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PlanB: Bitcoin Needs Only $200M Monthly to Stay Above $7k Level After Halving

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 9:43 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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100trillionusd, the anonymous creator of the Bitcoin stock-to-flow model has provided new evidence to support the popular opinion that the price of Bitcoin will surge in the months after its historic third halving that is now less than three weeks away. The latest research puts into perspective the amount of cash inflow that Bitcoin has needed to stay above the $7000 level since October 2017, the reward paid out to miners for verifying a block of transactions, and the total number of transactions added to the Bitcoin blockchain monthly. To

Blockin Launches Bitcoin Explorer With Detailed Fee Guidance

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 8:36 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Blockin, the parent company of one of popular Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools, Poolin, is launching a new block explorer on April 6. The explorer includes mempool statistics that would help users decide the correct fee to send their BTC payment.Blockin’s explorer provides many of the standard features shared with competing offerings, like block data, transaction information and statistics on network hashrate and pool distribution. It adds to an already large suite of tools for miners to calculate profit or compare ASIC devices.The company says that its explorer will also be

Blockchain App Used to Track COVID-19 Cases in Latin America

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 11:22 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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A Canada-based company is turning to blockchain technology in their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America.Emerge, a blockchain startup based in Toronto, is launching a public safety system app called Civitas to assist local authorities in many nations. According to a company blog post, the app was designed “to improve safety and cut store wait times by reducing gatherings in tight spaces, reducing the probability of contagion.” The software program could associate locals’ government ID numbers with unique blockchain records, allowing authorities to determine if they qualify for

In Legal Battle With US SEC, Telegram Sees New Support From Trade Association

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 6:18 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Blockchain Association, a major United States-based trade association in the crypto sphere, has filed a new brief in support of Telegram amid the firm’s continuing legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC).The amicus brief and the SEC’s lack of clarityThe April 3 brief takes the SEC to task for backtracking on its own guidance for legally distributing digital assets. Referring to the inconsistency that issuers of digital assets must cope with when dealing with the SEC, the brief says that “No settled precedent or agency rulemaking addressed whether

Staking, Consensus and the Pursuit of Decentralization

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Time Stamp: April 4, 2020 3:02 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Oh, the wonders of decentralized consensus — that dream of permissionless blockchains to be censorship-resistant, trustless, collaborative and egalitarian for a potentially global community of users. While lofty in ideals, consensus is foundational for each crypto network, which must agree upon that most basic question of who decides what on the network.Decentralized consensus in the form of a proof-of-work mechanism was at the core of Satoshi Nakamoto’s innovation when creating Bitcoin — all additional protocol elements stem from PoW’s ability to reach consensus regarding the digital ledger through the computational work

Talking Digital Future: Smart Cities

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Time Stamp: April 4, 2020 11:04 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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My journey into smart cities and their future development was a really big surprise, as the way I arrived there was not something that I had planned. I was working as the chief information officer for a company in Northern California called O'Reilly Media when I got a call from a headhunter who asked if I would consider being the chief information office for the City of Palo Alto. I can vividly remember — it was only about eight years ago — my feeling when she asked the question. The

Google Chrome Leads the Pack, but Privacy-Oriented Browsers Gain Traction

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 8:12 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In recent months, big-name players like Google and Apple have been going the extra mile to showcase their privacy features to the world. However, as most people are now aware, these multinational companies have business models that are centered around collecting and aggregating the data of their customers. In this regard, growing interest in privacy-first browsers like Brave clearly suggests a collective increase in internet users’ concern over how their personal information is being accumulated, stored and utilized on a day-to-day basis.Individuals all over the globe have become so accustomed to

Remaining Anonymous: Which Crypto Privacy Solution Works Best?

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 9:44 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The cryptocurrency industry was initially headlined as anonymous digital cash. While experts were keen to point out that this was not exactly the case, Bitcoin (BTC) found initial popularity in darknet markets such as Silk Road, where merchants sold illegal goods ranging from light drugs to, allegedly, hitman services. Founded in 2011, Silk Road thrived for the next two years until the Federal Bureau of Investigation shut it down in 2013. Authorities later revealed that completely free blockchain explorers aided their investigative efforts.Bitcoin’s transaction ledger is completely open for the

1.1 Million In USDC Invested Into Uniswap and PoolTogether By Coinbase

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 8:55 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Coinbase, one of the world’s heavyweight exchanges, has recently invested 1.1 million in USDC to the decentralized finance protocols of PoolTogether and Uniswap.Pushing In 1.1 Million In USDC To Smart ContractsAccording to the announcement the San Francisco-based crypto exchange had made, the funding itself comes from its USDC Bootstrap Fund. This Fund was created back in September of last year, with an initial funding clocking in at $2 million. The move itself comes as a bid from the exchange to stimulate the growth of the USDC within the Decentralized Finance

Insight on Liquidity from DeFi Protocols

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 6:16 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Over the last year and a half, decentralized finance has had an explosion of activity. Lending and borrowing decentralized applications, margin trading, liquidity protocols, stablecoins, insurance and derivatives have all grown in user numbers, in on-chain activity and in product maturity. As DeFi has grown, the need to exchange value from one form to another has grown with it, and multiple liquidity providers have stepped up to service this growing need for liquidity. This is the natural evolution of any system, introducing expanding functionality and connectivity and as it grows. Based