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If you want to invest in bitcoin mining without the hassle of managing your own hardware, there is an alternative. You can use the cloud to earn your coins.
Put very simply, cloud mining means using (generally) shared processing power run from...
“This is very fulfilling because when you thought the subject must have run its course, it flares up again.”
Those words, from cryptography legend Whitfield Diffie, perhaps captured the essence of the first day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2018 conference....
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)'s website became unavailable just as it launched its first bitcoin futures contracts at 6 p.m. EST on Sunday.
The website downtime – which CBOE attributed to significant traffic around the futures launch in a post on Twitter –...
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Monero Fork Underway In Bid to Block Big Miners
A hard fork of privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero executed this morning, but the success of the roll-out is still unclear.
At block number 1546000 (08.20 UTC...
Lightning Network Centralization Leads to Economic Censorship
A few months ago, I wrote an article called “Mathematical Proof That the Lightning Network Cannot Be a Decentralized Bitcoin Scaling Solution”. It received quite a bit of...
How do Bitcoin Transactions Work?
Bitcoin transactions are sent from and to electronic bitcoin wallets, and are digitally signed for security. Everyone on the network knows about a transaction, and...
People Who Were Really Wrong About Bitcoin
“The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” So scolded a bank president in 1903, warning...
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BREAKING: #BITCOIN HITS $100,000 FOR FIRST TIME EVER!
When Bitcoin was first launched by Satoshi Nakamoto, there was no price. It was literally worth $0.
The price of bitcoin first broke over $100...
BREAKING DOWN THE 2024 BITCOIN HALVING: IMPLICATIONS AND PREDICTIONS FOR BITCOIN...
The Bitcoin halving event, a pivotal occurrence, is scheduled for April, 19 2024. This quadrennial event will reduce the block subsidy for Bitcoin miners from...
APPROVED: Spot Bitcoin ETFs to Trade on US Markets in Historic...
Today, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially approved the listing of the first-ever spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). This move marks a historic...
Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain and how they are stored
Every Bitcoin transaction is stored in the distributed database known as the Bitcoin blockchain. However, people have found ways to hack the Bitcoin protocol...
Mainnet Merge Announcement
Ethereum is moving to proof-of-stake! The transition, known as The Merge, must first be activated on the Beacon Chain with the Bellatrix upgrade. After...
Ethereum After the Merge: What Comes Next?
At the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris, the Ethereum blockchain’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, shared what he expects for Ethereum in a post-Merge era. Buterin closed the...
The Final Countdown to the Ethereum Merge Has Officially Begun
The Ethereum blockchain’s Merge is officially underway and will likely kick in sometime between Sept. 13-16. The Bellatrix upgrade – the network's final "hard fork" before...
The People Will See The Value In Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work
Preachin’ to the Choir
The average Bitcoiner from 2016 could argue they do not gain much value from a commentary about proof-of-work versus proof-of-stake. Justifiably...
BITCOIN PIZZA DAY: P2P DIGITAL CASH ACTUALIZED 12 YEARS AGO
Bitcoin Pizza Day is likely the famous remembrance day of Bitcoin’s history. It alludes to the day when BTC was first used to purchase...
In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism
We've been hearing for years that the future is blockchain, not Bitcoin. The future of the world won't be one major cryptocurrency, or even a...
