Fran Finney has confirmed that recent transactions from a 2009 Bitcoin wallet were not her husband’s coins. Recent Bitcoin (BTC) transactions sent from an 11-year-old wallet were not those of famed computer scientist Hal Finney, as confirmed by Finney’s wife Fran. “Very odd,” Fran Finney told Cointelegraph when questioned on the recent transactions sent from […]
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Someone just moved Bitcoin from a wallet that has not been active for over 11 years, but Adam Back does not think it was Satoshi Nakamoto. Cryptographer and inventor of Hashcash, Adam Back, does not think recent transactions from the 11-year-old wallet involve pseudonymous Bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto. “People need to chill,” Back said in a […]
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Most likely an old miner from 2009 — not Satoshi — just moved 50 BTC mined merely one month after the first Bitcoin block was mined. Someone, whose identity cannot be unraveled, has sent 50 Bitcoin that was mined back in February 2009 to two different wallets. Considering that the first block of Bitcoin (BTC) […]
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Bitcoin price dropped nearly 5% after rejecting at a key resistance level again, is it a buy the dip opportunity? Within the last hour Bitcoin (BTC) price abruptly dropped 4.9% from $9,800 to $9,324. The sharp correction came after the top ranked digital asset on CoinMarketCap failed to push through the $9,900-$10,000 resistance zone. At […]
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Despite JPM’s boss being tough on crypto, the bank takes on two regulated exchanges as clients in what some are calling a “game-changer.” As the largest among the United States’ “Big Four” banks, JPMorgan Chase comes across as an unlikely ally to digital asset service providers seeking to break through the glass ceiling still separating […]
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DeFi projects seem to be well known in the cryptocurrency circles surveyed by CoinGecko, but usage is somewhat lackluster, especially for lending protocols. Cryptocurrency price aggregator CoinGecko conducted a survey with almost 700 of its users to learn more about the trends in decentralized finance (DeFi). The report, published on May 20, highlights that many […]
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There was a 1,300% increase in the number of Bitcoin extortion cases reported to BitcoinAbuse.com in April versus March, with sextortion leading the charge. The number of Bitcoin (BTC) extortion reports filed by the users of BitcoinAbuse.com database increased 1,300% in April, perhaps with scammers taking advantage of the quarantined population. BitcoinAbuse.com allows anyone to […]
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Universal basic income models based on blockchain systems are being developed, but are they practical? Universal basic income, commonly referred to as UBI, dates back to the 16th century when Sir Thomas More depicted a society in which every person receives a guaranteed income in his famous book Utopia. While Utopia is a fictional work, […]
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Bitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, may have just moved his coins as an 11-year-old address moved the entirety of its funds to an untraceable chain. A Bitcoin (BTC) address that collected 50 BTC from a mining reward has just shown the first sign of activity since February 2009 — just one month after the creation of […]
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Private blockchains that have been specifically designed for enterprise use could be highly desirable targets for hackers’ attacks. When blockchain technology was first brought to the public’s attention, it was lauded on many fronts as “unhackable.” While there are many benefits to blockchain worth noting already, we probably still haven’t seen what its ultimate potential […]
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