Bitcoin and the blockchain may seem like puzzling new technological concepts, but the central tenet of this cutting-edge cryptocurrency goes back way longer than you might believe.

18 minutes is all that it takes to understand Bitcoin better than most people. In 18 minutes, you will have a good understanding of how hash functions, Public Key Cryptography and Merkle Trees are brilliantly used in Bitcoin. The purpose of this post is to provide a semi-technical guide to key aspects of Bitcoin’s technology.

EFF and Open Rights Group today submitted formal comments to the British Treasury, urging restraint in applying anti-money-laundering regulations to the publication of open-source software.The UK government sought public feedback on proposals to update its financial regulations pertaining to money...

In what is either an incredible blockchain-enabled monetization opportunity or a sign that perhaps the gears are finally starting to fall out of this thing, Republican politician, failed presidential candidate, and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is a cryptocurrency guy now.

Bitcoin mining difficulty has now reached its all-time high, crossing 7.46T for the first time and narrowly edging out the 7.45T difficulty seen when Bitcoin was testing the $6,400 support levels in October 2018. The fact that both Bitcoin (BTC) prices and mining difficulty have soared in the past several months indicates that confidence in the digital currency is growing...

2018 and part of 2019 was called "the crypto winter" by many due to huge losses. Bitcoin tumbled from its all-time-high of nearly $20K during December 2017 to $3400 in roughly a year. This massive market reversal caused many newcomers to the cryptocurrency space at a loss. These losses have caused a lot of anguish and personal issues to investors and individuals. Many have reported massive losses while expecting gains. It appears that it may have even broken up a marriage or 2.

In an interview for Bloomberg Jon Erlichman asks famous billionaire entrepreneur, Tim Draper, about bitcoin. Despite its powerful technology, people are more interested to hear about bitcoin from the investing side, about the price where is going to be in the future.

Coinoimi cried extortion when a user alleged the crypto wallet provider cost him $70,000. Now, it has published a new report by cyber-sleuths CipherBlade. But maybe Google has the answer.

It is planning to set up a digital payments system in about a dozen countries by the first quarter of 2020. The social media giant wants to start testing its crypto-currency, which has been referred to internally as GlobalCoin, by the end of this year. Facebook is expected to outline plans in more detail this summer, and has already spoken to Bank of England governor Mark Carney.

Blockchain technology is loved and adored by many, from the humble cryptocurrency investor to the passionate developer, the blockchain boasts advantages for everyone, remember, there’s a hell of a lot more to the blockchain than just Bitcoin, isn’t there.

Two bitcoin cash (BCH) mining pools recently carried out what is known as a 51 percent attack on the blockchain in an apparent effort to reverse another miner’s transactions. The move is tied to the bitcoin cash network hard fork that occurred on May 15. The two mining pools — BTC.com and BTC.top — carried out the move in order to stop the unknown miner from taking coins that they weren’t supposed to have access to in the wake of the code change.

Remember bitcoin? It's back. In a big way. Bitcoin prices have surged nearly 60% to about $6,000 after plunging almost 75% in 2018. Sure, the cryptocurrency is still far from its all-time highs of just under $20,000, which it hit in December 2017. But crypto investors are increasingly optimistic that the bitcoin (XBT) bounce of 2019 is real and that it and other cryptocurrencies may enjoy a steady march higher

One of the world’s largest online payments provider, PayPal, has stated that it does not yet believe that Bitcoin holds the future of digital payments. Nevertheless, the financial services corporation, worth $128 billion, is investing in and researching a variety of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects.

Once blockchain is ready for prime time waiting for checks to clear will be like the Pony Express, or telegrams, a thing of the past. See how Blockchain can secure your business and bank accounts.

Investors have returned to something of a selling mood from the Memorial Day holiday, which also — hurrah — marks the unofficial start to summer. That’s as trade tensions remained static following fresh comments from President Donald Trump which appeared to offer just mild encouragement over the China spat. From Japan, he said he expects a deal “sometime in the future.” That’s pretty vague for financial markets, which will increasingly hang hopes for a deal on a G-20 meeting in June, where Trump and China President Xi Jinping are expected to get together.

Investing in Bitcoin comes with a huge element of risk. Infact, investing in anything is risky as generally speaking, you can never guarantee a positive return on that investment, no matter what you’re buying.

The first quarter of 2019 has brought a number of important legal updates pertaining to cryptocurrency taxation. Some countries, which had been cautious for a long time, have finally defined the tax treatment for virtual assets. Other states have introduced measures to ensure the transparency of crypto taxation. Below, you will find a brief overview of the 10 most important updates in cryptocurrency taxation from all over the world.

