Three years in the making, bitcoin’s first sidechain “Liquid” is now live, but it’s not as decentralized as you might think.
Liquid Goes Live: Blockstream’s First Bitcoin Sidechain Has Finally Arrived
Three years in the making, bitcoin’s first sidechain “Liquid” is now live, but it’s not as decentralized as you might think.
There’s A Giant Bitcoin Rat on Wall Street And It’s Staring At the Fed
A public art installation in New York is turning heads in what its creator hopes will be a commentary on bitcoin and government money management.
I Can’t Believe This Blockchain Is Free
At the very least, a blockchain mindset can help you call social media giants’ bluff when they tell you that their services are “free.”
To Scale Bitcoin, Little Improvements Will Need to Go a Long Way
Bitcoin Cash and SegWit in the past, it was a non-contentious year for the bitcoin developer community’s annual Scaling Bitcoin conference.
IBM’s Food Blockchain Is Going Live With a Supermarket Giant on Board
IBM is taking its food-tracking blockchain into production and has already signed up European supermarket giant Carrefour.
Sidechains Are Bringing ICOs to Bitcoin And That Might Change Crypto Funding
By the end of the year, an initial coin offering will be launched on bitcoin. thanks to sidechains tech.
Crypto Trading 101: Pivot Points And Why They’re Useful
When combined with other technical tools, pivot points are valued among day traders for their ability to analyze price movement and more.
Bitcoin ‘Breakthrough’ Claims Block Size Increase Possible Without Hard Fork
Developer Mark Friedenbach has unveiled a discovery that could make certain contentious changes to bitcoin a bit easier.
VOIP Pioneer Says New Startup Is Paying Users Interest on Millions in Crypto
Led by Alex Mashinsky, crypto lending startup Celsius says it’s paying thousands of users interest for depositing bitcoin and ether in its wallet app.
Crypto Prediction Market Augur Is Gearing Up for Its First Major Upgrade
Can a “faster, better, cheaper” Augur attract the user base it needs in order to succeed?
A Multi-Million Dollar Bet Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake Isn’t Coming Soon
One of the top crypto ASIC chip makers is betting big ethereum’s biggest plans might not come to pass.
Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work Can Be Made More Efficient, IBM Research Claims
Scientists from IBM Research claim they’ve found a way to reshape blockchain architectures for energy-constrained internet of things devices.
Bitmain Is Going Public, But What Type of Investment Is It Anyway?
The difference with Bitmain going public is the investor exposure to cryptocurrencies. And that’s where things get complicated…
With Rambling Clinton Keynote, Ripple Is Sending a Clear Message
It wasn’t about what Clinton had to say. It was about putting Clinton on the stage.
‘Bitcoin Bug’ Exploited on Crypto Fork as Attacker Prints 235 Million Pigeoncoins
Using a major bug found and fixed on bitcoin last month, an attacker was able to print 235 million coins on “pigeoncoin.”
Ripple Event Reveal: 3 Companies Are Now Using XRP for Real Payments
During Ripple’s annual Swell conference, CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced three firms that will use XRP in commercial cross-border payments.
This Meme Marketplace Uses Dummy Tokens to Draw Users in a Bear Market
Even before its protocol is live, District0x’s Meme Factory has engaged its community in blockchain governance with a meme contest and fake tokens.
One Musician’s Creative Solution to Drive ASICs Off Monero
Howard Chu, a monero core dev and musician, has created an algorithm that he thinks will keep ASICS at bay on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency.
The $1 Trillion Wallet: BitGo’s Big Plan to Secure the Biggest Bitcoin Fortunes
Blockchain security startup BitGo is gearing up to safeguard once-unthinkable sums of digital assets as it looks towards a tokenized future.