BitShares 101: Basics of the World's 4th Most Popular Cryptocurrency
It's my job to provide a snappy overview of BitShares before moving to the interview portion of this article. But the simple fact is that BitShares is more than a cryptocurrency. It utilizes financial tools and contract types of which I'm no expert. The kind Wall Street cats must specialize in. And so I really don't completely understand it, which makes me equally suspicious and excited. That's why I reached out to Ken Code, BitShares' public relations manager. I asked him my n00bie questions. “BitAssets, the currency of BitShares, are digital asset tokens that have eliminated the burden....
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As of 10/24/2014, 41 days remain to participate in the Note pre-sale. The BitShares Music Foundation is auctioning 5 million Notes — Notes are a unit that is required to use BitShares Music, a technology ushering in the future of music. The funds will go towards launching the BitShares Music blockchain, ‘the first blockchain to be used by the masses.’ The genesis block will be distributed to BitShares Protoshares (PTS), Angleshares (AGS), pre-sale participants, and the BitShares Foundation. “35% of the Notes are going to the holders of BitShares PTS. 35% of the Notes to those who donated....
BitShares does for businesses what Bitcoin is doing for money, goes the Bitshares motto, even though BitShares' cryptocurrency asset has increased five times in value in only 13 days. Brian Page, BitShares Director of Marketing, tells us how Bitshares has gained such rapid growth in such a short period and what this means for the cryptocurrency landscape. BitSharesX price is now over an estimated $64 million USD, up from $50 million just five days ago, and holds the 4th highest market capitalization. Exclusive Interview with Brian Page of BitShares. Many people still might not be aware of....
The BitShares team this week announced their newest development, the upgrade to BitShares 2.0. This upgrade is said to be the next step in the evolution of BitShares. It incorporates all of the feedback and lessons learned from the BitShares stakeholders, partners, developers, marketers, and other community leaders throughout this past year of research and development. With BitShares reaching maturity at version 2.0, the team is ready to remove the training wheels, and let the direction of all future development be decided completely by stakeholder vote. To help ensure the long-term....
A shadowy figure - either an individual, but most likely numerous individuals - has apparently taken over enough shares in BitShares, the Bitcoin 2.0 technology, to considerably steer the project. So much so, in fact, that, in response, a BitShares 2.0 project has been launched this month. Inner turmoil has seemingly undermined the expansion of the BitShares project, which has suffered the negative effects of not only a dilution of BitSharesX (BTSX), but also the negative impacts of publicized inner-strife, beginning with the evidence that the original BitShares white paper is no longer....
I attended the Cryptolina Bitcoin Conference in August and got to hang out with Brian Page from BitShares. We talked about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and of course, about BitShares. I had seen these guys around at conferences, and like most people, I didn't understand what they were trying to accomplish. I was finally able to find out after speaking to Brian about a few things. I hope to clarify what this often misunderstood group within the Bitcoin community is doing. What is Bitshares? Bitshares is a brand of open source software based on the same blockchain technology behind Bitcoin.....