Infrastructure

The Most Important Bitcoin Infrastructure Developments of 2020, feat. Alyse Killeen
A look at privacy and infrastructure advances that will shape the bitcoin ecosystem in the years to come.

Swiss Tech Firm Metaco Taps Blockchain Think Tank to Bolster Services
Digital asset infrastructure provider METACO is partnering with the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center to bolster its service offerings using the think tank's research.

NEAR Protocol Enlists Bison Trails for Validator Support as It Heads Toward Full Mainnet
Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors.

Why São Paulo Wants to Pay for Infrastructure with Cryptocurrency
The Brazilian state wants to pay for feasibility studies with a token designed for the construction industry. Can such a coin achieve network effect?

Housing or Dotcom: Which Bubble Does Cryptocurrency Mania Resemble?
It may be fair to compare what cryptocurrency and blockchains are going through to the 1990s dotcom bubble, but not to the 2000s housing bubble.

6 Types of Businesses Bitcoin Will Enable for the First Time
With digital currencies spawning brand new types of companies never conceived before, here are six growing business sectors.

Fixing Bitcoin's shaky exchange infrastructure
Do Bitcoin exchanges need to decentralise to survive - and if so, what will make the newcomers successful?

What happens to Bitcoin if the lights go out?
If mobile phone communications, the internet or the power grid should fail -- whatever the reason -- Bitcoin could have a problem.



