Counterparty and Bitcoin Apps Have Fun With Crypto
The burgeoning online gaming industry is turning its attention to incorporating digital currencies, including bitcoin, into various platforms to get people excited about blockchain and the use of the digital currency. Two companies taking advantage of the market are MandelDuck, the company behind such games as SaruTobi, Game of Birds and KA-GE and....
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Fresh off the announcement of a new partnership with Overstock, Counterparty is announcing the founding of the Counterparty Foundation, a new non-profit organization. The Counterparty Foundation will be established with the help of Perkins Coie, a law firm that advises many cryptocurrency companies. The Counterparty Foundation will provide enhanced structure and services to the growing Counterparty ecosystem; something that Counterparty founders say has been a much-demanded feature. Also read: Medici Will Be a Real Bitcoin 2.0 Stock Exchange. Counterparty was founded by Robby Dermody, Evan....
One of the major news items (so far) this month has been Overstock.com's plans to launch a crypto stock exchange named Medici. As part of those plans, the online retailer (which begun accepting bitcoin at the beginning of this year) hired developers from Counterparty to make the exchange platform happen. Counterparty is a peer-to-peer, decentralized platform that allows its user base to "create and trade their own tokens for bitcoins and XCP," in addition to speculating and hedging against currencies, commodities, and more. And they're planning to aid in their own future growth with the....
Transcription: How many of you heard of Counterparty (github)? Awesome, wonderful, that's encouraging sign. How many of you have a Counterparty asset (counterwallet github)? Oh wow, I am in a good audience here. I thought it was more of a introductory course, but good. I want to try to teach how to use those assets and really start thinking what those assets mean. A lot of you are probably very depressed about the BTC price today but Counterparty is doing well and I think Counterparty is here to stay. I think there's a lot to Counterparty and I think the best way to really introduce us to....
On October 6, Overstock announced the online retailer had hired two Counterparty developers to build a decentralized stock-exchange, code-named "Medici." CEO Patrick Byrne confirmed the stock exchange would be built atop Counterparty during his speech at the Inside Bitcoins Conference in Las Vegas. The announcement immediately caused the Counterparty price to surge (Counterparty's native currency shares the platform's name and is also known as XCP). However, the price began to cool off on October 8. Also Read: Overstock Chooses Counterparty for Decentralized Stock Exchange. XCP Price....
For everyone confused by the drama surrounding certain blockchain projects this week, it might be time to take a break and look at some alternative platforms – starting with Counterparty. As examples of what the platform can do, Bitcoin.com asked Trevor Altpeter and other members of the Counterparty Foundation to name their favorite projects built using....