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A Stunt Too Far? Roger Ver Silent Amid Claims He ‘Lied’ About Conference

Bitcoin.com CEO and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponent Roger Ver faced embarrassment Monday after attempting to pass off a Tokyo Blockchain conference as his own. ‘It Wasn’t A Bitcoin Cash Event’ The free event, titled the Tokyo Free The Blockchain Conference, was held at the Ritz Carlton Monday evening. Speakers included various business professionals, both Japanese and international, along with startups and investors. Tweeting a photograph from the event, Ver commented on how “we” – Bitcoin
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Wilma Woo · April 17, 2018 · 2:00 pm
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Monero Confirms Ledger Wallet Support is Ready to Go

Privacy-focused altcoin Monero (XMR) is set to receive official support from cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, lead code maintainer Riccardo Spagni has confirmed. Monero 0.12.1 Means ‘Official Ledger Support’ Speaking in an interview during an episode of the Doug Polk Podcast April 9, Spagni added the integration had “already” occurred. “We are on Ledger already if you’ve got the dev kit,” he said. “I saw some commits happening today to fix a couple of small
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Wilma Woo · April 11, 2018 · 8:30 am
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Misleading Twitter Account @Bitcoin Banned (Again)

Once again, the misleading Twitter account @Bitcoin has been banned from the social media platform. Bye-Bye @Bitcoin The intentionally misleading Twitter account @Bitcoin has once again been penalized by the popular social media network — this time, in the form of a suspension. Users on Twitter may report accounts for, among other things, tweeting spam and/or pretending to be someone else — both of which one may argue @Bitcoin is guilty of. Thus, one may
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Adam James · April 8, 2018 · 6:00 am
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‘Why Is This Fraud Allowed To Speak?’ Because Bitcoin Cash Sponsored Deconomy

Self-professed ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ Craig Wright likely had a platform at Deconomy 2018 due to Bitcoin Cash sponsoring the event. Bitmain Listed As Deconomy ‘Supporter’ After the now-infamous confrontation between Wright and Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin at the event, during which Buterin asked “Why is this fraud allowed to speak at this conference,” the controversy surrounding Bitcoin Cash proponents’ claims has returned to the cryptocurrency industry. The answer to his possibly rhetorical question may yet lie
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Wilma Woo · April 5, 2018 · 12:00 pm
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Vitalik Buterin Comments on Bitcoin vs Bitcoin Cash Debate

The 24 year old developer live-tweeted about a debate between Samson Mow and Roger Ver on Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. He also shared some of his own thoughts on BTC vs BCH, scaling, and the development of the two networks. Live-Tweeting the Debate Currently, the Deconomy conference is happening in South Korea, hosting speakers such as Vitalik Buterin, CEO of Bitcoin.com Roger Ver, Craig S Wright, CSO of BlockStream Samson Mow, and author of the
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Matthew Hrones · April 4, 2018 · 3:00 am
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‘My Bulls*** Meter is Spinning’ — Vitalik Buterin Slams Craig Wright

Vitalik Buterin has taken to Twitter today to bash Craig Wright during a presentation titled “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle” at the global economic forum Deconomy — where the Ethereum co-founder publicly called the controversial Bitcoin Cash proponent a “fraud.” Shots fired After announcing his intention to live tweet comments about the Bitcoin Cash propaganda presentation “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin laid in to primary BCH supporter Craig Wright — even going so far
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Adam James · April 3, 2018 · 8:00 am
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Bitcoin Lightning Hits Record Node Count, Reaches $70k Capacity

The Lightning Network (LN) can now accept over 10 bitcoins’ worth of capacity on its mainnet implementation for the first time. Lightning: 1500 Nodes, $70,000 Capacity Fresh statistics April 1 show that mainnet Lightning, which in March achieved several milestones to adoption, now has capacity for 10.476 BTC ($70,000). The latest display of LN’s increasing presence comes just days after a new widget tool, LightningTip, became available for anyone to use in order to accept
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Wilma Woo · April 1, 2018 · 12:00 pm
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Bitcoin is Dead — Bitcoin Cash is Satoshi Nakamoto’s Real Vision [April Fools!]

