Billionaires Mark Cuban and Tyler Winklevoss debate about Bitcoin’s complexity in comparison to basketball. Despite being over a decade old, Bitcoin (BTC) is still not particularly easy to understand. Even major BTC bulls like Tim Draper have admitted that Bitcoin still lacks ease of use for mainstream adoption. In the same vein, two key figures […]
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European researchers have published a paper detailing an attack that can be used to deanonymize channel balances on the Lightning Network. Researchers from the Norwegian University and the University of Luxembourg have published a research paper detailing an attack that can deanonymize transactions broadcast across Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The Lightning Network emerged as a controversial […]
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Despite community rejection, a controversial IFP miner’s tax remains embedded in the code for the upcoming network upgrade. Despite being roundly rejected by a vocal majority of the Bitcoin Cash community, a controversial miner’s tax is still causing rifts among the coin’s adherents. In January, a conglomerate of Bitcoin Cash mining companies suggested an enforced […]
Continue ReadingThe 12-month relative strength index has never read lower just one month before a Bitcoin block reward halving, says stock-to-flow creator PlanB. Bitcoin (BTC) has never been so oversold in the last month before its block reward halving, one important indicator shows. In an ongoing Twitter debate on April 11, the analyst known as PlanB […]
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Venture capital investor Tim Draper believes the COVID-19 outbreak and financial crisis could be the tipping point for Bitcoin adoption. The global spread of the coronavirus played a major role in the dramatic 2020 stock market crash. The bailout bill for saving the world’s economy is $7 trillion and rising fast. Bitcoin bull Tim Draper […]
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Binance Research has found a correlation between Bitcoin and US equity indexes in the first quarter — but predicts it won’t last for long. In a new report Binance Research found a ‘moderate’ positive correlation between Bitcoin and US equities during the first quarter of 2020 — but neither was correlated to gold. Bitcoin was […]
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9% daily gains are encouraging, but the mood among traders remains one of caution, with one analyst arguing that Bitcoin is not “ticking enough boxes.” Bitcoin (BTC) hit its highest level in a week on April 2 as fresh upside followed more misery for the world economy thanks to coronavirus. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: […]
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Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin clashed with a Bitcoin developer on Twitter when he told him that Bitcoin wasn’t always ‘digital gold’. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was involved in a spat with a Bitcoin developer on Twitter yesterday, when he suggested BTC was originally designed to be P2P cash, not digital gold. Replying to Blockstream employee […]
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Economist Jeffrey Tucker sparked a debate with prominent crypto leaders when he argued the BTC price is depressed because it hasn’t scaled. American Institute for Economic Research editorial director Jeffrey Tucker reignited the long-running Bitcoin scaling debate with a tweet earlier today. The economist — who has long been a proponent of Bitcoin (BTC) — […]
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This is the first part of a deep dive into the years-long debate between proponents of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. Which one is better and why? This is the first of two articles providing a deeper dive into the eternal debate between the Proof of Stake (PoS) and Proof of Work (PoW) […]
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