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Square is considering building a Bitcoin hardware wallet to encourage non-custodial bitcoin storage, as Square chief executive and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed in a Twitter thread on Friday. While the firm has not yet decided if and when it will introduce such a wallet to the market, Dorsey wants
Besides their first real-life Bitcoin get-together in over a year, 12,000 bitcoiners attending the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami this week can look forward to a weekend filled with games and a prize pool of 1 bitcoin, worth just under $39,000 at press time. Hosted by gaming startup
Bitcoin proponents have long pushed back against frequently resurfacing concerns surrounding Bitcoin's carbon footprint. Now, a new collaborative effort might just deliver an argument Bitcoin mining critics will find themselves struggling to refute. Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has partnered with Jack Dorsey-led Square to build and open-source, solar-powered
News - Business - Jun 04, 2021Bitcoin proponents have long pushed back against frequently resurfacing concerns surrounding Bitcoin's carbon footprint. Now, a new collaborative effort might just deliver an argument Bitcoin mining critics will find themselves struggling to refute. Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has partnered with Jack Dorsey-led Square to build and open-source, solar-powered
News - Business - Jun 04, 2021Square is considering building a Bitcoin hardware wallet to encourage non-custodial bitcoin storage, as Square chief executive and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed in a Twitter thread on Friday. While the firm has not yet decided if and when it will introduce such a wallet to the market, Dorsey wants
News - Business - Jun 03, 2021Besides their first real-life Bitcoin get-together in over a year, 12,000 bitcoiners attending the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami this week can look forward to a weekend filled with games and a prize pool of 1 bitcoin, worth just under $39,000 at press time. Hosted by gaming startup
News - Business - Jun 02, 2021A new Taproot signaling period has begun, and activation looks likely. Although it is only one day into the two-week signaling period, 97.92% of mined blocks have signaled readiness for Taproot deployment. The activation process follows the rules specified in Speedy Trial, which requires that 90% of blocks mined
News - May 29, 2021Elon Musk and Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor have come under fire after announcing the formation of a Bitcoin Mining Council to promote sustainability initiatives. The Bitcoin Mining Council is the result of a meeting between North American Bitcoin miners who have committed to publishing the details of their renewable energy
News - Business - May 24, 2021Bitcoin mining firms BTC.TOP and Huobi Mall have reacted to recent developments surrounding Bitcoin mining in China. The move comes after a statement was published by the Financial Stability and Development Committee of China's State Council summarizing a State Council meeting held by Vice Premier Liu He
News - Business - May 23, 2021Like clockwork, China has released a number of statements over the past few days that shook the markets and, in part, the public perception of Bitcoin. Why like clockwork? Because among many long-time HODLers, the announcement has invoked memories from the past few years, which have seen numerous warnings, restrictions,
News - Politics - May 21, 2021The University of Pennsylvania has received an anonymous donation of $5 million worth of bitcoin — the largest cryptocurrency donation ever sent to the school. The Philadelphia Ivy League university shared the news in a press release on Thursday, adding that it plans to use the funds to support the "
News - Bitcoin - May 19, 2021