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“Turning It Off and On Again” Has No Place in Decentralized Systems
“Turning It Off and On Again” Has No Place in Decentralized Systems
Opinion  •  Altcoins  •  Sep 20, 2021 by Josef Tetek

The classic IT panacea of “turning it off and on again,” popularized by the 2006 show The IT Crowd, was recently tried on Solana, a supposedly decentralized smart contract platform. To be fair, Solana validators didn’t turn the network off per se, it halted on its own. The halting

El Salvador Buys the Dip Again
El Salvador Buys the Dip Again
News  •  Economy  •  Sep 19, 2021 by Thomas M

The first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador has also become the first nation state to routinely buy the Bitcoin dips. When on "Bitcoin Day," the day the Central American nation's Bitcoin Law went into effect, Bitcoin dropped from $52,000 to to the

Bitcoin Has a FUD Problem, Not an E-Waste Problem
Bitcoin Has a FUD Problem, Not an E-Waste Problem

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never argue with a Nocoiner. Nature abhors a vacuum, and debunking the latest Bitcoin FUD will just create a void to be filled with even dumber FUD. Our latest example comes from an employee of the Dutch

Opinion  •  Technology  •  Sep 20, 2021
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Bitcoin Has a FUD Problem, Not an E-Waste Problem
Bitcoin Has a FUD Problem, Not an E-Waste Problem

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never argue with a Nocoiner. Nature abhors a vacuum, and debunking the latest Bitcoin FUD will just create a void to be filled with even dumber FUD. Our latest example comes from an employee of the Dutch

Opinion  •  Technology  •  Sep 20, 2021
“Turning It Off and On Again” Has No Place in Decentralized Systems
“Turning It Off and On Again” Has No Place in Decentralized Systems

The classic IT panacea of “turning it off and on again,” popularized by the 2006 show The IT Crowd, was recently tried on Solana, a supposedly decentralized smart contract platform. To be fair, Solana validators didn’t turn the network off per se, it halted on its own. The halting

Opinion  •  Altcoins  •  Sep 20, 2021
El Salvador Buys the Dip Again
El Salvador Buys the Dip Again

The first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador has also become the first nation state to routinely buy the Bitcoin dips. When on "Bitcoin Day," the day the Central American nation's Bitcoin Law went into effect, Bitcoin dropped from $52,000 to to the

News  •  Economy  •  Sep 19, 2021
Congressional Bitcoin Believers
Congressional Bitcoin Believers

In June 2018 the House Ethics Committee passed new rules requiring members to disclose their ownership of crypto asset holdings worth more than $1,000 in annual reports, giving them the same treatment as any other asset. While the financial filings for Representatives, Senators, and Executive Branch Officials are all

Feature  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 16, 2021
German Regulator BaFin Approves First Bitcoin-Based Security Token Offering
German Regulator BaFin Approves First Bitcoin-Based Security Token Offering

Germany's finance regulator BaFin has approved the first security token offering (STO) issued on a Bitcoin sidechain for the German market. The approval was obtained by alternative asset marketplace STOKR to host the security token offering for sci-fi MMO Infinite Fleet, according to a press release shared with

News  •  Economy  •  Sep 16, 2021
New Documentary Tackles Bitcoin Energy FUD
New Documentary Tackles Bitcoin Energy FUD

A new Bitcoin movie has hit the screens. This Machine Greens, a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Jamie King (“Steal This Film”), premiered this week on YouTube. The crowd-funded documentary, produced by Enrique Posner, explores the relationship of Bitcoin to energy and examines critics’ claims that bitcoin mining is “dirty.” The

News  •  Politics  •  Sep 14, 2021
View From the Top
View From the Top

In this, the last of his weekly column The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, Obi reflects on how quickly hegemony has been achieved - and looks forward to many more new mountains to climb. After ten years fighting at Troy and another decade travelling home, Ulysses could have retired in comfort

Opinion  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 14, 2021
Blockstream and Investment Bank Macquarie Launch Bitcoin Mining Pilot
Blockstream and Investment Bank Macquarie Launch Bitcoin Mining Pilot

Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has partnered with Macquarie Group to build a new bitcoin mining facility with a focus on carbon-neutral energy sources. Macquarie is an Australian investment bank with more than $400 billion in assets under management. The group has been heavily involved in supporting renewable energy developments and

News  •  Business  •  Sep 08, 2021
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