Why Is Brock Pierce Leading An “Official Delegation of Bitcoin” In El Salvador?
Something is rotten in the state of El Salvador. The first nation to declare BTC as legal tender received no other than the infamous Brock Pierce. An “Official Delegation of Bitcoin Ambassadors” reportedly met with President Bukele and other government officials. However, is there such thing as an “official delegation” of a decentralized protocol? No, […]
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At least Brock Pierce isn’t claiming to lead an “Official Delegation of Bitcoin Ambassadors” anymore. The self-proclaimed “Visionary” and “Cryptopioneer” got his group of entrepreneurs an audience with Juan Orlando Hernández, the president of Honduras. Reportedly, they talked about the country’s relationship with cryptocurrencies. However, the quotes printed by the local press don’t reflect that […]
While many people take the view that Bitcoin is dying or failing due to its current issues with governance and scalability, Blockchain Capital founder and managing partner Brock Pierce believes this current controversy is a good sign. In his view, the fact that there are so many transactions on the network should be seen in a positive light because it’s a sign of the technology’s success. In a recent interview with Epicenter Bitcoin, Pierce explained his point of view on the Bitcoin block size debate and how it is currently causing uncertainty in the market. The key point that Pierce, who....
Welcome to the CryptoCoinsNews weekly altcoin news update, where we examine important altcoin stories that have gone under-the-radar. This week's article examines Brock Pierce's resignation from the Mastercoin Foundation and a huge Bitcoin bounty offered by a Nxt user whose coins were hacked. Brock Pierce Resigns from Mastercoin Foundation. Controversial Bitcoin Foundation board member and Realcoin founder Brock Pierce has resigned from his position as Mastercoin Foundation board member. Pierce was one of Mastercoin's first investors and has been very involved in the project's development.....
Brock Pierce is a well known member in the Bitcoin community. Pierce is a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur that has been involved with online technology and software since the 90’s. Pierce has been involved with Bitcoin since the beginning, taking on many roles in various organizations throughout the industry. Most notably, Pierce is the....
On May 9th, the Bitcoin Foundation (TBF) announced election results for two new board members to replace Charlie Schrem and Mark Karpeles. Only 102 Bitcoin Foundation members were eligible to vote, of those 31 abstained. Bobby Lee, head of BTC China, was brought on board with 79% approval. Also elected, with 65% approval, was KnCMiner.com co-founder, Brock Pierce. KnCMiner is currently the sole purchaser of TBF's $100,000 platinum membership. As per TBF's announcement, Pierce co-founded three other Bitcoin companies and "angel-invests" in Bitcoin startups. Conspicuously unannounced was....