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At A Refugee Camp In Iraq, A 16-Year-Old Syrian Is Teaching Crypto Basics
How do you explain ethereum to someone who doesn’t know how to use email? What’s the best way to convey how many satoshis add up to a single bitcoin? At A Refugee Camp In Iraq, A 16-Year-Old Syrian Is Teaching Crypto Basics Those are among the questions faced by Yousif…
Bitclub Scheme Busted In The US, Promising High Returns From Mining
The scheme managed to grab $722 million in cryptocurrency, offering high rewards in exchange for “shares”. Bitclub Scheme Busted In The Us, Promising High Returns From Mining Three men were charged with running a large-scale Ponzi scheme, taking as much as $722 million in cryptocurrency. The BitClub network was promoted…
Facebook Rebuffs Barr, Moves Ahead on Messaging Encryption
Company turns down attorney general’s request for law-enforcement access to WhatsApp, Messenger platforms. Facebook Rebuffs Barr, Moves Ahead on Messaging Encryption Facebook FB -0.47% said it would move forward with plans to add encryption across its messaging platforms, rejecting a plea from Attorney General William Barr to allow some form…
I Do Not Want To Live In A World Where Cryptocurrency Has Found Mainstream Use
Cryptocurrency Is Most Useful For Breaking Laws And Social Constructs. I Do Not Want To Live In A World Where Cryptocurrency Has Found Mainstream Use Why hasn’t cryptocurrency gone mainstream? “It doesn’t scale.” “It’s slow.” “It’s expensive.” “It’s volatile.” “It’s hard to use.” Or maybe it was never supposed to…
How George Clinton Funked The World And Made It Out Alive
The funk pioneer on getting clean, how he constructed his Afrofuturistic image and what the essential items in his life are now. How George Clinton Funked the World and Made It Out Alive George Clinton has reinvented himself enough for several lifetimes. During one of his many primes, he led…
Trumponomics Has Destroyed All The Progress We Made Under Obama (#GotBitcoin?)
The achilles heel of Trump and his supporters is the ignorance and inability to understand and talk intelligently about economics and finance. Trumponomics Has Destroyed All The Progress We Made Under Obama (#GotBitcoin?) Look at all the articles about the massive-money printing, Trumps insistence on Powell delivering near zero and/or…
Shale Industry Drills More Debt (Over $280 Billion) Than Profit (#GotBitcoin)
Since 2007, the oil and gas industry has lost $280 billion betting on the shale boom, which has been made possible by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and Wall Street financing, and these companies are still borrowing heavily. Shale Industry Drills More Debt (Over $280 Billion) Than Profit (#GotBitcoin) But even as…
World’s Largest Printer Of Money Is Running Out Of Money
Despite the rise in digital payments, cash is still king in uncertain times — but who's going to print it? World's Largest Printer Of Money Is Running Out Of Money In the United States, the task of printing money and minting coins falls to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,…
The Ultimate List Of Trump Economic Blunders That Caused The Recession (#GotBitcoin?)
The achilles heel of Trump and his supporters is the ignorance and inability to understand and talk intelligently about economics and finance. The Ultimate List Of Trump Economic Blunders That Caused The Recession (#GotBitcoin?) Look at all the articles about the massive-money printing, Trumps insistence on Powell delivering near zero…
Ultimate Resource On Private Blockchain Brave Browser
Privacy-oriented blockchain web browser Brave has seen its monthly active users (MAU) almost double from 5.5 million in 2018 to 10.4 million in 2019. At the same time, Brave’s daily active users (DAU) have tripled over the past year to reach 3.3 million, the firm announced Dec. 5. Private Blockchain…
FCC Says 5G Doesn’t Pose New Cellphone-Radiation Threats
Agency maintains existing limits on radiation exposure from cellphones, network equipment. FCC Says 5G Doesn’t Pose New Cellphone-Radiation Threats The Federal Communications Commission has decided to allow the rollout of new 5G wireless networks without making changes to federal safety limits for cellphone-radiation exposure. The U.S. telecommunications regulator voted unanimously…
Almost $9 Billion of Bitcoin Moved On-Chain In 1 Hour: Record
On Dec. 4, $8.9 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) were moved on the blockchain in a single hour, excluding change volume, which is Bitcoin that returns to the sender. Almost $9 Billion of Bitcoin Moved On-Chain In 1 Hour: Record Bitcoin’s high transaction volume was pointed out by Rafael Schultze-Kraft, the…