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Crypto And Blockchain Firms Pitch In To Help Coronavirus Victims (#GotBitcoin?)
Some blockchain and cryptocurrency firms have pledged to help victims of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance pledged to donate 10 million Chinese yuan ($1.44 million) to the effort. Crypto And Blockchain Firms Pitch In To Help Coronavirus Victims (#GotBitcoin?) Treatments And A Possible Cure For Coronavirus In…
What Are Lightning Wallets Doing To Help Onboard New Users? (#GotBitcoin?)
In today's podcast we zero in on the challenge of "Channel Management", an until-recently-mandatory and manually-managed part of connecting to and utilizing the still-nascent Lightning Network. What Are Lightning Wallets Doing To Help Onboard New Users? (#GotBitcoin?) A little context: The way Andreas (someone already using Lightning) sends a payment…
Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests In Solar Company Accused Of Running Ponzi Scheme
A California couple whose solar company counted Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B -1.10% as one of its investors pleaded guilty Friday to running a $900 million Ponzi scheme. Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Invests In Solar Company Accused Of Running Ponzi Scheme Jeff and Paulette Carpoff, who began raising money in 2011,…
So Long, California? Goodbye, Texas? Taxpayers Decide To Move
After new tax law made it costlier to own a house in many high-price areas, some residents are pulling up stakes. So Long, California? Goodbye, Texas? Taxpayers Decide Some States Aren’t Worth It (#GotBitcoin?) Larry Belardi and Bobbie LaPorte are longtime San Francisco residents, but they are planning to leave…
Your PGP Key? Make Sure It’s Up To Date
Identity thieves now have another tool at their disposal: bitcoin hashing power. Your PGP Key? Make Sure It’s Up To Date That’s the conclusion from a new cryptanalysis paper published earlier this month on SHA-1 (pronounced “shaw”), a once-popular hash function created by the National Security Agency and disapproved in…
If You Missed Out On Investing In Amazon, Bitcoin Might Be A Second Chance For You (#GotBitcoin?)
Bitcoin’s (BTC) risk-return is a “different beast” compared to even the darling of the stock market of the 2000s, Amazon. If You Missed Out On Investing In Amazon, Bitcoin Might Be A Second Chance For You (#GotBitcoin?) That was the conclusion drawn by one of the cryptocurrency industry’s best-known analysts…
Ultimate Resource For Bitcoin’s Privacy And Scalability Upgrades (#GotBitcoin)
Bitcoin’s consensus layer has remained unchanged for over two years now. Since Segregated Witness (SegWit), which activated in August 2017, no hard fork or soft fork protocol upgrades have been deployed at all*, marking Bitcoin’s longest stretch without consensus forks so far. Ultimate Resource For Bitcoin’s Privacy And Scalability Upgrades…
Trump Lies (Surprise!!!) About European Aid To Ukraine (#GotBitcoin?)
President Donald Trump wrongly said that “Europe and other nations” were “not” contributing to Ukraine, specifically calling for Germany and France to “put up money.” In fact, the European Union and European financial institutions have contributed more than $16.4 billion in grants and loans to Ukraine since 2014. Trump Lies…
US Deficit Will Be At Least 6 Times Bitcoin Market Cap — Every Year (#GotBitcoin?)
The average budget deficit of the United States will “never” be less than $1 trillion per year in the future — or 4.5% of GDP, worrying data on the fiat economy shows. US Deficit Will Be At Least 6 Times Bitcoin Market Cap — Every Year (#GotBitcoin?) Compiled by the…
Ultimate Resource On Central Bank Digital Currencies (#GotBitcoin)
Eight out of 10 central banks surveyed says it is likely to roll out digital currencies within three years. There has been immense scrutiny on the Federal Reserve and central banks around the world over the last 18 months. Ultimate Resource On Central Bank Digital Currencies (#GotBitcoin) Central Bank…
Amazon’s Video Library Has Grown Big On Amateur Content Threatening Youtube
Prime Video touts its large collection of titles, but a majority are uploads—and questionable films are in the mix. Amazon’s Video Library Has Grown Big On Amateur Content Threatening Youtube When Walter Wilson, a construction worker from North Carolina, sat down to watch the blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame” on Amazon Prime…
Meet The Crypto Angel Investor Running For Congress In Nevada (#GotBitcoin?)
"I would love to sit down with President Trump and have a discussion around bitcoin and cryptocurrency," Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur and bitcoin ATM investor in Las Vegas, told CoinDesk. Meet The Crypto Angel Investor Running For Congress In Nevada (#GotBitcoin?) Sutton might have a better shot than most…