The Hardest Trade: BitcoinTina On Bitcoin

Nov. 22-25, the first ever Blockchain Summer School will be opened in Harare, Zimbabwe. The event intends to educate and explore the benefits of Bitcoin as well as stimulating discussions on the challenges that inhibit cryptocurrency adoption in Africa. The event is organized by Bitfinance, a Zimbabwe-based Bitcoin exchange and infrastructure developer firm in collaboration with the Blockchain Academy. The target audience are local businesses that have been hit hardest by the current financial crisis in Zimbabwe. Tawanda Kembo, growth hacker at Bitfinance, says: “Zimbabwe is the hardest....

When fiat money’s music finally stops, the inflationary pressure must go somewhere — and to bitcoin, the hardest asset, it will go.

Readers may remember BitQuest, as covered here on CCN. The Minecraft server uses Bitcoin for its economic component, and the results are fantastic efforts from those wishing to earn Bitcoin. They even had an architecture contest recently. A group of players recently decided to take the market component of the Minecraft server to a new level by creating a market that would be supply and demand responsive. Players were able to purchase in-game currency using bitcoins and then buy blocks. Each in-game emerald is worth a bit, or a millionth of a Bitcoin. Some blocks are more valuable than....

Despite a small country living on a bitcoin standard, the first step is always the hardest, and a domino effect might bring bigger players to the game.

Bitcoin is a financial revolution in the making, for numerous reasons. But one of the attributes that give it the most value, is its digital, hard-coded scarcity. With just a 21 million BTC supply to ever exist, it is the hardest form of money on the planet. However, according to one expert in the field, […]