Cable Companies Could Be the Biggest Threat to Bitcoin
Photo via Nik Clark. In the wake of the arrests in Florida, and the Blockchain wallet being removed from the App Store, many Bitcoin enthusiasts are coming to the realization that the path to widespread adoption is fraught with increasingly arduous obstacles. Government regulation, Apple, or banks; what will be Bitcoin's most challenging adversary? If you believe Susan Crawford, it may be U. S. cable companies. In her new book, Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the Gilded Age, Susan Crawford characterizes the cable industry in the U. S. as modern railroad....
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Recently GAWMiners had announced the impending release of the ZenController a new controller for their Scrypt miners that were also being released at the same time. GAWMiners 27 mh/s Falcon Running on a ZenController. For this review, I have the ZenController from ZenMiner and the GAWMiners 27 mh/s Falcon Scrypt ASIC miner. Specifications. Falcon. - Hash Rate: 27MH+. - Case: Aluminum Custom Case. - Chip: 55nm GAW Miners dedicated ASIC Scrypt (QFN Design). - Power Consumption: 1040W. ZenController. - Raspberry Pi. - Custom zenMiner image on SD card. - Power supply. - Cat-6 cable I must be....
Financial technology companies (fintechs) are now among the biggest threats to the overall profitability of Nigerian banks, analysts from the country’s Coronation Merchant Bank (CMB) have warned. The Efficiency of Fintech As a report carried by local media explains, this threat from fintech services stems from their growing popularity with “tech-literate” customers. According to CMB analysts, such customers prefer using the more efficient services offered by fintechs to visiting physical branches of conventional banks. Although Nigerian conventional banks are....
Per an official post by Input-Output Global (IOG), a major cable provider in the U.S. DISH Network will launch a decentralized identification and loyalty program on the Cardano blockchain. The publicly-traded company gave its “first step” into the deployment of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Related Reading | Bitcoin Back Above $30k As Coinbase Observes 38k […]
By default, Bitcoin clients connect to other bitcoin nodes on TCP port 8333. If a user wants their Bitcoin client to connect to other nodes, they will need to allow outgoing TCP connections on port 8333, and also will need to have the ability to accept connections on that same port. Some Bitcoin users have reported issues attempting to connect or receive connections to their bitcoin clients across port 8333. After spending an entire day effortlessly trying to get a bitcoin client working from a home computer, one AT&T Uverse customer called customer support. After hours of phone calls and....
Various companies all over the world are looking to come up with new methods to prevent fraud from taking place in the financial industry. While plastic card payments are a major threat when it comes to fraud, there are other factors to take into consideration as well. Social engineering is playing an ever-increasing role of importance these days, and Pindrop wants to prevent companies from being scammed over the phone. Bitcoin users can benefit from these efforts as well. Pindrop Raises Another US$75m in Funding. Preventing individuals and companies from falling victim to fraud and....