Bitcoin City Layout Unveiled: Will Crypto Metropolis Help El Salvador’s Ailin...
President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele, one of the most famous Bitcoin proponents, is elevating the cryptocurrency to a grand level. He is building a Bitcoin city. Bukele stated that the country’s ambitious crypto metropolis is progressing splendidly and would be the first bitcoin trading hub fueled by geothermal energy from a volcano. Bukele published […]
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While a plan to leverage “volcano energy” is great marketing for El Salvador’s planned Bitcoin City, on its own, it might not be the best source.
Senegalese-American singer, songwriter Akon became the talk of the town in 2018 when he unveiled plans for a 2000 acre crypto metropolis located 60 miles south of Senegal’s capital Dakar. Fast forward to today, and recent reports show a distinct lack of progress with the project. Ugandan author Charles Onyango-Obbo said one year on from […]
Work on 'Metropolis' – the next scheduled software release for the ethereum blockchain project – continues, according to a new blog post from its creator, Vitalik Buterin. While absent of any concrete release date, the blog offers a window into the platform's development efforts, as well as details about the changes that could be included in the Metropolis update. Metropolis follows two previous versions of ethereum, 'Homestead' (released last March) and 'Frontier', which debuted in July 2015. As detailed by CoinDesk in December, ethereum's developer team has largely been looking ahead to....
It's certainly not unusual in the bitcoin and blockchain industry to see several companies coalesce around a new use case for the technology. However, what may be novel about the sudden focus on Wi-Fi is the size and ubiquity of the consumer pain point. To date, startups such as the Boost VC-backed BitMesh and Wi-Fi services provider WIFI Metropolis are both developing concepts around the idea. The consensus? The popularity yet inaccessibility of Wi-Fi networks offers a compelling use case for bitcoin today, one that is more promising when compared to the costs consumers currently bear for....
Three weeks ago we wrote about the first supermarket where you can pay in Bitcoin in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Spar Arnhem Centraal, opened in March 2014, is a relatively new supermarket near Arnhem central station and the city center. It offers the usual assortment of consumer goods and groceries found in all supermarkets. Also read: The First Bitcoin Supermarket in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Bitcoin enthusiasts in Arnhem call their city "the Bitcoin City" and claim that it's the world's most Bitcoin-friendly city. The event "Arnhem Bitcoin Metropolis" took place on November 28, and the Spar....