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  • Expression
    2 months ago
    by aniketkumar
    Expression
    +1 +1

    The Importance of Account Abstraction in the Decentralized World

    Account abstraction explained: Discover how AA is separating user controls from smart contracts and redefining the future of blockchain and the decentralized economy.

  • Analysis
    2 months ago
    by kxh
    +19 +1

    Reddit mentions may help predict changes in cryptocurrency value

    Traders could have earned a threefold return on their investments by analysing trends in cryptocurrency forums on Reddit

  • Analysis
    8 years ago
    by Project2501
    Analysis
    +1 +1

    Decentralizing Privacy: Using Blockchain to Protect Personal Data [2015] [PDF]

    The recent increase in reported incidents of surveillance and security breaches compromising users’ privacy call into question the current model, in which third-parties collect and control massive amounts of personal data. Bitcoin has demonstrated in the financial space that trusted, auditable computing is possible using a decentralized network of peers accompanied by a public ledger. In this paper, we describe a decentralized personal data management system ...

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by wetwilly87
    +28 +1

    Ethereum is the Forefront of Digital Currency

    We have sat here for the last 3 years seeing only infrastructure apps like wallets and exchanges emerge on top of Bitcoin. Why is that? My theory has been that the scripting language in Bitcoin — the piece of every Bitcoin transaction that lets you run a little software program along with it — is too restrictive. Enter Ethereum. Ethereum has taken what was a four function calculator of a programming language in Bitcoin and turned it into a full fledged computer.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by baron778
    +8 +1

    Delaware House Passes Historic Blockchain Regulation

    The state of Delaware has passed amendments to state law that make explicit the right to trade stocks on a blockchain, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Crammed in at the last minute before the state House went into recess, the measures were part of a broader series of amendments that legally recognized any number of records being stored on a blockchain.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by wetwilly87
    +11 +1

    A Gamers Journey Through The Enjin Coin Multiverse

    A thought experiment about a blockchain-powered gaming multiverse — written from the viewpoint of an in-game character.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by geoleo
    +27 +1

    The Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Faster—and Cheaper

    In 2014, Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja were bitcoin-obsessed engineers hanging out at pizza-fueled meetups in San Francisco. Their conversation often turned to the central problem of bitcoin: How to make it more useful? The bitcoin network’s design effectively limits it to handling three to seven transactions per second, compared with tens of thousands per second for Visa. Poon and Dryja recognized that for bitcoin to reach its full potential, it needed a major fix.

  • Analysis
    6 years ago
    by Apolatia
    +38 +1

    Kodak’s Dubious Cryptocurrency Gamble

    What’s a 130-year-old photo company doing dabbling in cryptocurrency? Either revolutionizing digital rights management or trying to make a quick buck.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by geoleo
    +23 +1

    Coinfinity shows first lightning transaction on a Bitcoin ATM - Coinfinity

    We have always been trying to be pioneers in the cryptocurrency space. We started the first Bitcoin ATM in Austria and launched the first Austrian web platform for bitcoin trading. Also, we developed Bitcoinbon, which is currently available at over 4.000 merchants across the country. Our newest project also goes with this spirit. In our …

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by drunkenninja
    +30 +1

    Bitcoin Fell Off a Cliff and No One Knows How Far It Is to the Bottom 

    All good things must come to an end—and bad things, too. Bitcoin has had a hell of a ride over the last year, but that all seems to be over as almost 60 percent of its value has vanished in the last month. Enthusiasm in the cryptocurrency market is low as Bitcoin dropped below $8,000 for the first time since November.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by Nelson
    +17 +1

    Crypto Rich and Paranoid: Threats Prompt Radical Security in Bitcoin Land

    "Grumpynitis," as he's known on Reddit, figured he had taken every precaution he needed to protect his crypto assets. After all, he worked as a security consultant to banks, governments and multinationals. He knew how to thwart hackers. Then he read about the armed robbery. And the kidnapping. And the swatting. And he grew, in his words, "quite paranoid," as he continued to perform his day job and realized the magnitude of the new threats the community was facing.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by zyery
    +18 +1

    Ban Complete: China Blocks Foreign Crypto Exchanges To Counter ‘Financial Risks’

