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Major Swedish Bank Orders Negative Interest Rate on Euro Deposits
22.8.2019
Sub-zero interest rates have become the norm in some countries, especially in Europe. Nordic nations such as Sweden and Denmark have been in negative territory for a while and a growing number of banks in the region are now charging depositors for keeping their money. Saving in fiat right...
High-Powered Mining Rigs Drive Bitcoin’s Accelerating Hashrate
20.8.2019
On August 19, the combined SHA-256 hashrate between the BCH and BTC networks touched a massive high of over 91 exahash per second (EH/s). One notable contribution to today’s network hashrates is the manufacturing of next-generation mining rigs that produce a significant number of terahash....
PR: Plan Flash – Decentralized Data Processing
20.8.2019
Data processing is indispensable everywhere and all the time in modern life. The daily services we use every day, such as face recognition, voice assistant, text recognition, automatic recommendation, automatic data analysis and so on, all have a large number of data processing requirements...
Social Network Memo Adds Decentralized SLP Token Exchange
14.8.2019
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP), a token creation system built on top of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network continues to mature as developers have released a number of third-party applications that support SLP tokens. Now the onchain, BCH-based social network Memo.cash has implemented an SLP token...
Bitcoin SV Left a Number of Nodes Behind After the Recent Shift to New Blockchain
11.8.2019
Bitcoin SV was shifted to a new blockchain, a process called ‘hard fork,’ on July 24. With the new upgrade, the block capacity was increased to 2GB, which now allows higher transactional volumes. While the upgrade saw the majority of the BSV nodes being shifted smoothly, many of...
Bitcoin Cash 2-Year Anniversary: Celebrating Protocol Development and Achievements
1.8.2019
Today Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fans from all around the world will be celebrating the 2-year anniversary of the BCH network. The day is a great occasion to commemorate the dedicated BCH software engineers and the passionate community, alongside the number of achievements accomplished since August...
Intrinsically Responsive CSS Grid with minmax() and min()
31.7.2019
The most famous line of code to have come out of CSS grid so far is:
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(10rem, 1fr));
Without any media queries, that will set up a grid container that has a flexible number of columns. The columns will stretch a little, until there is enough room...
Exploring the SLP Token Universe Built on the Bitcoin Cash Chain
29.7.2019
Since last August, the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has become a prevalent application within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem. So far there’s been thousands of SLP tokens created, a number of which have been very popular and used regularly. Tokens have been issued by governments like Liberland...
Driving Cryptocurrency Adoption on the Ground: Lessons Learned from Dash in Thailand
23.7.2019
Real life payments have been the number one use-case of cryptocurrencies. Yet, a decade after Bitcoin’s genesis, it’s still a long way to mass adoption on both sides of the scenario, for the customers and merchants. With local teams around […]
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Crypto Bullishness Spreads on Capitol Hill
21.7.2019
U.S. Congress has shown that it is starting to care about cryptocurrency as a number of lawmakers spoke up in favor of it this week. “The world Satoshi Nakamoto had envisioned is an unstoppable force” and “there’s no capacity to kill bitcoin” are some of the comments...
Complete Indian Draft Crypto Bill Leaked – Experts Weigh In
16.7.2019
A draft cryptocurrency bill for India has been leaked in full, but details of the bill have raised some questions. News.Bitcoin.com talked to a number of experts in the field who shared their analyses of the bill’s content and its implications on the Indian crypto industry. Also read:...
South African Payment Gateway Drops BTC Over Fees and Network Congestion
13.7.2019
On July 12, South African payment gateway service Payfast announced the company is dropping bitcoin core (BTC) payments due to network congestion and high fees. Payfast emphasized that BTC has a number of limitations and design flaws which makes it an “impractical substitute for cash.”...
EOS Price Analysis: EOS Proceeds with Number of Price Variations in Past 24 Hours
13.7.2019
EOS has shown five price variations in the last 24 hours in the range of 2% and 6%. The medium-term outlook of EOS stays unchanged at 10 USD. EOS is one of the top-ranked coins presently working on the EOS blockchain protocol. The value of EOS coin has taken a downshift in the last few …
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Georgia Exempts Bitcoin From VAT to Become the Next Country to Affirm Its Currency Status
13.7.2019
Cryptocurrency taxation is a subject that concerns a growing number of users, traders and investors. An area that creates a lot of confusion among taxpayers is the application of VAT, or the value-added tax most countries levy on the sales of goods and services. Georgia has become the latest nation...
How 10 Countries Respond to Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency
11.7.2019
A growing number of governments have responded to Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans including China, France, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, the U.K., and the U.S. Several intergovernmental organizations have also weighed in such as the European Central Bank and the Bank...
IndieWeb and Webmentions
9.7.2019
The IndieWeb is a thing! They've got a conference coming up and everything. The New Yorker is even writing about it:
Proponents of the IndieWeb offer a fairly straightforward analysis of our current social-media crisis. They frame it in terms of a single question: Who owns the servers? The bulk...
For Faster Service, Binance Is Accepting Reduced Number Of Confirmations For BTC & ETH Deposits And Withdrawals!
9.7.2019
In a recent report by Binance, it states that Binance is reducing the number of Confirmations needed for deposits and withdrawals on BTC and ETH Networks. To give better support to its clients, Binance has made specific changes following the number of block affirmations required for customer...
PR: CoinDeal Celebrates Premier League Sponsorship Renewal With Token Launch
2.7.2019
Coindeal’s popularity and number of new users are growing very fast. The exchange will soon be available in several states in the USA and has prepared their own CoinDeal token – CDL. This giveaway is addressed to its 300.000 current and 150.000 new users – internal exchange tokens are waiting...
Launch A Cryptocurrency Exchange Business Quickly and Cost-Effectively
1.7.2019
Turnkey solutions offer a number of advantages for businesses who want to launch their own cryptocurrency exchange quickly, without substantial capital outlay. Since cryptocurrencies emerged over a decade ago, the industry has observed and anticipated how this new segment in […]
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Market Outlook: After Crypto Prices Tumble, Observers Weigh in on What’s Next
27.6.2019
Bitcoin and a large number of cryptocurrencies experienced a sharp crash after touching new price highs this year. On June 26, the price of bitcoin core (BTC) dropped from $13,850 to under $11,900 in less than an hour. BTC values against the USD continued to spiral on Thursday, dropping to $10,350...