Wikipedia Edit War Over Blockchain Permissionless
The beginning of this week saw heated debates which have already been labelled a Wikipedia Edit war over the attempts to remove the terms ‘permissionless’ and ‘bitcoin’ from the blockchain entry on Wikipedia. The revision history on the website shows two particular terms standing out - ‘bitcoin’ and ‘permissionless’. Wikipedia is often the first site for getting quick information on various topics. As the interest in the term ‘blockchain’ has been quite vivid lately, it is of the highest importance to provide a clear explanation of the concept to all interested out there. Wikipedia....
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Wikipedia is often used as the primary source for Bitcoin information, where contents can be edited by volunteers. However, last month, it seems that someone attempted to remove terms such as “Bitcoin” and “permissionless” from the Blockchain entry on Wikipedia to the criticism of the Bitcoin community. All of the information stored on the Wikipedia....
According to data from stats.grok.se, it would appear as if Bitcoin is ranked as the 35th most viewed page on the online encyclopedia in the past few weeks. No doubt, there's been increasing interest in the digital currency due to its unbelievably rapid growth. Much of this interest comes from the folks over in China, who have seen investment potential in Bitcoin. On the 31st of October, the Bitcoin page received over 100,000 views alone. With increasing media coverage and word-of-mouth, we don't expect the Bitcoin page on Wikipedia to fall into the abyss of darkness anytime soon. EDIT:....
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All digital currency community members and companies are invited to submit their articles and contributions to Coiners. Finding out more information about the Bitcoin ecosystem is as easy as looking up the term on Wikipedia. At the same time, not all of this information is up-to-date anymore, although the various contributors try to keep things orderly. But in the end, decentralization is all about steering away from existing platforms such as Wikipedia. Coiners is a new platform acting as an open wiki focusing solely on blockchain and digital currency. As amazing as it is to look up....