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Why the Maximalist Narrative of Just Hodl and Wait Is Unsustainable
10.10.2019
It’s encountered all over the crypto space these days — the idea that the only correct way to “Bitcoin” is to hold and not spend, and to desperately lash out on crypto Twitter at anyone who thinks differently. But what ever happened to Satoshi’s original call for...
Bitcoin History Part 18: The First Bitcoin Wallet
6.10.2019
Bitcoin users today are blessed with a panoply of feature-rich software and hardware wallets. When Bitcoin launched, however, there were no wallets. It took Satoshi Nakamoto to engineer the first desktop client, and his creation proved surprisingly resilient, serving the community faithfully...
Crypto Investment Group Grayscale Releases Bitcoin Cash Primer
4.10.2019
Crypto investment firm Grayscale has just released “An Introduction to Bitcoin Cash” highlighting the basics of BCH for those who may be yet unfamiliar, or just wish to brush up on the popular token forked from Bitcoin Core on August 1, 2017. With a significant reputation in...
Bitcoin Mining: An Evolution from CPU to ASIC
4.10.2019
To a newcomer, the cryptocurrency market might seem like any other industry and some might even be intimidated by it. Scarcely would anyone believe that it is only 10 years old. In 2008, it was just a hobby for some scholarly enthusiasts motivated probably by ideals like breaking free from...
Without Disobedience, Bitcoin Is No Better Than Gold
27.9.2019
With the launch of Bakkt’s bitcoin futures market and Binance’s revamped U.S. exchange, there’s been a lot of talk in the space about institutionalization and traditional money flowing into crypto. It’s almost as if some believe that Bitcoin can’t scale as a purely...
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
Satoshi Nakamoto is Dead, Thinks BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes
20.9.2019
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Arthur Hayes, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, thinks that the Cryptoverse’s icon and the inventor of the world’s first and most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is in fact – dead.
We don’t know who Satoshi Nakamoto is, or even “are”, but the rumors about their...
Craig Wright to Negotiate for Settlement Over 1.1 Million Bitcoin Ownership Trial
19.9.2019
Craig Wright, the “wannabe” Satoshi Nakamoto, is planning to resolve a case that would possibly incur him a cost in billions in terms of Bitcoins (BTC). Wright is an Australian entrepreneur and computer scientist who has claimed himself, a number of times to be the creator of Bitcoin and has been...
Craig Wright’s Hidden Treasures: Court Order to Unlock the Tulip Trust
18.9.2019
The case against Craig Wright resulted in a court order, but there is still a great deal unknown
FATF-Driven Delistings Capture the Criminalization of Privacy
17.9.2019
The delisting of privacy coins like monero, zcash, and dash is becoming something of a trend in Asia, and could soon expand elsewhere. In the wake of the intra-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issuing new global standards, Korean exchanges Okex and Upbit have announced they will...
Co-founder of LinkedIn Presents Crypto Rap Video: Hamilton vs. Satoshi
5.9.2019
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman teamed up with YouTubers to release a hip-hop battle rap between Alexander Hamilton and Satoshi Nakamoto
3-Day Japan Bitcoin Cash Survival Challenge
5.9.2019
Among cryptocurrency enthusiasts, Tokyo is often mentioned as one of the most crypto-friendly cities in the world. Recently, it has especially become known for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) adoption, which is a cryptocurrency that has the characteristics of the original Bitcoin (BTC), as intended by...
Pompliano: Satoshi Should Win Nobel Peace Prize for Bitcoin
3.9.2019
The creator of Bitcoin should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for inventing a currency that can achieve global reserve status without violence, says Antony Pompliano
Crypto Needs Less Government Regulation – Not More
2.9.2019
A recent opinion article by Peter Lin, “Why Regulation Is The Best Thing For Crypto,” presents common arguments on why the state and state-affiliated institutions should administer cryptocurrency. Underlying the arguments is an assumption: the free market cannot provide necessary...
Craig Wright Plans to Challenge Court in $10 Billion Lawsuit
2.9.2019
Only on August 27th, the year-long lawsuit over an alleged $10 billion Bitcoin fortune did seem to come to an end, finally. In a dispute that had been raised in 2018, between the self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin (BTC), Craig Wright, and Kleiman Estate, representatives of the deceased computer...
Kleiman Files — Craig Wright Controversy Gets Complicated
30.8.2019
U.S. Judge Bruce Reinhat has directed Craig Wright to pay his former associate’s kin a little over 500K BTC. Will Wright transfer the crypto?
Calvin Ayre Falsely Claims Court Ruled Craig Wright Invented Bitcoin
28.8.2019
Calvin Ayre twists court judgement on Craig Wright as “proof” the Australian invented Bitcoin
Court Instructs Craig Wright to Distribute Billions to Plaintiffs
27.8.2019
On August 26, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor, Craig Wright, was ordered by Southern District Court of Florida to distribute half of his BTC holdings and intellectual property assets from prior to 2014. According to the Kleiman estate attorney Vel Freedman, the family has waited a long time...
Judge Recommends Ruling in Favor of Kleiman in Craig Wright Case
26.8.2019
A magistrate judge has recommended that Craig Wright turn over 50% of his bitcoin and intellectual property from before 2014 to Ira Kleiman
The Faketoshi Circus: Even Bitcoin Can’t Escape the Politics of Money
26.8.2019
The latest effort by someone to present themselves as the creator of bitcoin says a lot about the propensity for drama in the ecosystem, Michael J Casey writes