Do Cryptocurrencies Really Compete? Learning From VHS, Betamax, Netflix and Hulu
Competing cryptocurrencies have been in the news lately. This VICE Motherboardroundupis a good list of some of bitcoin's most promising challengers. But it makes a comparison which reveals a view often expressed but is probably misguided about the nature of cryptocurrency competition. "Is there room for more than one sheriff in town?" writer Alec Liu....
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Netflix, the world-famous streaming platform has put a ban on crypto-related advertisements and commercials. These ads shall not be allowed on the ad-supported subscription tier. This is planned on being launched in the month of November, which is quite early to the scheduled date. According to other local sources, it was reported that Netflix has […]
Desperate to boost revenues, Netflix announced in July that it would be launching a cheaper subscription tier that features commercials. Streaming giant Netflix has reportedly banned cryptocurrency-related commercials on its ad-supported subscription tier, which is scheduled to launch in November months ahead of schedule. Citing local sources, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Monday that Netflix has decided to reject all advertising campaigns related to politics, gambling and cryptocurrency on its new subscription tier. The new tier will also not run ads selling products to children. The....
Bitcoin – a decentralized, truly global currency. Netflix – a streaming platform that just went global. Do both stand to gain by coming together? One of the biggest stories of the 2016, so far, is Netflix’s global expansion that saw the streaming service reach a 130 new countries. The new rollout now sees Netflix beaming to a total of 190 countries, worldwide. It’s a significant move. Millennial pirates the world over, those who were too young or unemployed to pay at one time, may now see Netflix as a good package deal, with the company’s extensive library and its much acclaimed and....
On Friday, a well-known American streaming service, Netflix, announced that it ordered a docuseries on crypto laundering linked to Bitfinex’s historic hack of 2016. Netflix came to this move after the aspiring rapper Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein got arrested in New York last week, alleged by the Department Of Justice (DOJ) in […]
Who remembers VHS? What about Betamax? The point is that technologies come and go; some succeed and prosper, and some others disappear without trace. Some people are aware of cryptocurrencies but choose not to use them; for many of these people the problem is simply one of trust. It seems that a lot of people do not trust cryptocurrencies and the high-profile collapse of Mt gox certainly hasn't helped things. A recent article on CNN about the future of cryptocurrencies reported that cryptocurrencies have an image problem and it is a huge one. That image problem is stopping Bitcoin, and....