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Blockstream Joins Forces with Square in Crypto Open Patent Alliance
Blockstream Joins Forces with Square in Crypto Open Patent Alliance
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 10, 2020 by Andrew Yang

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced that it has joined the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a day after the non-profit organization was launched by Square.  According to its official website, COPA seeks to prevent “patent lockups” of cryptocurrency technologies, which may hinder smaller companies from leveraging technological developments, stifling growth

GitHub CEO Isn't Concerned Central Bank Censorship Will Hurt Bitcoin
GitHub CEO Isn't Concerned Central Bank Censorship Will Hurt Bitcoin
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 09, 2020 by Nick Chong

It's no secret that many central bank officials are no fans of Bitcoin.  Jerome Powell, current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, framed Bitcoin as a "speculative store of value" in a 2019 speech in front of the U.S. Senate. Powell then dismissed fears that Bitcoin

The Top 5 Lightning Games in 2020
The Top 5 Lightning Games in 2020

Throughout the history of Bitcoin, games have played a recurring role in the leading cryptocurrency’s adoption. Online dice-based betting game Satoshi Dice was one of the earliest and most popular game applications that gained traction in the Bitcoin space. Just three weeks after its official launch on bitcointalk.org

Feature  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 12, 2020
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The Top 5 Lightning Games in 2020
The Top 5 Lightning Games in 2020

Throughout the history of Bitcoin, games have played a recurring role in the leading cryptocurrency’s adoption. Online dice-based betting game Satoshi Dice was one of the earliest and most popular game applications that gained traction in the Bitcoin space. Just three weeks after its official launch on bitcointalk.org

Feature  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 12, 2020
Blockstream Joins Forces with Square in Crypto Open Patent Alliance
Blockstream Joins Forces with Square in Crypto Open Patent Alliance

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced that it has joined the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a day after the non-profit organization was launched by Square.  According to its official website, COPA seeks to prevent “patent lockups” of cryptocurrency technologies, which may hinder smaller companies from leveraging technological developments, stifling growth

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 10, 2020
GitHub CEO Isn't Concerned Central Bank Censorship Will Hurt Bitcoin
GitHub CEO Isn't Concerned Central Bank Censorship Will Hurt Bitcoin

It's no secret that many central bank officials are no fans of Bitcoin.  Jerome Powell, current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, framed Bitcoin as a "speculative store of value" in a 2019 speech in front of the U.S. Senate. Powell then dismissed fears that Bitcoin

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 09, 2020
Bitmain Denied $30 Million in Damages from Bitcoin Mining Rival
Bitmain Denied $30 Million in Damages from Bitcoin Mining Rival

The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court denied an appeal filed by Bitcoin mining firm Bitmain that sought over 210 million yuan (approximately $30 million) in damages from its rival Poolin, according to a court filing made public this week. Bitmain Accuses Poolin Co-Founders of Violating Non-Competes Poolin and

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 09, 2020
French Food Delivery App Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments for Its 26 Million Customers
French Food Delivery App Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments for Its 26 Million Customers

The French subsidiary of food delivery service Just Eat will accept Bitcoin payments for all orders placed in its mobile application, as per an announcement on Monday. Just Eat France lists over 15,000 restaurants from all over the country and had an estimated 26.8 million users in 2018,

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 07, 2020
LN Markets Closes Pre-Seed to Build Bitcoin Derivatives on the Lightning Network
LN Markets Closes Pre-Seed to Build Bitcoin Derivatives on the Lightning Network

Lightning-based Bitcoin derivatives trading platform LN Markets announced it has closed a pre-seed funding round with investors such as Bitfinex, Fulgur Ventures, and Arcane Crypto. LN Markets told the BTC Times that since launching their alpha in March earlier this year, it had aggregated over $10 million in total volume,

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 07, 2020
Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform Bisq to Support SegWit
Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform Bisq to Support SegWit

Peer-to-peer trading platform Bisq will soon add support for  Segregated Witness (SegWit), according to a tweet on Saturday. Activated in August of 2017, SegWit introduced a number of improvements to Bitcoin’s performance, including an increase in Bitcoin’s theoretical block size that enabled fee savings for users, as well

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 06, 2020
"Bitcoin Pope" Slapped With Emergency Cease and Desist Order in Texas
"Bitcoin Pope" Slapped With Emergency Cease and Desist Order in Texas

Texan authorities issued an emergency cease and desist order against two brokers and their executives after they allegedly promoted a fraudulent Bitcoin investment scheme in the U.S., as per a document published by the Texas State Security Board this week. The two entities - Forex Birds and Pek Universe

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 04, 2020
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