Why Every Single Person Needs Bitcoin
The humanitarian aspects of bitcoin overshadow the nominal value focused on by many westerners.It's become really easy to get lost with all the volatility and headlines present in Bitcoin lately. The various altcoins are becoming more and more distracting, albeit ever-useless, and new entrants into the space continue to make us forget the real reason why we are here. Unfortunately, the people behind these schemes simply don't understand what a crucial time we are living through.Bitcoin is a fix to the current corrupt system. Traditionally, governments collect some percentage of goods and....
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Chinese bitcoin exchange OKCoin released their full-screen trading interface today. According to the bitcoin exchange, the interface was designed for futures as well as the new addition of person. -to-person lending. The full-screen view is reminiscent of what someone is watching candles on BitcoinWisdom might be accustomed to, but allows for direct trades on OKCoin. To the non-trader, the charts, graphs and order books might look a bit overcrowded as the bitcoin exchange fits all market information into their interface for a single glance looks. But to the trader who's been in the game....
The idea of a benevolent dictator for Bitcoin has become a topic of conversation throughout the community lately due to Mike Hearn's role as the final authority for changes in Bitcoin XT. Although it should be made clear that Hearn is able to dictate only policy for that particular implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, some individuals are turned off by the idea of having a single point of failure in the development process. Blockstream co-founder and President Adam Back is one such person, and he shared some of his views on the subject during a recent interview with Epicenter Bitcoin.....
According to onchain data analytics researchers, one of the founders of the company Ripple, Jed McCaleb allegedly sold 29.5 million XRP in a single day. McCaleb, an early cryptocurrency investor, and self-made entrepreneur is one of the richest men on the planet. There are a number of investors who happened to get into cryptocurrency at a very early time during the crypto economy’s history. The following editorial is the first of a series of articles that delve into some of the richest crypto investors worldwide. Jed McCaleb is an enigma and incredibly wealthy thanks to his early....
Bitcoin is still the most valuable cryptocurrency in the world. When the crypto first came out though, only a tiny number of people knew about it. This enabled these early adopters to accumulate a lot of BTC. Giving them an edge over investors that came in years later. Even today, over a decade later, the […]
While the bitcoin community has grown over the past year to include hundreds of new global merchants, there remains a strong market for person-to-person transactions as evidenced by existing marketplaces like LocalBitcoins and Brawker. Still, interactions on such platforms remain difficult according to Gliph. The self-described secure messaging and bitcoin payments startup has released a marketplace feature in its app with the aim of enhancing person-to-person commerce with bitcoin on smartphones. Gliph CEO Rob Banagale explained that by launching Gliph Marketplace, his company is trying....