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Only 375 Days Left for McAfee’s $1M Bitcoin Price Wager
23.12.2019
As the end of 2019 approaches, it means there will be one year left for John McAfee’s infamous wager that said the price per bitcoin would “reach $1,000,000 before the end of 2020.” If the forecast doesn’t come to fruition, he said that he would eat his family jewels...
P2P Crypto Trading App Allows You to Protect Your Privacy
21.12.2019
Regulatory pressures as well as the development of third-party, intermediary and custodial services in the crypto space have been limiting the share of peer-to-peer trading. A new contender is now challenging established P2P exchanges by offering users a mobile service that allows them to determine...
Fortress Renews Offer to Buy Mt Gox Claims for $778 per Coin
21.12.2019
According to reports, the New York-based private equity firm Fortress is offering Mt Gox creditor claims at $778 per coin. The offer is 13.5% lower than what Fortress offered in July and Mt Gox claimants have until December 31 to accept the offer. Also read: Reports Criticize Bitcoin SV Miners...
European Central Bank’s CBDC Borrows Bitcoin’s Pseudo-Anonymity
20.12.2019
On December 17, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a report that showcased its blockchain technology proof-of-concept. One particular feature the central bank digital chain holds is the ability to issue “anonymity vouchers.” Also read: Lagarde Sees Demand for Stablecoins, Plans...
Travelbybit to Drop Bitcoin Payments After Viral Double Spend Video
20.12.2019
On December 18, Bitcoinbch.com published a video explaining how easy it is to double spend BTC transactions in the wild. Not long after the film was released, the payment processor Travelbybit announced it would be removing both BTC and BCH payments for over 400 Australian merchants. Unfortunately...
Video Shows How Easy It Is to Double Spend BTC Using RBF
18.12.2019
On December 18, the web portal Bitcoinbch.com published an informal notice explaining that merchants accepting BTC should switch to BCH because of “dangerous flaws” found in the BTC software. The problem is tied to slow confirmation times tethered to a BTC-based protocol called...
Market Update: Bears Claw Crypto Prices Below Long-Term Support
18.12.2019
Digital currency prices plummeted on Tuesday, as cryptocurrency markets lost billions during the morning trading sessions, New York time. BTC dropped well below the $7k range and other digital assets followed BTC’s path with sharp losses. Crypto prices haven’t been this low since May...
ETC Labs Core Rebrands to ETC Core to Clarify Difference With ETC Labs
17.12.2019
ETC Labs Core rebranded to ETC Core to help the company differentiate itself from ETC Labs
Now You See It
16.12.2019
I recently accepted a teaching position at a local college here in SoCal where I'll be spouting off whatever I know (or more likely don't know!) about HTML and CSS. It's suffice to say I was all ears (well, actually eyes) when Rachel Andrew recently published a post on teaching CSS.
The display...
Lightning Network Wiki Page Faces Removal for Lack of Notability
13.12.2019
A slew of Wikipedia editors would like to delete the Lightning Network (LN) Wiki page because the subject matter does not hold notability. Wikipedia editors use notability as a test to find out if a topic warrants its own article. The LN article debate on Wikipedia is still raging as a few editors...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Offer New Strategies Before Reward Reduction
10.12.2019
As the reward halving approaches, bitcoin miners are preparing new strategies so customers can reap the most profits from their hashrate services. On December 3, the mining operation Poolin introduced a hashrate auto-switch feature so clients can automatically switch between BTC and BCH mining....
Weiss Ratings Downgrades EOS to ‘C-‘ Due to Centralization – How Other Coins Measure Up
9.12.2019
Weiss Ratings has downgraded EOS once again, taking its ranking from a B to a C-. The group cites “failure to decentralize,” “misallocation of resources,” and a congested network as reasons for the fall in rank. “Weiss Crypto Ratings model is not based on opinion....
Dash Core Group Announces a Comprehensive Strategy to Improve Dash’s Divergent Market Performance
9.12.2019
Dash group CEO Ryan Tayler analyzed the root causes of the declining price of Dash and disclosed substantial plans to fix its dwindling value in the crypto markets. After a pick point of $59. 33 at the November end, Dash prices are facing a consistent drop in December. The moving average...
Buy Presents or a Christmas Trip Using Gift Cards Purchased With Crypto
8.12.2019
Gift cards have become a popular payment tool for cryptocurrency users. Plenty of platforms now offer a wide variety of cards which can be purchased with your digital coins. You can use them to buy just about any product or service from major and small retailers, order food and drinks, or book...
Lenovo Yoga C940: reproduktor v kloubu, stylus v těle a 10. generace Core
6.12.2019
Vyladěné tělo zmenšilo rámečky okolo displeje a tak i rozměry notebooku • Unikátní reproduktory pod displejem nikdo jiný nenabízí • Procesor s výkonnější grafikou už obstojí pro nenáročné hry
Skrill Now Lets You Swap BTC for BCH
2.12.2019
Online payments service Skrill has introduced a new feature allowing users to directly exchange cryptocurrencies. The crypto-to-crypto option gives you the opportunity to use bitcoin core (BTC) stored in your wallet to buy and sell eight other supported cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin cash...
Scalability Enhancements Kept Bitcoin Decentralized: BitMex Research
30.11.2019
Bitcoin scalability improvements implemented in its node software over the years have played a key role in maintaining decentralization
Simplified Fluid Typography
29.11.2019
Fluid typography is the idea that font-size (and perhaps other attributes of type, like line-height) change depending on the screen size (or perhaps container queries if we had them).
The core trickery comes from viewport units. You can literally set type in viewport units (e.g. font-size: 4vw)...
Nimbus Core’s CEO Andrea Zanon Speaks Exclusively to CryptonewsZ
28.11.2019
Today at CryptoNewsZ, we are joined by Andrea Zanon, CEO of Nimbus Core, an expert financial advisor and a committed fintech entrepreneur. CryptoNewsZ: Greetings, Mr. Zanon, and it’s nice to have you here with us. You have already been in this field for quite some time, isn’t it? Greetings...
New Bitcoin Core Software Update Uses Bech32 Addresses by Default
25.11.2019
The nineteenth upgrade to Bitcoin’s original software client was released by Bitcoin Core devs earlier today