India has been one of the most notable emerging economies in the world in the last few decades. It currently stands at seventh place with a nominal GDP of $2.72 trillion and it is expected to overtake the United Kingdom…
Kategorie: Crypto Trends
River Financial Wants to Be the Bitcoiner’s Charles Schwab
Ever since he read the Denationalization of Money by Friedrich Hayek in college, Alex Leishman, the co-founder and CEO of River Financial, had been on the search for an alternative currency. The aerospace engineer major turned amateur Austrian economist wanted…
With Financial Uncertainty and Unrest in Chile, Bitcoiners Build Community
As protests have turned to civil insurrection in the South American Republic of Chile, the relatively new Bitcoin space in the nation has been rising to meet the occasion. Making headlines in October 2019 with a fare-dodging campaign in the…
The Taxman Is After Your Bitcoin: Harvest Your Losses Before It’s Too Late
The year is coming to an end, and a lot of people have started thinking about minimizing their tax burden. If you’re a bitcoin investor, things get even more complex. The IRS recently sent out 10,000 letters to cryptocurrency investors,…
Op Ed: Three Bitcoin Trends That Left Their Mark on 2019
It has been an eventful year for bitcoin. Digital Assets Data, which records, collates and analyzes cryptocurrency and blockchain transaction, value and popularity information, has identified a few essential trends as 2019 comes to an end. Here are three bitcoin…
At Bitcoin Magazine, Views Expressed Can Be Your Own
Bitcoin Magazine is proud to be the longest running source for Bitcoin information; but we couldn’t do it without contributions from the Bitcoin community itself. This past year alone, more than 30 knowledgeable and passionate Bitcoin enthusiasts of different backgrounds…
Hashing Ahead: A Look at Bitcoin Mining in 2020
The December 2019 report on the Bitcoin mining network from CoinShares Research, a division of the digital asset management firm, presented an industry in good health at the end of the year, with a hash rate that had almost doubled…
Video: Trace Mayer on Proof of Keys, Sovereignty and Bitcoin Privacy
For almost a decade, Bitcoiners from all across the world have celebrated January 3 as Bitcoin’s bonafide birthday. It was on that date in 2009 that Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin’s genesis block and it was this first successful hash computation…
Lightning Network Traffic Analysis Raises Questions Over Fees and Privacy
A new research paper provides what is perhaps the most informative series of snapshots simulating Lightning Network traffic over the past year. The paper, titled “A Cryptoeconomic Traffic Analysis of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network,” was written by a trio of Hungarian…
Op Ed: Pitching Bitcoin During the Holidays
It’s that time of year again! When you can’t decide whether to get a pumpkin spice or eggnog-flavored latte, and your local mall reeks of cinnamon, pine needles and dirty fiat money. The HODLdays are a time for friends, family…