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Bitcoin Cash Upgrade 3 Days Away – New Opcode Support, Chain Limit Extension, Sigchecks
12.5.2020
On May 15, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain will be upgraded and there will be at least three new features added to the longest chain. The upgrade in three days is being discussed fervently by the community, because it follows the recent and controversial Infrastructure Funding Proposal (IFP)....
Is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Ready to Replace Altcoin Use Cases?
10.5.2020
For many, Bitcoin’s (BTC’s) Lightning Network (LN) is viewed as a way for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency to enable faster, cheaper payments. While many altcoins, such as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC), have specifically focused on low transaction fees for smaller cryptocurrency...
Rain, Government, and BTC Bulls to Help Chinese Miners After Bitcoin Halving
9.5.2020
The third Bitcoin (BTC) halving will change the mining industry. With mining reward effectively being cut by 50%, many miners and mining companies will be forced offline.
Only the most efficient and economically viable will survive. The question is: will the surviving miners be mostly concentrated...
Hot Scandals, Business Giants, Halvation and 20 Crypto Jokes
9.5.2020
It was a fun, pre-halving week. Coinbase analyst said that we shouldn't count on banks to invest in crypto, and options traders appear to be skeptical about current ETH price. Business giants join a new consortium to help firms ‘manage digital assets’, Blockstream updated their BTC satelite...
Guarda Wallet – Multi-Currency, Multiplatform Wallet With a Taste for Special Features
7.5.2020
Guarda wallet has been around for almost three years – the cryptocurrency storage that started out as open-source single-currency wallets in the times of market needs has now turned into a flourishing ecosystem of products and crypto management services. Many novelties have been implemented...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Users Can Now Purchase More Than $10K Worth of Cryptocurrency
5.5.2020
During the end of March, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the newly updated Bitcoin.com Wallet that features a number of new services like digital currency price tracking. The lightning-fast, noncustodial wallet allows people to store BTC and BCH, but also provides people with the ability to purchase...
Three Reasons Why Valiu Picked Bitcoin Over Stablecoins in Venezuela
5.5.2020
In an attempt to help Venezuelans to store their savings in a more stable currency, Colombia-based fintech, Valiu, decided to indirectly use Bitcoin (BTC) rather than one of the many available stablecoins. There are three reasons why BTC has won in this case.
“Liquidity, business model,...
Few Brave Browser Users Take Advantage of Crypto Features, Says CEO
5.5.2020
While Brave boasts over 13 million monthly users, few of them appear to be utilizing the cryptocurrency aspect of the platform
How to Display Mode-Specific Images
4.5.2020
Now that we have most of the basics of HTML and CSS in the browser, we’ve begun implementing new features that I would consider “quality of life” improvements, many of which have been inspired by mobile. One great example is the CSS prefers-color-scheme media query, which allows...
BitPay vs BTCPay: Which Bitcoin Payment Processor is Right for Your Business?
3.5.2020
Although most of the activity around bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies currently has more to do with price speculation than actual commerce, there are still plenty of reasons as to why accepting bitcoin payments makes sense for some businesses. Whether you believe in the ideas behind Bitcoin...
COVID-19 Crisis Weighs On Crypto M&A, Startups To Sweat Harder
2.5.2020
Several crypto M&A deals have been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the general economic uncertainty, Torbjørn Bull Jenssen, the CEO of Arcane Research, told Cryptonews.com. Also, crypto startups will need to put more effort in order to secure fresh capital, he added.
The CEO of...
Mainnet, Testnets, Targets, Multiple Clients and 20 Crypto Jokes
2.5.2020
Another crypto week is behind us, so let's take a quick look at what happened. Bitcoin soared to pre-crash levels, Cardano announced their new "mainnet wallet", Hive saw a major pump and a smaller dump on listing news, Telegram's Gram token launch was postponed indefinitely, Plan...
CoinTracking Launches Two Powerful, Free Plug-ins for Crypto Traders
1.5.2020
Though the top cryptocurrency exchanges offer charts, many don’t offer the analytical features crypto traders need to make good trading decisions. To help fill this need, CoinTracking has partnered with two companies that specialize in cryptocurrency analytics: IntoTheBlock and Cryptosheets....
Using Formik to Handle Forms in React
28.4.2020
There is no doubt that web forms play an integral role in our web site or applications. By default, they provide a useful set of elements and features — from legends and fieldsets to native validation and states — but they only get us so far when we start to consider the peculiarities of using...
Telos Partnerships Bring Blockchain Features to Games on Unity and Steam
28.4.2020
New Telos partnerships could expose gamers worldwide to blockchain functionality
NFT Devs Build While Users Follow Ethereum Price & Wait For Better Products
26.4.2020
F1® Delta Time NFTs are used in the game as core assets for play. The coronavirus-related lockdown might help the non-fungible token (NFT) market, but industry players should offer better products if they want this sector to go mainstream.
While the NFT market is slow lately and people...
Is Liquid Sidechain a Path for Better Bitcoin Privacy?
26.4.2020
Although Bitcoin (BTC) first hit the mainstream as a sort of anonymous Internet currency that allowed people to order drugs via darknet markets like Silk Road, the reality is transactions made on the network are completely public. Indeed, the current level of privacy offered by Bitcoin and many...
Facebook’s Libra Has Changed. But It Still Might Be a Win for Bitcoin
25.4.2020
Facebook’s Libra has changed. Having been roundly criticized after its unveiling in June 2019, it has now updated its white paper in a bid to placate regulators and governments.
Most notably, the new look Libra gets rid of any intention to move to a permissionless ledger. It also introduces a range...
Digi-Yuan Confirmations, Royal Screw-Ups and 20 Crypto Jokes
25.4.2020
Another eventful crypto week. Let's take a look at what happened. So, China's central bank officially confirmed that digital yuan testing is coming soon, and there are reports that McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Subway may take part in its testing. Uniswap and Lendf.Me were attacked using a known...
How Trading Bots Can Pump Altcoins
24.4.2020
Have you ever wondered why “vaporware” coins that have little to offer are still trading among the top digital assets with millions in daily trading volumes and asset prices that just seem off? Well, there are several reasons for that and trading bots are likely one of them.
In this article,...