Despite Utility, Bitcoin Cannot Fix Venezuela
There are some misconceptions about how frequently Bitcoin is being used in Venezuela and the problems it can solve there. ...
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Canadian E-Commerce Giant Shopify Joins Facebook’s Libra Association
Facebook’s potential upcoming global cryptocurrency project, Libra, has received positive news from Shopify. The Canadian multinational e-commerce giant announced today...
Why FOSS Development Is Crucial for Bitcoin’s Mainstream Acceptance
Crypto likes to see itself as disruptive, just as Apple disrupted mobile phones (and the camera), Tesla disrupted automotive (and...
Quantum-resistant blockchain platform QAN implements Chainlink
QANplatform, a quantum-resistant blockchain platform, today announced the planned integration of Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network that enables smart contracts...
IoT crowd connectivity network Nodle (NODL) hits 1 million payments per day
Nodle, a decentralized connectivity network and payments infrastructure for the Internet of Things (IoT), on February 11th of this week,...
Bitcoin Scam: Man Charged For Owning “Mixing Website” That Laundered Over $300 Million In BTC
In local reports emerging from the authorities in Cleveland, Ohio, a man was charged with founding a platform that was...
When Disaster Strikes, Bitcoin Facilitates Organized Charity and Grassroots Giving
December 1, 2017: “Bitcoin breaks $10k” rolls through your newsfeed. You mined bitcoin back in 2010–2011 but forgot about it,...
For the Tony Hawk Foundation, Bitcoin Is Radical. And That’s the Point
At first glance, bitcoin and skateboarding might have as little in common as those rare Buffalo nickels your one unmarried...
Bitcoin100: How Some Early Bitcoiners Spread Bitcoin Adoption With Charity
On November 22, 2011, a post appeared on bitcointalk.org with the following proposition: What followed was a five-year experiment in...
Paying Yourself? Self-Payments Could Be a Key to Lightning Privacy
The Lightning Network is best known for its fast and cheap payments. But the Layer 2 protocol could also offer...
