Bitcoin History Part 21: Miners Pour One out for Satoshi
There are a few ways of looking at bitcoin mining. As an ostensibly selfish enterprise, wherein miners are seeking to extract precious
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Bitcoin History Part 20: BTC Reaches $1
It was a milestone that Bitcoin loyalists had long anticipated. Nevertheless, a toast was in order the day BTC reached parity with the US dollar. February 9, 2011 was the
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Bitcoin History Part 19: Wikileaks and the Hornet’s Nest
“WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.” With those 13 words, Satoshi Nakamoto stepped into oblivion, leaving a blizzard of unanswered questions that would
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Ontology Becomes First Project to Be Part of BiboxEurope’s Initiative to Provide Fiat Trading Capability to Quality Blockchain Projects
BiboxEurope recently announced a new program to provide fiat trading capabilities for quality blockchain projects across the world. Now, the Swiss-based digital asset platform has selected the very first project in the form of Ontology to be listed under this initiative.According to BiboxEurope announcement, the listing of Ontology’s token –
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Brads Busy Day | Part 2
Liz Clayman who interviewed Brad Garlinghouse earlier this morning started with news of FED money printing and their rejection of claims it is QE. Big warning signs of a global financial downturn, those invested in XRP tend to smile at such news and wait for Brad Garlinghouse on CNN. Liz Clayman –
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Brads Busy Day | Part 1 | Economic Club of New York
We kick off a busy day for Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse firstly with an exclusive and explosive interview at the Economic Club of New York. Economic Club New York has some seriously big speakers from politics & banking, previous speakers include US presidents and statesmen. Bitcoin uses proof of work to validate transactions
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Bitcoin History Part 18: The First Bitcoin Wallet
Bitcoin users today are blessed with a panoply of feature-rich software and hardware wallets. When Bitcoin launched, however, there were no wallets. It took Satoshi Nakamoto to engineer the first
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Only Reporting Part of Your Crypto Addresses? The IRS Needs to Know
Just a few months ago in July 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent approximately 10,000 letters to cryptocurrency holders regarding their crypto holdings. The letters detailed that recipients may not have reported their transactions properly, or failed to report income and pay taxes on their digital
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Bitcoin History Part 17: That Time Mt. Gox Destroyed 2,609 BTC
Technically speaking, it’s impossible to destroy bitcoins. But it is possible to send coins to an unspendable address, rendering them redundant to all intents and purposes. In October 2011, that’s
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Bitcoin History Part 16: The First Mt. Gox Hack
No one remembers the first Mt. Gox hack. It was a small sum, even by 2011’s standards, and the exchange reimbursed all users. The incident was to prove significant, however,
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