While Ricardo Salinas Pliego is well-known in his native Mexico for his ownership of several large conglomerates, this year has seen him gain notoriety amongst bitcoiners worldwide for his vocal support of bitcoin.  In a message posted to his Twitter account on Christmas eve, the billionaire gave his followers three

Several years ago when I discovered Bitcoin and the growing world of cryptocurrencies, my instinct was to dive in with full force. I wanted to learn everything about how Bitcoin works and why we need it, about the cryptography behind privacy coins like Monero, Grin and zCash, about smart contract

President Bukele’s appearance at the closing event of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Week 2021 brought about not one, but two surprises. Following his announcement of Bitcoin City, the President invited Samson Mow on stage to introduce the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond aka “EBB1” or “Volcano Bond.” Bitcoin Bond Specifications

The 31st of October marks the "birthday" of the Bitcoin white paper and its nine pages that made history. In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto presented the white paper to the Cryptography Mailing List; just over two months later, the first Bitcoin block would be mined. Notably, the Bitcoin.org

El Salvador is officially in the green on its bitcoin purchase, with its holdings of 700 bitcoin sitting at a value of around $43 million at press time. Meanwhile, the country's own Bitcoin wallet Chivo is seeing increased adoption rates. On Friday, as Bitcoin shot above $60,000

Online merchants can now accept bitcoin and Tether (USDt) issued on Bitcoin sidechain Liquid. Payments application Bitfinex Pay added support for Liquid this week; developed by Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex, the app allows online merchants to accept a selection of cryptocurrencies. While multiple payment services have integrated Bitcoin or are even

A new acquisition has two of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges serving the British market come together: UK-focused exchange CoinCorner has acquired the customer base and domains of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. All of Coinfloor's customers will now be transferred to CoinCorner, the exchanges told

A pioneering nation state in all things Bitcoin, El Salvador is making moves to get into bitcoin mining — using geothermal energy from one of its 11 volcanos. An idea born on a Twitter Spaces session on the day El Salvador's parliament passed the "Ley Bitcoin" (Bitcoin