“Bitcoin is stale.” Early champions such as Jon McAffee have been describing the original cryptocurrency as the “true Shitcoin,” while to make matters worse, it also recently witnessed the creation of another ‘stale’ block. But why is a stale block a problem? Well, for those who don’t know, a block is ‘stale’ when it’s accepted…
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Kyber Network (KNC), an open-source, on-chain liquidity protocol, expects to facilitate over USD 500 million in transaction volume in 2020, or 29% more than last year, Loi Luu, CEO and Co-Founder of Kyber Network, told Cryptonews.com. According to the CEO, Kyber facilitated USD 70 million worth of volume in 2018 and increased it to USD…
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It’s no secret that Bitcoin has issues when it comes to privacy. After all, it’s pretty difficult to implement privacy features in a system that puts the entire history of transactions on a public ledger for everyone to see. That said, improvements to Bitcoin privacy have been slowly implemented over time. And the two wallets…
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This crypto week, we watched Bitcoin play with USD 9K while coronavirus fears weighed on stocks, saw BTC usage rising on darknet markets, found a clear indication of healthy BTC adoption, and discovered that the 51% attack on BTC is pricier and on ETH cheaper. Speaking of ETH, a USD 1.57 million bet was placed…
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Prominent gold bug and Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff is a genius. Okay, he isn’t, but the apparent loss of his bitcoin (BTC) holdings has helpfully raised the topic of crypto-wallet security. Yes, your holdings will most likely remain safe so long as you follow best practices, but the frequency with which people report lost crypto…
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Many, many developers have contributed to Bitcoin’s growth since its birth in 2009. In other words, Bitcoin is the representation of a long line of programming work. Developers have had to look for bugs, write software updates, and assume the vital task of proposing how Bitcoin might evolve. This is busy and very careful work,…
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Everybody seems to be talking about cryptocurrency staking nowadays. As it continues to grow in popularity, exchanges all over the world seem to be lining up to offer their customers staking services – with no shortage of takers among their clientele. Indeed, Mirko Schmiedl, CEO of StakingRewards.com says that a staking revolution is in the…
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New investors are the lifeblood of bitcoin (BTC). New investors rushed to buy BTC in December 2017, and it’s new investors that are needed if the most popular cryptocurrency is to enjoy significant gains in 2020 and beyond. Research firm TokenInsight made this point in its annual mining industry report, writing that in “the long…
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This week in crypto, experts at the WEF said that digital finance, crypto and blockchain-powered economics are sweeping through markets in the developing world unchallenged and that digital tokens could transform the world of business and art. While Binance aims to find more merchants for its P2P crypto trading platform, a resurfaced change in Binance…
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Looking into the new decade, it seems that token sales might decline in importance for crypto projects and that in their place traditional investment and venture capital will become more significant. “We have already seen a shift in the space from initial coin offerings (ICOs) and token sales to equity,” Carlos Domingo, the co-founder and…
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