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I Underestimated Just How Many Subpoenas I Would Get
19.5.2019
The number of subpoenas early crypto companies got from misinformed government agencies was "staggering," says Bloq's Steve Beauregard
My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More
19.5.2019
The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger
Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords
19.5.2019
The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?
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...
About That Orange B… The History of Bitcoin’s Logos
18.5.2019
Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin's might have come close
What is Decentralized Finance and What’s It Good For?
18.5.2019
DeFi, or decentralized finance, is one of the biggest things in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry right now, and it does pretty much what its name suggests. That is, it uses blockchains, smart contracts and/or cryptocurrencies to deliver financial services to customers, be these loans...
To The Moon And Hopefully Not Back: 20 Crypto Jokes
18.5.2019
With Bitcoin’s price going above USD 8,000 and generating tremendous amounts of hype in the community, the internet has been a humor-generating machine lately. And then the market crashed on Friday, but jokes survived as everyone believes we're still in an uptrend. Anyway, since everyone...
What Crypto Regulations Does Japan Want the G20 to Impose – and Why?
17.5.2019
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Source: Twitter, @JPN_PMO
As we reach the midway point in what has already been one of the most tumultuous years yet for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, one thing is certain – the second half of 2019 is already shaping up to be every bit as eventful.
Until recently...
Digital Renminbi: A Fiat Coin to Make M0 Great Again
17.5.2019
Anonymous, cryptocurrencies could become more important in an environment where government money is closely controlled, says Dovey Wan
Evergreen Googlebot
16.5.2019
I've heard people say that the #1 most exciting and important thing that came out of Google I/O this year was the evergreen Googlebot:
Today, we are happy to announce that Googlebot now runs the latest Chromium rendering engine (74 at the time of this post) when rendering pages for Search. Moving...
Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments ‘Gauge War’?
16.5.2019
Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest
Updated Version Of Cake Wallet Launched With Updated Features For Monero (XMR)
16.5.2019
Cake technologies LLP has announced on 14th May Wednesday through a Tweet about the launch of an updated version of cake wallet. The wallet is ready to use and can be downloaded as it is live from yesterday. The company has implemented some significant changes and has given a fresh new look to...
Bitcoin Cash Protocol Successfully Upgrades — Schnorr Signatures Are Here
15.5.2019
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) chain has officially upgraded, adding Schnorr signatures and the Segwit recovery exemption. As of block 582680, the chain has implemented the new features successfully and BCH fans are celebrating another major protocol improvement. Also read: Schnorr Signatures Are Coming...
ConsenSys-Backed Kaleido Launches B2B Tech Stack With ‘Plug-and-Play’ Features
15.5.2019
Kaleido has launched a B2B tech stack to help companies “reinvent their core payment systems and supply chains”
Free Markets and the Future of Blockchain
15.5.2019
J. Christopher Giancarlo is Chairman at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency of the US government that regulates futures and options markets. This will be the last time I speak to you from the CFTC. Nevertheless, before I go, I wanted to share some thoughts, which I have been...
The Blockchain Paradox
15.5.2019
Blockchains offer potential solutions to deep-seated problems in society, but their own governance issues need to be solved first, writes Pindar Wong
Samsung’s Budget Smartphones Will Reportedly Have Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Features
14.5.2019
South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung will reportedly add cryptocurrency and blockchain features to its budget smartphones
Samsung to Roll Out Crypto Features on Budget Galaxy Phones
14.5.2019
South Korean electronics giant Samsung is planning to bring crypto and blockchain features to more phones across its Galaxy range
Yes, You May Need a Blockchain
14.5.2019
Balaji S. Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase, a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a member of CoinDesk’s advisory board. The following article originally appeared in Consensus Magazine, distributed exclusively to attendees of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019 event. There’s a certain kind...
Proposal’s Merger Paves Way for New Bitcoin Lightning Features
14.5.2019
A new routing proposal is expected to be merged today into the official “specifications” of lightning, the technology many advocates trumpet as the fix to bitcoin’s long-standing payment problems. Christian Decker, one of the most prolific lightning developers who engineers...