On May 06, 2019, renowned Bitcoin Core developer Peter Wuille announced two new Bitcoin improvement proposals (BIPs) which are aimed at improving the privacy of the blockchain. Peter Wuille submitted two new proposals, both for a new taproot softfork which will overhaul Bitcoin's privacy, by describing a new transaction output type known as a 'SegWit version 1 output type.' In the BIP, Wuille provides a thorough technical overview of the proposal and argues the rationale behind the plan.

According to information presented on Messari.io’s OnChainFx rankings, Bitcoin accounted for nearly $580 thousand USD in fees in the last 24 hours. On May 10, 2019, at 9:50 am UTC, Bitcoin miners earned more than eight times the transaction fees than the combined total of all other cryptocurrencies listed on the site.

We went a long way since the first time two people decided to exchange goods. At the dawn of civilisation, barter was the only peaceful…

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More than 40 central banks worldwide are experimenting with blockchain technology, says a new report by the World Economic Forum. Published Wednesday, the report analyzes how different central banks are either examining what blockchain can be used for or are outright experimenting with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “It’s very much the case that several central banks are looking at this,” said Ashley Lannquist, a project lead in blockchain and distributed ledger technology at the World Economic Forum and the primary author of the report.

Xapo CEO and director at PayPal, Wences Casares, recently made some spectacular claims about the potential price of Bitcoin in the future in an essay that was published in Kana and Katana, stating: “In my (subjective) opinion those chances of succeeding are at least 50%. If Bitcoin does succeed, 1 Bitcoin may be worth more than $1 million in 7 to 10 years. That is 250 times what it is worth today (at the time of writing the price of Bitcoin is ~ $4,000).”

The volatility of bitcoin price has surged nearly 200 percent from a monthly low of 1.26 percent to 3.31 between April 1 and April 2, according to Bitvol.info. Currently, the volatility stands at 3.54 percent.

Added to numerous hacks and scams damaging the cryptoverse are the fraudulent practices of Estonia-based bitcoin trading platform, Paxful Inc. Recently, after listening excessive complaints against Paxful Inc., United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRP) petitioned the illicit nature of practices by Paxful Inc. to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

When you talk to tech industry insiders about where Bitcoin is heading, two vastly different comparisons are inevitable: the tulip bulb and the internet. Bitcoin’s critics say the digital tokens are like the tulip bulbs of 17th-century Holland. They generated a wild, speculative rush that quickly disappeared, leaving behind nothing but pretty flowers and wrecked bank accounts.

The larger lesson of an ongoing Ethereum crime spree: Be careful about who's generating your cryptocurrency keys.

Organizers are all geared up for the second edition of the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit (AIBC). Attendees can expect nothing short of a stellar show, in just less than a month from now, on 23rd to 24th May. It is expected to bring a whopping 5000 delegates, 700 investors, 300 exhibitors and 100 startups to convene for a grand show at the Hilton in St Julian’s, Malta.

Today, with the assistance of Bitcoin, you’ll revolutionize the means you are doing your business. you’ll create payments with virtual currency anytime in an exceedingly matter of many seconds. And you will not need to pay something to associate mediator as there’ll be no card process concerned. You have your Bitcoins in your own Bitcoin notecase, which is able to form of your own bank. however there’s a catch. If you lose your notecase key, you’ll now not have access to your digital cash.

Japanese startup Nayuta is releasing an in-progress lightning implementation with a compelling new focus: the internet of things (IoT). As revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Nayuta is publishing the first lightning implementation geared specifically toward IoT, or networks of connected devices that feed data to one another. The idea behind Nayuta’s release is that it connects to bitcoin’s live network (as opposed to a test one), allowing transactions of real BTC.

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This year is quite the opposite of 2018 in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. While last year was dominated by adverse reports about cryptocurrencies and how they were plunging in value, this year has primarily experienced massive comebacks. In particular, Bitcoin has led a significant rally since early April, and it seems not to be ending any time soon.

Bitcoin was barely a year old and trading for less than a penny. Excitement for the world’s first cryptocurrency was still largely bottled up in the infant hobbyist forum Bitcointalk, itself barely half a year old. Here, OGs effervescent with enthusiasm compared notes on economic philosophy, technical knowledge and the new cryptographic beast that Satoshi Nakamoto created. Satoshi himself was still active on the forum, too, as the earliest adopters shared their visions for the future of money.

On any given day, as much as two-thirds of the transaction activity registered on the Bitcoin network has nothing to do with buying goods and services or trading the virtual currency.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a series of drastic economic reforms over the weekend, in another desperate attempt to prop up the country’s flailing economy.