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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Publishes ‘Plausible Roadmap’ Addressing Scalability
11.12.2021
In recent times the Ethereum network has received a lot of criticism about the protocol’s data transfer fees and scalability. In a blog post called “Endgame,” published on December 6, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin discussed plans to improve scaling, the upcoming...
Paypal Plans to Study Transactions That Fund Extremism, Anti-Government Groups
28.7.2021
The payment processing giant Paypal has revealed it has partnered with the nonprofit organization the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). According to the announcement, Paypal is researching transactions settled on the payment network that allegedly fund hate groups and extremism. Paypal to Study...
Censorship resistance: Hong Kong's Apple Daily archives preserved by artist Kevin Abosch
6.7.2021
When 20 years of pro-democracy journalism is under threat, blockchain's potential for censorship-resistance is brought into focus
Bluezelle is Resisting Censorship with a New Developer Grant: Interview with Neeraj Muraka
16.2.2021
Online censorship has taken front and center since the sweeping ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump from every social outlet he’s been a part of. Other high-profile censorship acts, like Amazon removing alt-right social network Parler from its servers and My Pillow CEO Michael Lindell...
Big Tech’s Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media
9.1.2021
During the last few days, the world has watched the Big Tech and social media crackdown after the incident that took place at Capitol Hill a few days ago. During the last 48 hours, U.S. President Donald Trump, a great number of right-wing supporters, and literally anyone who speaks out against...
Bitcoin Cash-Fueled Onchain Social Media Platform Memo Launches iOS App
6.11.2020
Two years ago, an onchain social network called memo.cash was launched and the application has developed quite a bit since then. On Tuesday, the Memo team revealed that the platform is now available for iOS phones via the App Store. Apple users can now connect to the social network that etches...
The Moss Piglet Dilemma: Paypal Bans Payments to Merchants Using the Word ‘Tardigrade’
14.9.2020
The popular payment provider Paypal has been known for cutting off a number of merchants and organizations over the years. This week, the public found out that Paypal has been censoring merchants that sell items related to the name “tardigrade” just because a Balkan arms dealer uses...
Belarus Is Back Online, With Lessons About Censorship Resistance
13.8.2020
What do you do if your country unplugs the internet? Satellite and mesh networks are possible future solutions, but they have technical and political limitations
Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee on Bitcoin Censorship Resistance and Dragon Ball
5.6.2020
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Amid Youtube Censorship, Individuals Flock to Decentralized Video Sharing Apps Like Lbry.tv
31.5.2020
In mid-May, news.Bitcoin.com reported on one of our mining pool videos being censored and banned from the video-sharing platform Youtube. The report had shown how Youtube has been censoring videos for a long time now, and the CEO specifically told the public certain coronavirus films would...
From Buenos Aires to Beirut – Covid-19 Excuse Restricts Millions of Citizens from Withdrawing Their Own Money
18.5.2020
The coronavirus and the government-induced lockdowns have wreaked havoc on the global economy and millions of people can’t access their own money. Reports from financial stricken areas like Venezuela, Argentina, and Lebanon show that citizens are being stopped from accessing their...
Cointext CTO Reveals a New Protocol That Aims to Bolster a Censorship-Resistant Economy for Bitcoin Cash
9.5.2020
On May 7, the Cointext CTO and cofounder of Countermarkets, Vin Armani revealed a new project he’s been working on called “Signal, Watch, and Pay Protocol” (SWaP). Armani’s published specification and reference code of SWaP indicates that the platform allows “onchain...
$2K per Month for Every American: Andrew Yang Begs Congress to Pass Basic Income
26.4.2020
While most of the U.S. remains on lockdown, a few states across the nation are starting to open up businesses and lift restrictions. Meanwhile, politicians on the left have been trying to push a universal basic income (UBI) package through Congress, in order to give Americans in need a monthly...
Bitcoin Messenger Explores Censorship Resistance During Coronavirus Crisis
23.4.2020
A new bitcoin privacy technology was born this week, using the Lightning Network and inspired by the politics of the COVID-19 crisis
Spain’s Lawmakers Plan to Provide Basic Income to Low-Income Residents
12.4.2020
Spain is preparing to provide universal basic income (UBI) to low-income individuals due to the wrath of the coronavirus, the country’s minister for economic affairs Nadia Calviño recently explained. There’s no set date yet for the UBI program, but Spain’s officials said they...
Rumors of Bitcoin’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
9.3.2020
According to the Bitcoin Obituary Page, Bitcoin died 379 times between 2010-2019 of an astonishing array of causes. The number is undoubtedly understated since it is based on a limited sample of obituaries. Despite the glee with which the corpses of Bitcoin are contemplated, however, cryptocurrency...
Here’s What Happens When You Use Lightning Network for the First Time
16.12.2019
Do you remember receiving your first bitcoin? Seeing those satoshis arrive in your wallet is a magical, almost spiritual, experience. In that moment, the most beautiful thing about bitcoin is not its censorship resistance or pseudonymity: it’s that it works at the first time of asking....