Top 5 Failures in Bitcoin History
We started doing a little research this week to build a historical perspective for the Bitcoin community as it exists today, and in that spirit we wanted to take a look at some of the more spectacular scams, failures mess-ups that involve Bitcoin. In December 2013, a Silk Road-type of black market called Sheep Marketplace shut down abruptly after the site’s administrator found a bug that someone had exploited to steal 5,400 BTC. Shortly thereafter, users found what they thought was a wallet connected to the heist that had 96,000 BTC in it, which was especially big news because this was....
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We started doing a little research last week to build a historical perspective for the Bitcoin community as it exists today, and in that spirit we wanted to take a look at some of the more spectacular scams, failures mess-ups that involve Bitcoin. However, we felt the previous list was a bit superficial and based on the responses we received, we decided to expand our list and present a more in-depth analysis of each case. And really, we could go further than 10. There are tons of examples of fraud, misrepresentation and outright business failures in the five-year history of the Bitcoin....
In the world of cryptocurrency, countless new projects pop up every day. While a lot of them look strong, and even experience success, many others end up going nowhere. In fact, a lot of these projects end up being outright failures. The worst of these failures start out with promising futures, generating a lot of hype and raising large amounts of starting capital. Then, they flop. They either quietly fade into the sea of failed crypto projects, or crash spectacularly in a blaze of public drama. The following list shows the biggest of these failures, the most hyped projects that couldn’t....
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The Blockchain must be handled with the utmost care. Financial market expert, Stephen Corliss speaks with CoinTelegraph on this and other subjects. Trust Murdered. The financial sector has inflicted endless pain on itself and society, speaks out Corliss: “This was a result of a long history of bad actors, flawed business practices, excessive leverage and a shield of secrecy that has resulted in a longstanding lack of trust by their very customers, the general public. Its failures, however, have been quite devastating and, in most cases, the result of those who targeted the vulnerable or....