We at Bitcoinist can no longer deny the truth — Bitcoin is dead, and Bitcoin Cash is indeed Satoshi Nakamoto’s real vision. Policy Update First and foremost, Bitcoinist has updated its publication guidelines. Articles published on the website — starting with this one — will no longer refer to BTC as “Bitcoin.” To avoid confusion, the cryptocurrency BTC will hereby be referred to as “Bitcoin Core” or, in some instances, “Bitcoin Legacy.” As Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
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Adam James · April 1, 2018 · 10:00 am
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Bitcoin Cash Gets the Axe – KuCoin Removes BCH Trading Pairs, Citing User Feedback

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) continues to lose support on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Bye Bye Bitcoin Cash Earlier this week, popular cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced changes to its platform which would streamline the trading of digital currencies. In doing so, the exchange removed all Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trading pairs, citing user feedback. The official announcement stated: We are excited to announce our new streamlined exchange. With our rapid growth in the first quarter we added in many
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Adam James · March 30, 2018 · 5:30 pm
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Market Closing on OKEX Due to Lack of Liquidity

OKEX plans to shut down its Bitcoin Cash (BCH) market, as the floundering cryptocurrency struggles to keep up with Bitcoin’s Segwit. Lacking Liquidity In an announcement on the digital asset trading platform’s official website, OKEX is set to close its Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Market in token trading tomorrow. Writes the company: We will close all the trading pairs in BCH market of Token Trading at 18:00 Mar 30, 2018 (Hong Kong time, UTC+8) due to inadequate
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Adam James · March 29, 2018 · 4:00 pm
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Bitcoin’s SegWit Alone is Outnumbering All Bitcoin Cash Transactions

On March 22, BitMEX Research published a follow-up article to its September 2017 analysis on Segregated Witness (SegWit) transactions compared to Bitcoin Cash, and the results aren’t good for big block supporters. Transacting Users Prefer SegWit Bitcoin Cash was created as an alternative coin with bigger blocks unlike Bitcoin’s Segregated Witness (SegWit) block weight optimization upgrade in August 2017. While SegWit gave the option for Bitcoin users to upgrade their wallets and receive the benefits
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Adam James · March 25, 2018 · 11:00 am
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Bitcoin Cash Is ‘Downright Scam’: Bitcoin Educator To Canadian Gov’t

Canadian Bitcoin tech entrepreneur and educator Jonathan Hamel has told a parliamentary hearing that Bitcoin Cash is a “downright scam.” Hamel: ‘BCash’ Isn’t Bitcoin Speaking in testimony during a meeting of the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance discussing cryptocurrencies, Hamel, who described the altcoin as a “BCash,” firmly disconnected it from Bitcoin itself. Whereas the world’s first cryptocurrency held benefits for economies, Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of the Bitcoin network which since
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Wilma Woo · March 20, 2018 · 9:30 am
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Mt. Gox Trustee Who Sold $400 Million Bitcoin Denies Affecting Market Price

The Mt. Gox trustee who sold over $400 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from December to February had denied affecting the market prices of both cryptocurrencies. A Whale’s Tale According to a transcript of a Q&A session from the 10th Mt. Gox creditors’ meeting, the defunct exchange’s trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi had denied affecting the market price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) with his high-profile and high-volume sales. "Bitcoin Holder SLAYER"†Nobuaki Kobayashi†
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Adam James · March 17, 2018 · 10:00 pm
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Lightning Network Mainnet Passes 1000 Nodes as Release ‘Nears’

The Lightning Network (LN) has passed 1000 active nodes on its Bitcoin mainnet implementation, marking a major milestone for the scaling solution. Lightning: 1003 Nodes, Almost 2000 Channels Data from monitoring resources show 1003 nodes online at press time March 12, with a record high 1892 open channels. The news comes as commentators speculate from technical progress by LN developers that the first mainnet version of the protocol may soon see an official release. Looks
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Wilma Woo · March 12, 2018 · 5:00 am
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Gemini Exchange May Soon Offer Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash

The Winklevoss brothers are looking to add additional cryptocurrencies to the Gemini Exchange, while also praising the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent statements. Expanding Gemini The Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Exchange is looking to expand with the addition of Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Currently, Gemini Exchange only offers Bitcoin and Ethereum trades. Tyler Winklevoss claimed that the most obvious additions to Gemini’s roster of offerings “are from the Satoshi Nakamoto family
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Adam James · March 10, 2018 · 9:00 pm
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Bitcoin Cash Propaganda Poll Backfires

