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How to Travel the World With Bitcoin Cash
19.5.2019
Traveling is on everyone’s minds as summer approaches and crypto enthusiasts are no exception. But for anyone thinking of a holiday trip, travel arrangements can be arduous. Crypto payments can make your life easier in that regard, particularly with bitcoin cash, which is a fast and cheap...
Hodler’s Digest, May 13–19: Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUD of the Week
19.5.2019
This week in the Hodler’s Digest, Bitstamp gets a very large bitcoin sell order, while the U.S. SEC delays the Bitwise BTC ETF, again
MakerDAO Token Holders Vote on Whether to Lower DAI Stability Fee by 2%
19.5.2019
MakerDAO initiated a vote about whether to decrease the so-called stability fee for its decentralized stablecoin, DAI
Kik CEO Says Firm Spent $5+ Million on Negotiations With US SEC: Report
19.5.2019
Startup Kik allegedly spent over $5 million on its negotiations with the U.S. SEC
Bitcoin Cash Upgrade and 30K Stores Accepting BCH in the Weekly Update From Bitcoin.com
19.5.2019
Bitcoin Cash network successfully undergoes an upgrade and more than 30,000 new stores now accept BCH payments. Watch these and other developments discussed in this week’s video update on Bitcoin.com’s Youtube channel. Also Read: After Trillions Printed Under QE, Politicians Now...
Bitcoin Approaches $8,000 Again as Top Cryptos See Strong Gains
19.5.2019
Bitcoin approaches $8,000 again as most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies report moderate to major gains on the day
Decentralized Identity: How Microsoft (and Others) Plan to Empower Users to Own and Control Personal Data
19.5.2019
Microsoft wants you to take control of your personal data with its new blockchain project called the decentralized identity (DID) network, built on the bitcoin network
‘Tackling Real World Issues’: Hackers at ETH New York Build Apps Geared Towards Social Change
19.5.2019
A New York Blockchain Week ended last Friday we spent time at an ethereum hackathon where developers came together to build blockchain tools with social impact
Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Jumps Ahead as Crypto Prices See Fresh Gains
19.5.2019
Digital asset markets jumped in value over the last 24 hours as most cryptocurrencies have gained 8-13%. Since our last markets update the entire cryptoconomy has increased by $33 billion and this Sunday bitcoin cash (BCH) lead the top ten pack once again with a 12.9% gain in the last day. Also...
Cyberghost Is a VPN Service You Can Pay For With Bitcoin Cash
19.5.2019
Privacy in the online space is quite compromised these days and anyone who would like to protect their own may consider using a VPN service. There are many platforms on the market and some are catering to the crypto community. Cyberghost VPN is one of them and it takes bitcoin cash (BCH). Also...
Inflation Bug Still a Danger to More Than Half of All Bitcoin Full Nodes
19.5.2019
Close to 50,000 bitcoin full nodes are still vulnerable to the inflation bug
Bitcoin History Part 13: The First Mining Pool
19.5.2019
The notion that anyone could solo mine bitcoin – on a CPU no less – seems positively quaint today. But in 2010, this method wasn’t just possible – it was the norm. With an exponentially lower hashrate, less competition and a 50 bitcoin block reward, there was enough pie...
I Underestimated Just How Many Subpoenas I Would Get
19.5.2019
The number of subpoenas early crypto companies got from misinformed government agencies was "staggering," says Bloq's Steve Beauregard
Crypto Market Rebounds to Pre-crash Level
19.5.2019
The crypto market moved up sharply on Sunday, recovering all its loses suffered after a crash on Friday.
At pixel time (10:17 UTC), all top 100 coins by market capitalization (except four stablecoins) are in green, while bitcoin cash and binance coin are the two biggest gainers (+16% and +14%...
Top 5 Crypto Performers: XEM, XLM, XTZ, BNB, IOTA
19.5.2019
After this week’s strong recovery and then dip, let’s check out the markets
My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More
19.5.2019
The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger
Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords
19.5.2019
The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?
After Trillions Printed Under QE, Politicians Now Say Deficits Don’t Matter
19.5.2019
When quantitative easing (QE) was introduced, it was likened to a drug, with central banks making an emergency injection of money to resuscitate the global economy. Now it seems that some politicians have gotten addicted to this drug, going as far as to claim that government deficits don’t...
Anchor a Document or File to the BCH Chain With Notary.Bitcoin.com
19.5.2019
In my last article, I explained how to prove ownership of a specific address by signing a message with a public and private key pair. That’s just one way of proving ownership and verifying a valid signature, as BCH users can also anchor a document to the chain using the Bitcoin Cash...
Bitcoin Payments Are Being Bulldozed for Political Reasons
19.5.2019
Bitcoin Core wants to distance itself politically from the former project leader Gavin Andresen, the payment protocol BIP070 he was involved with, and from the BCH-friendly Bitpay payment processor company. The attempts to remove software associated with Gavin Andresen are now having real-world...