New Year Special
There were 12 major cryptocurrency exchange hacks in 2019. In total, over $292 million and over 500,000 pieces of customer data were stolen.
Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson is a former writer at Cointelegraph. He holds a degree in financial economics from Rutgers University and has a professional background in content and communications. His experience includes founding Thompson Writing Company, which provides writing services for blockchain-related organizations, and serving as head of content at Verma Media, a San Francisco–based public relations and communications agency.
Most Significant Hacks of 2019 — New Record of Twelve in One Year - How to
What Is a Satoshi, the Smallest Unit on the Bitcoin Blockchain? Why Twitter has been using Satoshi more and more often.
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The Current State of the Bitcoin Network and Its Biggest Block The biggest Bitcoin block to date has been mined! But although it is the biggest block, it had about 1,400 fewer transactions than the average block on the Bitcoin Network.
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Bitcoin Market Dominance: From 66% to 33% and Up Again Bitcoin is beginning to regain its dominance regarding the total cryptocurrency market share. Will BTC be able to push past a 60 percent share of the cryptocurrency market once again?
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What Is That Mysterious About the Bitcoin Block Hash 21E800 On June 19th, block #528249 was mined; with a difficulty 18, with leading numbers 21e800 and a .4966% chance of being solved, some of the crypto community believes that this block was premeditated, rather than solved by chance.
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Bitcoin Mining’s Electricity Bill: Is It Worth It? Some say that Bitcoin’s high electricity cost is the price we pay for network security, but is Bitcoin’s energy expenditure creating more positive or negative externalities?
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Women In Blockchain And Crypto: How To Tackle Gender Inequality There is a gender gap in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and tech industries. Why are there so many more men than women in crypto, and what can women do to get more invested and involved?
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How To Diversify Away Risk In A Crypto Portfolio: Correlation And Variance Diversifying away risk in a cryptocurrency portfolio could be very difficult, however, research shows us otherwise.
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Is Serenity The Solution To Ethereum’s Difficulty Bomb? There is a difficulty bomb programmed into the Ethereum network that could freeze the Ethereum Blockchain later this year.
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How Many Americans Really Own Crypto, Skewed Results of Polls and Surveys A recent survey by Finder.com regarding American cryptocurrency ownership and American sentiments toward cryptocurrency does not provide accurate representations of the American demographic.
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Effects of Mt. Gox Trustee's $400 Mln Sale on Bitcoin Market An economic analysis of the effects the Mt. Gox bankruptcy trustee’s decision to sell $400 million of Bitcoin on online exchanges has had on the Bitcoin market.
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Pump and Dump in Crypto: Cases, Measures, Warnings The pump and dump is an age-old tactic to turn a quick buck. Recently, its increased amount in the cryptocurrency market has prompted CFTC to issue a Consumer Protection Advisory.
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Meet the Man Who Introduced Roger Ver to Bitcoin Mark Edge, back in 2011 talked about a new digital asset on Free Talk Live. It so happened that the asset was Bitcoin, and among those who heard the program there was Roger Ver.
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Is Darknet Done With Bitcoin? A new study has found that Bitcoin is losing popularity on the Darknet.
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Around 4,000 Participants Attended North American Bitcoin Conference Overstock CEO Patrick Bryne, BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem, Jeffrey Tucker from American Institute for Economic Research discussed the future of Blockchain.
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Bitcoin Adoption by Businesses in 2017 An economic analysis of the data regarding Bitcoin accepting establishments and Bitcoin price in 2017.
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Industries and Blockchain 2017 From economical efficiency, enhanced security, faster transaction speed and raising capital via ICO in 2017, Blockchain technologies began to pave the way to the future.
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CME Bitcoin Futures Launch - Possible Economic Outcomes CME Group’s will be launching their Bitcoin Futures on Dec. 17. Possible economic outcomes will depend on the whales’ behavior.
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Job Opportunities in Blockchain in 2018 Because Blockchain technologies have been on the rise, jobs in the Blockchain industry are in high demand at the moment.
How CME Group’s Bitcoin Futures Will Work With CME Group expected to launch their Bitcoin futures market by the end of Q4, now would be a good time to learn how Bitcoin futures work
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Can You Hold a Crypto-Conversation? With Thanksgiving in one day and cryptocurrency being a hot topic, you would like to be able to hold a crypto-conversation when it comes to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Wallet Bamboozle: Bitcoin.com Offering Bitcoin Cash Wallet, Calling it “Bitcoin” Bitcoin.com is offering downloads of a “Bitcoin wallet” that is not actually what it says.
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2x or No 2x, That Was the Question A brief history of SegWit2x, and consequences of its cancellation.
Lightning Must Strike Soon, Bitcoin Facing Backlogs as Scalability Solution Awaited Lightning network better do all its supporters claim, because time is of the essence.
How Bitcoin Forks Influence Bitcoin Price Rise and Fall Wondering when the best time to buy Bitcoin is? Bitcoin price surging to $6,000 and then dropping to nearly $5,300 can give you some clues on when to enter the market.
Bitcoin’s Upcoming SegWit2x Hard Fork, Put in Layman’s Terms All these forks are confusing, so we’re breaking down SegWit2x and explaining it in simple terms.
Sounds of Bitcoin: What Music Does a Crypto-Guru Listen to? What events occur in a day in the life of a crypto-guru? Luckily, this crypto-guru is here to show you the way; it all starts with the music you’re listening to.
Blockchain Courses in Universities: A New Supply for a New Demand Universities around the world are implementing Blockchain and cryptocurrency-related courses, to create a supply for the new demand of workers in the emerging market of Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency.
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111 Altcoins To Be Traded in Korea’s New Exchange As SK Passes China in Bitcoin Trading Upbit will be South Korea’s first altcoin exchange that allows investors to invest in over 100 altcoins via one platform.
Blockchain Hackathon Winners Land R&D Contract in China Hackathon winner DIID lands major decentralized identity contract with China-based anti-fraud risk-management company.
