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Bitcoin’s White Paper Turns 11 as Network Passes Milestones
31.10.2019
Happy birthday, bitcoin
11 Years Ago Today Satoshi Nakamoto Published the Bitcoin White Paper
31.10.2019
Bitcoin white paper turns 11 years old
Satoshi’s Final Messages Leave Tantalizing Clues to His Disappearance
30.10.2019
As Jameson Lopp once quipped, the smartest thing Satoshi did after creating Bitcoin was to disappear. The question isn’t ‘why did Satoshi disappear?’ but rather ‘why then?’ Was Satoshi’s departure in early 2011 scheduled long in advance, or did unforeseen events...
Craig Wright: Either I’m Satoshi Nakamoto, or He Plagiarized Me
18.10.2019
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has claimed that Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto plagiarized him
Rare Joint Statement From U.S. Regulators Proves Crypto Centralization Is Here
17.10.2019
The U.S. SEC, Fincen and CFTC issued a rare joint statement Friday addressing regulation of “activities involving digital assets.” Citing crypto’s perceived role in money laundering and terrorism, the regulatory power trio prescribed stricter adherence to anti-money laundering...
Bitcoin’s Smallest Unit ‘Satoshi’ Added to Oxford English Dictionary
15.10.2019
Oxford University Press published its recent quarterly report which revealed the term ‘satoshi’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) database. The word represents the “smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin digital payment system,” according to the definition....
‘Satoshi’ Enters the Oxford English Dictionary
15.10.2019
Satoshi, noun, “The smallest monetary unit in the bitcoin digital payment system, equal to one hundred millionth of a bitcoin," enters the OED
Oxford English Dictionary Adds ‘Satoshi’ — Bitcoin’s Smallest Unit
15.10.2019
The Oxford English Dictionary now includes the word “Satoshi,” the smallest unit of Bitcoin named after its mysterious creator
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...
How Did You Get Into Bitcoin? Crypto Twitter Responds
20.9.2019
Everybody loves a story. When it comes to how people first got into cryptocurrency, there’s no exception. Crypto Twitter (CT) is full of humorous, thought-provoking, and unexpected tales of diving down the Satoshi rabbit hole, and the reasons for entering the space are as diverse as...
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...
Greta Thunberg Joins Satoshi in Questioning Bank Bailouts
12.9.2019
Saving planet Earth is a noble goal with many different dimensions. Climate change needs to be addressed vigorously as our world warms up faster than ever. Economic development needs a higher degree of financial freedom to provide everyone access to opportunities and wealth. A teenager from...