“Blockchain Technology” – I Don’t Think it Means What You Think it Means

The post “Blockchain Technology” – I Don’t Think it Means What You Think it Means appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. During World War II numerous indigenous people of the islands of the Pacific Ocean, who previously had no contact with other civilizations, suddenly witnessed history’s most devastating and hitherto technologically advanced war being fought right […]

India’s Zebpay Adds 20,000 New Users Monthly, Looks to "Expand More Aggressively"

Zebpay, an app-based bitcoin exchange, has just crossed the 100,000 downloads milestone for Android and iOS devices, highlighting “India’s growing interest in bitcoin as an investment, commodity and technology.” Eyeing a user-base of more than 450,000 by the end of 2016, Zebpay is now in the process of raising additional funding to “expand more aggressively in India,” Sandeep […]

Hyperledger’s Executive Director Brian Behlendorf on Strategy, Goals and Growth

The Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort to advance blockchain technology led by The Linux Foundation, announced that 17 new organizations have joined to help create an open standard for distributed ledgers for a new generation of transactional applications. The project now has more than 80 members, which represents a growth of 170 percent in the last six months. […]

China’s BitKan Eyes American Expansion

Four months after launching over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and fueled with US$1.6 million in funding from bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, BitKan is looking to kick off its expansion plans starting with the U.S. “The U.S. is a large and special market target, so we are doing a lot of preparations focusing on law and localization in […]

Dragon’s Tale – Match the Ming Vases and win the Jackpot

Dragon’s Tale is the most exotic Bitcoin Casino and probably the oldest in the Bitcoin gambling industry. It was the first Casino in the Bitcoin to introduce a whole new concept to gambling. Dragon’s Tale was able to mix role-play with gambling and create the most ingenious Bitcoin casino ever. The game goes on in […]

Synereo’s ‘Blockchain 2.0’: Foundation For A Better P2P Economy?

Synereo, a blockchain-based, decentralized social network and a platform allowing web applications to exist without centralized servers, has released information about how its technology improves over the bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. Synereo’s “Technology Stack” enables its social network to function without centralized servers, which are normally required for the processing of network activity and the storage of […]

Armada Collective Strikes Again; Demanding 1 BTC ransom?

Armada Collective, a mysterious group of cybercriminals seem to be back again! The group known to disrupt websites by launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks may have sent emails demanding Bitcoin ransom from website owners. According to reports, many internet users have received an email demanding a ransom of 1 BTC. The sender, claiming […]

Bitcoin Price Watch; Tonight’s Scalp Trading

In this morning’s analysis, we set up against the action seen over the weekend in the bitcoin price, and looked to get in on any volatility. We noted that the labor day momentum would probably be a little weak based on the volume limiting Labor day, and that this could limit our aggression when we […]

Female Entrepreneur Launches Bitcoin Exchange BitOasis in Dubai

Ola Doudin, a female Jordanian entrepreneur, has launched a bitcoin wallet and exchange, BitOasis, in Dubai, after having difficulty finding any place to buy bitcoin in the region, according to The National Business in the United Arab Emirates. BitOasis plans to be the first bitcoin company in the Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) region […]

Krypton Abandons Ethereum for Bitcoin Proof of Stake Blockchain after 51% Attack

Krypton, an Ethereum-based blockchain, has announced that in order to protect its token coin KR from being stolen from exchanges through a double spend it has decided on a temporary course of action. In an announcement today, founder of Krypton Stephanie Kent said: Krypton is moving KR from an Ethereum-based proof-of-work blockchain to a Bitcoin-based […]