2021 is shaping up to be a momentous year for Bitcoin as the price hurtles toward $40,000 — more than double its 2017 all-time high. As HODLers rejoice and naysayers are left in disbelief, it’s important to note that a lot has changed in the world since 2017, making this bull run infinitely disparate… Read More »
Elon Musk has performed a sudden U-turn on bitcoin over concerns about its energy usage, and says his electric car firm Tesla will no longer accept the cryptocurrency as payment – but will his decision have an impact, and could Tesla turn to an alternative currency? Tesla bet big on bitcoin earlier this year… Read More »
Distributed ledger technology has only scratched the surface of its potential, and bitcoin is in many ways bringing these possibilities into the limelight, so much so that it has sparked unprecedented global adoption. Moreover, the growing institutional embrace is a force to be reckoned with, and MicroStrategy’s accumulation is just one strong example of… Read More »
Before You Buy Bitcoin There are several things that aspiring Bitcoin investors need: a cryptocurrency exchange account, personal identification documents if you are using a Know Your Customer (KYC) platform, a secure connection to the internet, and a method of payment. It is also recommended that you have your own personal wallet outside of… Read More »
A price system is an information exchange network. It works best when built on top of a globally-shared neutral monetary medium. The more complex society becomes, the more pressing the need for a neutral monetary standard that doesn’t introduce noise into economic signals. KNOWLEDGE LOVES COMPANY One of the most profound insights… Read More »
On Tuesday Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, released a new video showing a geothermal facility with Bitcoin mining machines operating on the side of a volcano. The original video, which Bukele shared Tuesday afternoon on Twitter, has already received nearly 2 million views. It shows a government-branded shipping container arriving at the geothermal… Read More »
“Fool’s gold” is a common nickname for pyrite. It got this nickname because it’s practically worthless, but it has a look that deceives people into believing it’s real gold. With a little practice, there are many easy tests anyone can use to quickly tell the difference between pyrite and gold. The nickname “fool’s gold”… Read More »
Bitcoin user Callum McArthur’s house was broken into last month, and the burglars stole his hardware wallet and recovery words which stored his bitcoin stack. However, even though the criminals managed to get away with McArthur’s devices, they didn’t know that the keys they took were part of a multisig setup. As a result,… Read More »
Betting platform Sportsbet.io donated 2 bitcoin to Premier League football club Southampton. The donation set up a new fund that seeks to “support the causes that matter most to [Southampton’s] fans,” the company said in a statement. But the club can also decide to retain, or HODL, a portion of the donation to capitalize… Read More »
Robinhood COO said 1.6 million people are on the company’s waitlist for withdrawing bitcoin. The long-awaited feature would come as a cryptocurrency wallet to the firm’s trading app. It is still unclear when customers will be able to take ownership of their bitcoin. Robinhood now has 1.6 million people on the waitlist for… Read More »