My Sleepless Year Discovering Bitcoin’s Code

BCH's post-halving slide of 15% might be a warning sign for bitcoin bulls.Bitcoin cash has been seen a proxy for the upcoming halving of rewards on the Bitcoin blockchain.Bitcoin's blockchain will halve rewards on April 20.Bitcoin's fourth mining reward halving, a programmed 50% reduction in the pace of supply expansion, is just eight days away.

Nov 6, 2020 at 21:04 UTCUpdated Nov 6, 2020 at 21:17 UTCCalifornia’s Prop. 24 Could Be a ‘Silver Lining’ for Crypto Exchanges Looking to Comply With GDPROn Election Day, Californians chose not only the direction of their government but also the direction of some of the laws that government will administer. With 56% of voters…

Korea-based crypto exchanges registered a trading volume of 12 trillion won on Sunday, surpassing Friday's stock market tally of 11.47 trillion won.Koreans are increasingly turning to alternative investments, with altcoins being preferred over major assets like BTC or ETH.Rising bitcoin (BTC) prices have revived a crypto trading frenzy in South Korea, with volumes on local

NEWS An official, verified Twitter account owned by Google has become the latest to be hacked to host a crypto “giveaway” scam. Twitter user @B_u_r_t_o_n spotted the promoted tweet on the account of Google’s productivity and collaboration tools line, G Suite, on Tuesday, and managed to post a screenshot before it was deleted by the tech giant. The…

Oct 6, 2020 at 19:28 UTCUpdated Oct 6, 2020 at 19:29 UTCWhat drove growth in Q3? Stablecoins, DeFi and derivatives.(Shutterstock)These 3 Trends Are Driving Crypto Market Growth NowIn such a fast-growing industry as crypto asset markets, it can be overwhelming to try to extract the main themes driving liquidity and investor interest. Yet, doing so…

news Prolific bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP) today that offer plans that could prove foundational to a possible upgrade to the cryptocurrency. The two proposals, announced on the bitcoin developer email list, describe Taproot, a code change designed to increase bitcoin’s privacy. Taproot is expected to be bundled together with…

The bet placed five years ago on the future of crypto feels like an echo from a completely different era.Announced at CoinDesk's Consensus conference in 2018 with a May 2023 end date, the wager emerged before the DeFi Summer of 2020, when development of decentralized financial products built on top of Ethereum exploded. Before the…

Jun 26, 2020 at 04:07 UTC(Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)Auditing firm CertiK and Hyundai subsidiary Hdac are teaming up to bring Internet of Things (IoT) devices onto a blockchain. Hdac’s blockchain platform attempts to combine secure authentication, seamless mapping and machine-to-machine transactions in a blockchain network with IoT devices. CertiK’s team of blockchain engineers worked closely with Hdac…

news A Brazilian investment bank is planning to raise millions of dollars through the offering of a security token. In an announcement Thursday, Banco BTG Pactual said it will back its blockchain-based token with distressed Brazilian real estate assets, with the expectation of raising up to $15 million. It will also establish a secondary market following the sale…