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The post Bitcoin News Summary – July 1, 2019 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. ?????????? A video surfaced this week of an Iranian Bitcoin mining operation running inside a mosque, buildings which receive free electricity in the country. It was reported that $260k worth of Bitcoin has been mined inside 100 different Iranian mosques. Meanwhile, the government is shutting
The post Bitcoin News Summary – July 8, 2019 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. ??????????? eToroX, the specialized blockchain division of social trading platform eToro, has announced the launch of the first five of 120 ERC-20 tokens. ERC-20 is a technical standard that sets rules for tokens launched on the Ethereum or related blockchains. The new tokens include two
Here, we examine how TokenMarket is helping growing businesses to escape traditional means of financing, outlining how we’re creating a revolution. Read more Opinion pieces here. On average, 90{520ebc7d04367f10067c097a94259816cd1e6df76ec40212834858ca2e1af940} of startup businesses fail. Running a business is tough. There’s no doubt about it. It is a lot harder when you are trying to raise money to develop your company. For many entrepreneurs, there comes a point when they need to have that conversation and its one that many struggle with. Who do you go to? Will they reply? What other options do I have? It becomes something of a nightmare. Coupled with the fact that more emerging unicorns businesses are staying privately funded for longer than ever before, you can see why the average business simply doesn’t …
With traditional fundraising methods becoming more difficult to access, we discuss how the STO framework has the possibility to become the norm for growing businesses looking to raise funds. Read more opinion pieces here. After the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) boom of 2017, many businesses began looking towards blockchain technology to raise funds. Utilising blockchain, growing businesses were able to access a wider investor base and create a sense of community within the project itself. The Security Token Offering (STO) framework has been making noise since late 2018 and, much like the ICO space, has been met with both scepticism and acceptance. There is no denying the level of opportunity that the STO market has. Analysts have predicted the STO could capitalise on a $10 trillion market. In this …
With sustainability playing a more important role in everyday life than ever before, we explain how blockchain technology will drastically improve current problems if it receives mass adoption. Read more Opinion pieces here. In the last 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of businesses and consumers looking to become more sustainable. From supermarkets, energy providers, banks and consumer goods manufacturers, the shift to go green has become more prominent. Below we will examine how blockchain technology can play an integral role in tracking and improving sustainability measures. We will discuss how distributed ledger technology (DLT) could be a breakthrough solution for governments, businesses and consumers alike. Waste In 2016, the entire planet produced over 2.01 billion tonnes of waste and, with that figure only expected …
In Q1 of 2019 alone the number of STOs increased by 130{520ebc7d04367f10067c097a94259816cd1e6df76ec40212834858ca2e1af940}, highlighting the rapid speed at which this form of fundraising is taking place. In this article, we examine which jurisdictions are gearing up for the STO revolution. Read more Opinion pieces here. Security token offerings (STOs) are rapidly picking up momentum. In order to keep up with the growing demand, more countries are looking at their traditional securities laws and regulatory efforts. With the tokenisation space now beginning to enter a maturity period, many of these countries are beginning to see how the STO will fit in. In this article, we examine a list of the major jurisdictions that are preparing for STOs. We discuss what each jurisdiction is doing, as well as the regulatory measures …
Blockchain and cryptcurrencies will be at the centre of discussions when the world gathers during Crypto Expo Asia, Vietnam which is going to take place in Ho Chi Minh on the 24th of November. This huge expo-forum is not just about building network between crypto companies and gurus from all over the world but more so about getting to know what the crypto-world is actually about. This event is a great opportunity for visitors to take part in the biggest show filled with experts, exhibitor booths, loungers and of course educational seminars. This is an opportunity to meet and talk to the best crypto experts and professionals from worldwide companies working with ICO, Blockchains and cryptocurrency. Educational speakers in the workshop and speaker halls are…
As a leader and trend-setter in the space, ICOWatchlist has gone on to add one more bonus to its fleet of resources. About 3 months ago, the leading ICO assets listing platform gave the world the ICO agency portal, where its partner ICO marketing and facilitating agencies are featured to help give Blockchain enterprises the option to select from the rich array of service providers that will help them successful launch and carry-out their token sale. As a follow-up to this and being a long-term focused institution, we thought it progressive to help draft partner Crypto-Exchanges so that Blockchain enterprises are given a leap-board for their post-ICO operations. This Crypto Exchanges portal affords ICO projects featured on our platform the opportunity …
GoldFord Fintech, is one of the leading Blockchain inclined technological development, professional consultancy services and venture capital firms in the Greater China and Asian region has forged a partnership with ICOWatchlist a global token sale/ ICO listing platform. The agreement was reached last week and an MoU signed to seal this formidable partnership which will inure to the benefit of the Blockchain start-up ecosystem. In the wake of a growing tokenization industry, these two firms will help to properly position Blockchain start-ups to receive funding from astute investors. Blockchain projects will be afforded various services to help prepare them for their token sale events depending on the stage of preparation for each project team. Affiliation of these start-ups with either of the two partnership …
