International Money Transfer: Western Union vs World Remit vs Bitcoin
19.5.2019
One of the earliest cited use cases for bitcoin was international money transfers. Many believed that bitcoin would disrupt the global remittance market like nothing before because of the digital currency’s ability to process borderless digital cash transactions in a matter of minutes at a much...
After Trillions Printed Under QE, Politicians Now Say Deficits Don’t Matter
19.5.2019
When quantitative easing (QE) was introduced, it was likened to a drug, with central banks making an emergency injection of money to resuscitate the global economy. Now it seems that some politicians have gotten addicted to this drug, going as far as to claim that government deficits don’t...
How Cryptocurrency Scams Work
19.5.2019
Don’t end up like this person.
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Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology...
Anchor a Document or File to the BCH Chain With Notary.Bitcoin.com
19.5.2019
In my last article, I explained how to prove ownership of a specific address by signing a message with a public and private key pair. That’s just one way of proving ownership and verifying a valid signature, as BCH users can also anchor a document to the chain using the Bitcoin Cash...
Bitcoin Payments Are Being Bulldozed for Political Reasons
19.5.2019
Bitcoin Core wants to distance itself politically from the former project leader Gavin Andresen, the payment protocol BIP070 he was involved with, and from the BCH-friendly Bitpay payment processor company. The attempts to remove software associated with Gavin Andresen are now having real-world...
Blockchain as Key to Vienna’s Digital Future — Interview with Ulrike Huemer, CIO of Vienna, Austria
18.5.2019
For Austria, blockchain is more than just a means of crypto-trading. Ulrike Huemer, the CIO of the capital city of Vienna, gave us an in-depth look at how the country seizes the potential of the nascent technology in order to provide public services and to help transform Vienna into a “smart city”
Circle Releases Another Attestation Report on Stablecoin USDC’s USD Reserves
18.5.2019
The latest third-party audit of its USD-pegged stablecoin USD Coin has been published by Goldman Sachs-backed crypto finance startup Circle
RippleNet: An Advanced Global Payments Network Based on Blockchain Technology
18.5.2019
Ripple is an open-source protocol that allows quick and cost-effective transactions. Ripplenet is a banking and payment network. Ripple’s solutions and a standardized rule set enable those connected to RippleNet to send and receive payments efficiently across the globe. With #RippleNet...
Customers Get A Sneak Peek into Shapeshift’s New Close Beta Platform
18.5.2019
ShapeShift has opened its closed beta to its customer base. A closed beta is a test arrangement for the distribution of a beta-test version of software to a small tester group The new platform will provide greater interoperability among the key products from ShapeShift, including its KeepKey...
How to Prove Ownership With a Bitcoin Cash Address and Digital Signature
18.5.2019
Bitcoin is an amazing form of money and the technology Satoshi created has incredible potential. However, most people don’t realize that the blockchain not only allows for a great medium of exchange, but it also provides the means for creating notarized proofs. The following walkthrough aims...
In for the Long Haul — How the New Long-Term Stock Exchange Can Help the Crypto Industry
18.5.2019
Could a newly approved stock exchange be of use to the crypto industry?
Platform Allows Users to Send and Receive Cryptocurrency With Gadget of Their Choice
18.5.2019
A mobile-focused platform wants to enable its users to send and receive crypto using the gadget of their choice #SPONSORED