A UK Court Ruled that A Crypto Research Paper Should Be Censored

Posted by admin on 29 June 2021, 7:00 am

A Prominent Bitcoin Promoter is Punished for Sharing the Satoshi Original Paper and Bitcoin Core Developers Surrender Sad day for freedom of speech in cryptography. The self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright has won a legal battle claiming copyright infringement on the part of bitcoin.org for hosting the Bitcoin original whitepaper. After censorship of Garcia paper …

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Crypto Currency Alt Coins are Booming

Posted by admin on 19 January 2021, 10:31 am

Best period in crypto history ever. ADDED 6 Feb 2021: traders who trade altcoins will be interested in this.

Happy Birthday Bitcoin, 10 Years!

Posted by admin on 3 January 2019, 12:05 pm

On January 3rd we celebrate 10 years since bitcoin network started operation. Long live all crypto currencies, especially those which actually are real innovators, and bring new technology such as advanced crypto techniques to the market. Let a thousand crypto flowers bloom. P.S. It is also 20 years and 2 days after the introduction of …

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The Low Cost of 51% Attacks

Posted by admin on 30 May 2018, 9:55 pm

A web page shows that many crypto currencies lack protection against 51% attacks. For example to double spend in Dash, one needs to pay only 14K$ per hour. To double spend in bitcoin private, 1000$ will suffice. And course benefits of double spending can easily outweigh the costs. In addition some of the higher numbers are questionable. There …

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Half of EOS Tokens Will Be Lost In a Few Days

Posted by admin on 25 May 2018, 10:33 pm

All owners of EOS must take these steps before June 1st, or they will lose their tokens [they will fail to transfer to the new blockchain]. US citizens are apparently unable to hold EOS tokens legally. 5 billion dollars is at risk of loss at the moment.

Which Crypto Coins Are Doing Well?

Posted by admin on 18 March 2018, 12:40 am

Wicked, it seems that there is an epidemic of fake volume, and that it comes from China primarily. One way to see which crypto coins are NOT scams is to look at the source code dev statistics, here are some nice stats.

Ethereum for Beginners

Posted by admin on 7 March 2018, 1:22 pm

All you need to know in one page, see here.

A Nice Paper About ICOs

Posted by admin on 8 February 2018, 3:16 pm

Here it is, it covers primarily questions about regulation and investor protection. It stresses the fact that ICOs are transforming the way in which funding of new business ventures is done. Recommended for anyone interested in investing in ICOs or planning an ICO.

How to Recover Your Coins Lost due to ViaCoin Multisig Bug

Posted by admin on 4 January 2018, 1:27 am

In November 2017, users have lost 300 M$ in Ethereum due to a bug in Parity wallet multisig features. At this moment the history repeats with ViaCoin: There is a serious bug in Windows ViaCoin 2.8.3. wallet found here and available since April 2017. As a world premiere, here is the solution! How to Recover Coins …

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Bitcoin Crazy Ride Hits Wall Street

Posted by admin on 11 December 2017, 7:21 am

It is a big success for bitcoin and coincides with an incredible price rally where bitcoin has accomplished in 2017. In first days of 2017, bitcoin was worth 1000$. 5 months later in May it was at 2000$, 3 months later in August it was at 4000$, and after another 3 months in November it was at …

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