In 2017, Initial coin offering (ICOs) collectively raised 7 billion USD. Whereas, only halfway into 2018, ICOs have not only surpassed but more or less doubled the total 2017 market with 15 billion USD. Another interesting reality is that in 2017, ICOs also exceed the traditional VC-style funding for the Internet companies. On the other hand, even though ICOs raised so many funds in 2017, more than half of them have already failed and reportedly shut down. Still, multiple new ICOs keep coming to the market, as many as 1,388 have been published on the various listing sites so far this year. Good investment decision: Cash, Bitcoin, or ICOs? Next, we are going to take a look at which would be the best investment decision: to keep your money in cash, to invest it …
Mining Bitcoin What is mining? Mining is the process by which Bitcoin comes into creation, essentially people all around the world are contributing their computing
ILCoin – a high-quality cryptocurrency, based on its own blockchain network and using SHA-256 Command Chain Protocol (C2P) technology, is back on BITKER, a major
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that cryptocurrencies have been wildly popular almost everywhere in the world. This is because they offer a decentralized payment method that can be used anywhere on Earth, without having to abide by international regulations. However, cryptocurrency’s immense popularity has not sat very well with the Chinese government. In fact, the government has moved to ban all cryptocurrency trading activities within the country, as well as any events related to digital currency by using what is known as geo-blocking. But despite this, Chinese authorities still appear to be embracing blockchain technology, the underlying tech that supports cryptocurrencies. So much so that China Center for Information Industry Development has started releasing ratings on different digital currencies based on three different …
We are well past the era when people used to wonder what cryptocurrencies and Bitcoins are. In fact, nowadays you can find various off-line and online places where you can freely use your cryptocurrencies to pay for goods and services. Such widespread adoption and acceptance has forced bitcoin out of the domain of tech-savvy people, and evolved it as one of the preferred means of paying for transactions in different parts of the world. To give you an example, people now actively pay for their purchases at Whole Foods, Starbucks and various other big retailers, using Bitcoin. Let’s tell you about few well-known online places where you can pay with bitcoin. Sports Betting Websites The past few years have seen a great multitude of …
Note: Hashaltcoin sent me this FPGA miner for me to review. While I truly appreciate this partnership, I am making this review as unbiased as possible. The BlackMiner F1+ is a new FPGA miner developed and manufactured by Hashaltcoin. The unit comes with three boards and can mine a wide array of algorithms, most of which are traditionally considered GPU-only. The official specs state that the F1+ hashes like three or even four x6 GTX 1080Ti rigs (depends on algorithm) while having the power consumption of one. Not only that – unlike three rigs that require three sets of components (motherboards, RAM modules, etc), as well as in-depth tweaking, the F1+ comes as one plug-and-play unit. Is this too good…
ProgPoW is a new algorithm that was proposed to replace Ethash and therefore make Ethereum ASIC-resistant. The idea is being debated since August 2018 and apparently, we are coming to the point when we as a community have to make the final decision – do we want ProgPoW to be implemented or not? The idea was also discussed during January 4 ETH Core devs meeting and it seems that the majority of the community and the developers team members are leaning towards the adoption of this new algorithm. In this post, I will briefly go over what ProgPoW is and then will address the criticism this idea is being receiving. Again, as a community, it’s our duty to be aware of what is going on and to actively…
The government of Iran has opted to introduce specific electricity prices for cryptocurrency mining. The west Asian country, which has had a complicated relationship with cryptocurrency in the past, plans to set prices around the same tariffs that are used for exporting electricity. The government’s energy ministry deputy for power and electricity, Homayoon Ha’eri, announced […] The post Bitcoin Mining Hotspot Iran Drafts Electricity Tariffs for Crypto Miners appeared first on CCN Markets
Cryptocurrency mining in Iran is now legal, Mehr News Agency reports. This follows a Sunday decision by the country’s cabinet to authorize the mining of cryptocurrencies. Now classified as an industrial activity, cryptocurrency miners will be required to acquire licenses from Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade. The green light from Iran’s cabinet comes […] The post Iran's Government Officially Legitimizes Cryptocurrency Mining appeared first on CCN Markets
The Ravencoin Dev team has now confirmed the upcoming algorithm changes to the new X16Rv2 algorithm planned to happen on Tuesday October 1st 2019 at 16:00:00 UTC. The new X16Rv2 will have the algorithm Tiger into three separate parts of the current X16R algo with the Tiger hash performed before the algorithms Luffa512, Keccak512, and SHA512. A new build should be made available this week or at the beginning of the next (version 2.5.0) that will have the algorithm switch in it. The new build will also be fixing some bugs, and adding some improvements into the Ravencoin Core Client. It is recommended that all users/nodes update to 2.5.0 as soon as it becomes available even though there is more than a month before the algorithm…
Hash Altcoin is probably the only user friendly FPGA miner out there that can be used by miners that are not into FPGA mining and the company also offers not only to ship the hardware to you, but also to hast it for you at very reasonable cost ($2.4 per day fixed). The company is currently running a promotion for their top product BlackMiner F1+ that is available at a price of $2450 USD, so if you are interested in giving it a try you might want to check out the offer. The miner has a large number of supported algorithms with new ones being introduced quite often with bst, c11 and bmw512 just recently added in the list of already over 20 supported ones. There is…
