BitSquare Peer-to-peer Bitcoin Exchange Unveils Pre-Release Candidate
In the world of Bitcoin and digital currency, there seems to be a growing demand for peer-to-peer exchanges, rather than sticking with the traditional model of dealing with companies controlling user funds. Up until this point, very few projects have been released to tackle this issue, although the Coinffeine team is doing a good job so far. But there is a new project on the block which is expected to launch in beta soon, called Bitsquare. BitSquare Peer-to-peer Exchange. Although the latest release of BitSquare is labelled as a pre-release version, there are some interesting features to....
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The decentralized bitcoin and altcoin exchange Bitsquare has decided that it must rebrand or face a costly legal battle. Launched last year, Bitsquare is the first decentralized bitcoin and altcoin exchange of its kind. Instead of trading bitcoin through a central intermediary as a typical exchange would, Bitsquare users connect through a peer-to-peer protocol and exchange money directly. To keep everyone honest, traders put up security deposits, while an arbitration system serves as a fallback. The open-source project led by Manfred Karrer recently ran into a setback, however, as the team....
Having been in development for more than two years, what promises to be the first proper decentralized Bitcoin exchange is set to officially launch next Wednesday. Bitsquare, an open source project led by the Austrian-born Manfred Karrer, allows anyone to trade Bitcoin for fiat currency as well as altcoins, without requiring a company, central intermediary or permission from anyone. Karrer: “Bitcoin’s reliance on centralized exchanges is diametrically opposed to its principles. I hope Bitsquare will solve that problem.” Karrer began working on Bitsquare back when Bitcoin trading was mostly....
Press Release: Peer-to-peer internet ThreeFold integrates with several popular blockchain ecosystems in an effort to increase adoption for the world’s largest such network 29th April 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – ThreeFold plans to integrate its peer-to-peer internet platform with three of the leading blockchain ecosystems in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space; Binance Smart Chain […]
PRESS RELEASE. Peer-to-peer internet ThreeFold integrates with several popular blockchain ecosystems in an effort to increase adoption for the world’s largest such network 29th April 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – ThreeFold plans to integrate its peer-to-peer internet platform with three of the leading blockchain ecosystems in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space; Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Ethereum, and Huobi’s ECO Chain. ThreeFold is set to integrate BSC in the next couple of weeks, with Ethereum and Huobi’s ECO Chain following shortly later on in Q2.....
These new regulations will also have an impact on Bitcoin in China. Since cryptocurrency does not fall under these regulations, it may become the new peer-to-peer lending option. Peer-to-peer lending has always been a very popular trend in China. That is not entirely surprising, as the country is keen on innovation and embracing new trends. But there have been a fair amount of problems with P2P lending in China over the past few months. New rules have been announced, which will put a vice grip on this innovative business model. At its core, any peer-to-peer service should not shut down....