    China will add offshore cryptocurrency exchanges and ICO websites to its Great Firewall, the South China Morning Post reported Monday, reported Feb. 5, quoting a publication affiliated with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC). Regulators in China reportedly voiced dissatisfaction with current measures restricting trading on domestic exchange sites, coming to a decision to block foreign sites as well to counter “financial risks”.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by jedlicka
    +11 +1

    "Past sell-offs were followed by rallies of ~150 percent within 84 days”: Tom Lee remains Bullish on Bitcoin

    Many proponents of cryptocurrencies have often been bummed out about the general lack of interest among key U.S. stock market strategists to issue bitcoin price targets. However, the only major strategist from Wall Street who does it regularly seems to have continued betting on the most valued virtual currency in the world (by market cap). In his third such report since bitcoin’s downfall from a mid-December peak, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has reasserted his optimistic outlook about the fate of the coin. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, Lee was J.P. Morgan’s top equity strategist before he co-founded Fundstrat Global Advisors back in 2014.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by weekendhobo
    +24 +1

    Over $60 billion wiped off value of cryptocurrencies as bitcoin drops to lowest level since Nov 18

    Bitcoin fell below $8,000 for the third time in four days on Monday amid a broader sell-off in cryptocurrencies that has seen over $60 billion of valued erased from the market in 24 hours. The price of bitcoin traded as low as $7,598.20 on Monday and sat below the $8,000 mark for most of the morning's trade, according to CoinDesk. It's the lowest price for bitcoin since November 18. CoinDesk's bitcoin price index tracks prices from digital currency exchanges Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit and Bitfinex.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by ckshenn
    +20 +1

    China puts the final nail in the cryptocurrency coffin 

    China is to block all websites related to cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs) – including foreign platforms – in a bid to finally quash the market completely. “To prevent financial risks, China will step up measures to remove any onshore or offshore platforms related to virtual currency trading or ICOs,” said an article published on Sunday night by Financial News, a publication affiliated to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).

  • Expression
    6 years ago
    by Maternitus
    +22 +1

    My first steps in crypto-world.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by geoleo
    +15 +1

    India Will Not Ban Cryptocurrencies

    India has announced that they will not “ban” cryptocurrency but regulate it. With recent circulating rumors of a nation-wide ban on all cryptocurrency trading & exchanges, traders around the world have been selling their digital assets as the market keeps pushing to a bearish volume. Bitcoin has hit a new two month low of $6,500, Ethereum $715, and NEO $89. According to the Post announcement of the Union Budget of India, Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, reported that the government will declare frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency trading by the end of the current fiscal year – March 31st.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by TNY
    +11 +1

    Bitcoin surges by more than $2,000 in just over a day

    Bitcoin rose Wednesday morning along with sharp gains in other major cryptocurrencies. The largest digital currency by market capitalization traded 9.5 percent higher above $8,400 as of 8:12 a.m., ET, according to CoinDesk, whose bitcoin price index tracks prices from four major exchanges. The jump marked a gain of more than $2,000 in just over a day.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by everlost
    +17 +1

    Novogratz Raises $250 Million for Crypto Merchant Bank

    Mike Novogratz, the former Wall Street macro trader, raised about $250 million for his cryptocurrency merchant bank during one of the biggest routs yet in Bitcoin, according to a person familiar with the deal. Terry Gou, the billionaire chief executive officer of China’s Foxconn, is among the investors in the private placement, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the transaction isn’t public. Investors committed to buy shares of Novogratz’s firm, Galaxy Digital LP, through a holding company that eventually will trade on Toronto’s TSX Venture Exchange, according to the person.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by geoleo
    +15 +1

    Craigslist Is Now Becoming More Crypto-Friendly: Here Are the Current Big Companies That Now Accept Crypto

    Around the start of December, Craigslist introduced a new payment option in its ads: Crypto ok! This might not seem huge at first, but consider that Craigslist makes over a million dollars everyday on premium $20+ ad postings. That’s a lot of $20+ ads. It’s cumbersome to message someone asking if they can accept crypto, and it also delays the deal. It probably discourages many buyers and sellers from bringing up crypto altogether. But now that this option is available, no one needs to ask and everyone will be more open to using crypto.