WatchMyBit: The Bitcoin Pay-Per-View
WatchMyBit is a service that allows artists to monetize their work in Bitcoin. The startup launched in 2014 has enabled filmmakers to distribute video content through their cryptocurrency platform. The video site will host its first full-length independent film and users can view the movie with the digital currency. CEO of WatchMyBit Doug Scribner got into Bitcoin in the early days and has worked in the music and video industry for over 30 years. The award-winning writer and producer wanted to produce a platform where artists can be compensated for their work with every view. WatchMyBit....
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WatchMyBit is a new video sharing platform that will open its doors next week for initial beta testing. The platform will permit video creators to upload their videos, and viewers to view the videos using a Bitcoin micropaywall system. In other words, this ambitious project wants to be the Bitcoin Youtube, with a pay-per-view model based on Bitcoin micropayments. Also read: Bitcoin Micropayments Can Save The Arts. Rewarding video creators for their work makes a lot of sense (see the comments to our review of The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin). Creative artists and producers must be able to make....
Coin of View is a website that will include information on the top 300 cryptocurrencies in terms of market value. For each coin, there will be a web page with information, charts and statistical data. There will also be an updated list of nodes and the most important to support coins: a full-time active node. Coin of View will do an analysis of each cryptocurrency’s Blockchain, their P2P network and even some of the source code. In addition, there will be data from Exchanges, Mining, Devel, Features, screenshots and Faucets. We want to be useful to all types of cryptocurrency users.....
Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd was recently interviewed on episode 34 of The Bitcoin Game, and the longtime Bitcoin developer and researcher was able to explain some of the key disagreements between how the Bitcoin Classic and Bitcoin Core teams view the peer-to-peer digital cash system. While many view the Classic vs. Core controversy as nothing more than a technical debate, the reality is both camps seem to have rather different fundamental plans for the future of Bitcoin. During his recent interview, Todd noted: “I think you’ve got a group of developers with a very different view....
While many people take the view that Bitcoin is dying or failing due to its current issues with governance and scalability, Blockchain Capital founder and managing partner Brock Pierce believes this current controversy is a good sign. In his view, the fact that there are so many transactions on the network should be seen in a positive light because it’s a sign of the technology’s success. In a recent interview with Epicenter Bitcoin, Pierce explained his point of view on the Bitcoin block size debate and how it is currently causing uncertainty in the market. The key point that Pierce, who....
Last Week we concluded with the following: We are on the very edge of turning fully bearish for the near futures. At the moment the short-term view is set up for a small bounce to the US$365 levels, but after that we will most likely see more downside. The intermediate term view is sitting right on the edge and we would need a break back to US$380 and above next week to change that. US$340 is the critical number to watch. “The smartest thing Satoshi ever did is to remain anonymous, and in this day and age, you can imagine how difficult that must have been.”