The Twitter account @Bitcoin — an intentionally misleading account which only supports Bitcoin Cash (BCH) — recently tried to defame Bitcoin (BTC) in a poll on the popular social media website. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t work. Oops! For those who aren’t aware, the Twitter account @Bitcoin actually has nothing to do with Bitcoin (BTC). Rather, the account uses Bitcoin’s name while pumping out anti-Bitcoin propaganda and shilling the dominant cryptocurrency’s largely-unwanted step-brother, Bitcoin Cash
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Adam James · March 10, 2018 · 12:00 pm
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Tokyo’s Bitcoin Whale Has Sold $400 Million, And That’s Just The Start

Some people still doubt the fact that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets are manipulated by big-money players – commonly referred to as “whales” – who pump and dump large stocks of cryptocurrency. Those people have never heard of Nobuaki Kobayashi. Tokyo’s Bitcoin Whale Nobuaki Kobayashi is an attorney from Tokyo, who also just happens to be the bankruptcy trustee for the no-longer-operational Mt. Gox — the Tokyo-based exchange which filed for bankruptcy protection after losing 850,000 Bitcoins.
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Adam James · March 7, 2018 · 6:30 pm
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Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash Are Neck-and-Neck in the Payments Race

While Bitcoin is still overwhelmingly preferred for transacting, the latest data shows that Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and, surprisingly, Dogecoin, are currently neck-and-neck in the cryptocurrency payments race. Altcoins Vie for Market Share But Bitcoin Still King In its six months of existence, the transaction count for Bitcoin Cash — the Bitcoin spinoff focusing on cheaper and faster transactions for everyday payments — has petered out since record highs at the beginning of the year. Meanwhile,
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Allen Scott · March 6, 2018 · 12:00 pm
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Monero Surges As ‘MoneroV’ Hard Fork Approaches – But Buyers Beware!

Monero is riding high this week as the hype surrounding the soon-to-be forked MoneroV swells – but will it last? When Moonero? In the span of only a week, Monero (XMR) has seen its price surge by more than 33%. This time last week, Monero was trading under $275 per token. Now, one token costs $366 and is nearly at its all-time high in terms of its Bitcoin comparative. Driving the price of Monero towards the
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Adam James · March 4, 2018 · 8:30 pm
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Bitcoin Cash Gaining Acceptance in Ransomware Community

Bitcoin Cash has started to gain more acceptance – at least, in the field of ransomware. Fork Over Your Bitcoin… Cash Security researcher MalwareHunterTeam has recently discovered a new ransomware called Thanatos. Typically, ransomware encrypts victims’ files, forcing them to pay a ransom in order to regain access to their computers. However, Thanatos doesn’t actually save the keys to unlock victims’ files anywhere – thus, if you didn’t have enough reason not to pay the
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Adam James · March 4, 2018 · 6:00 pm
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Bitcoin Fees Sink to 6 Month Low, Undermining Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees have dipped below than those of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), marking a blow to one of the hard fork’s central remits. Battle Of The Satoshis Data from monitoring resources Wednesday confirms the turnaround as BTC continues to see a drop in transaction fees not seen for six months. In terms of satoshis, the cryptocurrency’s smallest possible unit, BCH’s lower value means a transaction fee of 10,000 sat provides worse value than an equivalent
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Wilma Woo · February 21, 2018 · 6:30 am
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Satoshi’s Vision? Bitcoin Cash Gets It Wrong, Says Max Keiser

Bitcoin Cash’s narrow focus on transactions ‘gets it wrong’ because money is only a ‘byproduct’ of a much bigger vision, according to Max Keiser. Money Only a ‘Byproduct’ Financial pundit and host of The Keiser Report, Max Keiser, has put in his two cents on the Bitcoin scaling debate, stating that focusing on transactions ignores the main reason why the world’s first cryptocurrency was created. Keiser wrote on Twitter: Viewing [Bitcoin] narrowly through lens of
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Allen Scott · February 19, 2018 · 2:00 pm
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Billionaire Calvin Ayre is Building a $100m Bitcoin Cash Resort in Antigua

Soon, wealthy tourists looking to live large in the Caribbean will be able to reserve rooms at controversial billionaire Calvin Ayre’s resort in Antigua — if you’ve got the Bitcoin Cash. A ‘Novel and Exciting Concept’ The billionaire founder of the Ayre Group and the Bodog entertainment brand, Calvin Ayre, is reportedly building a $100 million five-star resort on Antigua’s Valley Church beach — funded entirely by profits made from investments in digital currencies. The
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Adam James · February 19, 2018 · 9:45 am