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Unsuck It
23.7.2019
Julia Carrie Wong and Matthew Cantor's How to speak Silicon Valley: 53 essential tech-bro terms explained was pretty hilarious. A little something in there to offend everyone.
Speaking of kinda douchey words, I'm reminded of one of my favorite sites on the internet: Unsuck It. Not only does...
Why You Can’t Bet With Bitcoin at Online Casinos in the US
20.7.2019
Since the dawn of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency landscape has seen a lot of digital currency gaming websites where users can wager their coins in games like poker, dice, blackjack and slots. Because public blockchains are transparent, the protocols have made online gaming provably fair. However...
Crypto Genius or Fake? The Craig Wright Saga Explained
15.7.2019
Craig Wright may or may not be Satoshi Nakamoto but his appearance in court doesn't bode well for the cryptographer
Panda Group’s Crypto Terminals Offer Venezuelans a Bridge to Economic Prosperity
14.7.2019
Arley Lozano, founder of the cryptocurrency based startup Panda Group, recently explained how his firm is spreading cryptocurrency adoption throughout Colombia and Venezuela. Panda Group has deployed 10 hybrid cryptocurrency point-of-sale (PoS) terminals that also act as automated teller machines...
Miners Flock to Iran Where Bitcoin Mining Is Set to Be Sanctioned
12.7.2019
According to regional reports, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is planning to allow licensed cryptocurrency mining as long as operations are charged for electricity based on the price of export. The CBI governor, Abdol Nasser Hemmati, explained that mined cryptocurrencies should flow back into...
Derivatives in Crypto, Explained
10.7.2019
Financial derivatives are one of the oldest types of contracts on the financial markets. How can they be applied to the crypto industry? #SPONSORED
Blockchain and AI Bond, Explained
6.7.2019
Learn about AI and blockchain, and how they are increasingly bound together in innovation and tech evolution
How Blockchain Improves Daily Health Care Routine, Explained
26.6.2019
Why do insiders believe that health care is the ultimate use case for blockchain? Learn more about decentralized medical solutions
Ledgerx Approved to Offer Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives to Retail Investors
26.6.2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved Ledgerx to offer physically-settled bitcoin spot and derivatives trading, previously available only to institutional investors, to retail investors of any size. Ledgerx explained that its new platform will share the same order book as...
Iranian Energy Grid Blames 7% Consumption Increase on Bitcoin Miners
25.6.2019
Mostafa Rajabi Mashhad, the spokesperson for Tavanir, an Iranian state-operated grid entity, has explained that electrical consumption has spiked by 7% in comparison to the previous year. Rajabi blames illegal cryptocurrency mining operations for the country’s increased electrical consumption...
Sharding, Explained
23.6.2019
Overcoming sharding challenges could bring blockchain one step closer to sustainable mainstream adoption #SPONSORED
Sharding, Explained
23.6.2019
Overcoming sharding challenges could bring blockchain one step closer to sustainable mainstream adoption #SPONSORED
Meet the Developer Who Added Schnorr Signatures to Bcash
14.6.2019
This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with Jonathan Gonzalez, the blockchain developer who is currently maintaining the Bcash project, a Bitcoin Cash full node written in node.js. Gonzalez explained how he got into Bitcoin Cash development and how he managed to get the Bcash node fully compatible with...
Components, yo.
14.6.2019
I see VuePress just went 1.0. Explained simply, it's a static site generator based on Vue. But of course, you work in Vue, which means you work in components.
All the modern JavaScript frameworks are component-based. Even when they disagree with each other about specific things (like how Svelte...
DEX, Explained
12.6.2019
How decentralized exchanges conquer the cryptocurrency world and why their main advantages — anonymity and security — don’t grant them an advantage over centralized ones
MPC Explained: The Bold New Vision for Securing Crypto Money
10.6.2019
Cryptography advances are converging to help developers bring blockchain uses to their core decentralizing principles, writes Michael J. Casey
Crypto OTC Trading, Explained
3.6.2019
Why is over-the-counter trading popular in the crypto world and how does it differ from traditional exchange services? Read more in our piece dedicated to OTC
Tokenization, Explained
2.6.2019
Tokenization has been one of the hottest buzzwords in crypto this year — learn everything about it in our ultimate guide
Bitcoin Mining With Solar: Less Risky and More Profitable Than Selling to the Grid
31.5.2019
The energy used to mine bitcoin has long caused debate over whether it’s a wasteful process. As the arguments have rumbled on, some people have been focused on mining coins with renewable energy. On May 29, Christian Ander, the founder of Stockholm’s Btcx exchange, explained how instead...
Bitcoin’s ‘Toxic’ Twitter ‘Culture War’ Explained
29.5.2019
A flare-up between developers, startup members and other members of the ecyostem around bitcoin raised a range of questions over the weekend