Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Businesses Aim to Scrape Perfection
Is it possible to for cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies to close in on perfection? One commentator notes that perfection is “utopic,” and difficult to define in...
PwC Survey Identifies ‘Usual Suspects’ as Hindrances to...
A recent PwC survey has identified the usual suspects — regulatory uncertainty, and lack of trust, among others— as the major factors that hamper the widespread adoption of...
Will 2019 Signal the Dawn of the Cryptocurrency Awakening?
In January 2019 – just six short months from now – blockchain technology will be a decade old. Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, released the Bitcoin...
Ethereum’s Scalability Concerns Buoy Alternative Platforms
Ethereum may have emerged to be the dominant platform for the development of decentralized applications (dapps). However, issues concerning its scalability are starting to prompt...
Ether Rising – Up 30% in a Week
January has been a pretty slow month for all cryptocurrencies. The majority of them have not made a recovery from the big slump two weeks ago. Bitcoin, as usual, has commanded the big...
Bitcoin’s Blockchain Just Hit a Milestone 100 Gigabytes
The Bitcoin Blockchain has now reached 100 gigabytes in size, a milestone figure in cryptocurrency history. Bitcoin Usage is Growing According to recent stats, the Bitcoin...
Money 20/20 Recap: Ethereum, Consumer Protection, Investment
On Monday afternoon at the Money20/20 Conference in Las Vegas, Ethereum lead developer Vitalik Buterin, and Don Tapscott, author of Blockchain Revolution, took center stage to speak to...
Dash Partners With Coinfirm for AML/KYC Compliant Adoption Methods
NEW YORK — Dash has entered a partnership with Coinfirm to create AML/KYC compliant methods of adoption for commercial and financial institutions. According to a press release from...
Can an Increase in the Block Size Push the Bitcoin Price Higher?
Following a spike that brought the bitcoin price beyond the $600 mark, the market temporarily stood at $626 before dropping to $619. A little disappointing, but bitcoin is still...
Blockchain 3.0 Technology: Project Leader on the New HEAT Ledger
Svante Lehtinen sat down with Bitcoinist to talk about the proposed HEAT ledger. Billed as a ‘blockchain 3.0 technology,’ The project claims to improve upon current...
Incentivized Model a Healthy Way to Encourage Blockchain Growth?
A core issue of Bitcoin’s scalability debate centers around blockchain network strength and continued decentralization as the digital currency’s user base continues to grow...
BitHope Speaks: Scalability and the Future of NGOs
The BitHope Foundation is the first Bulgarian non-governmental organization (NGO) that uses cryptocurrency exclusively. This foundation is reportedly the first crypto-exclusive NGO in...