network, causing blocks to take as long as 60 seconds to validate, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin noted in a blog on Thursday. Buterin recently noted on Reddit that Go developers are actively working on client code changes to process Wednesday’s attack blocks […]

How to Buy Bitcoin Anonymously & without ID

The post How to Buy Bitcoin Anonymously & without ID appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Many people would like to stay anonymous when buying stuff around the web for different reasons. The problem with Bitcoin is that it’s not completely anonymous. Once a Bitcoin exchange requests identifiable information such as an email address, government id […]