Three Ways Bitcoin Moved to The Mainstream This Week
Bitcoin is constantly becoming more mainstream. Many people undoubtedly still consider it to be the tool of criminals, terrorists and anarchists. But our financial and technological worlds are moving towards bitcoin acceptance. This past week, our world moved towards that future culturally as well and that will help change Bitcoin’s negative perception. There are three major stories… View Article The post Three Ways Bitcoin Moved to The Mainstream This Week appeared first on Blockchain Agenda [READ MORE]
No, Opera is Not Considering Bitcoin Integration
How Sloppy Journalism Hurts Bitcoin Cointelegraph’s Joseph Young recently penned an article entitled “Opera Browser May Consider Integrating Bitcoin, Implements Built-in Adblock” implying that there is some news to report relating Bitcoin and Opera. There is no news to report about Opera and Bitcoin. The article is a part of a growing trend from the… View Article The post No, Opera is Not Considering Bitcoin Integration appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Ev [READ MORE]
Tizen Provides Bitcoin With Opportunity in the Third World
The worst kept secret in the smart phone industry is that Android is king. You wouldn’t know it in the west. iOS generally gets the newest and best performing apps. But worldwide, it isn’t even a competition. Some estimates put Android’s global market share over 80%. The reason is that there aren’t many cheap iOS phones… View Article The post Tizen Provides Bitcoin With Opportunity in the Third World appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events. [READ MORE]
Escambia County Changed Laws To Attack Satoshi’s Forest
After losing to Satoshi’s Forest in court, The Escambia County Attorney suggested that the city government amend zoning laws to specifically target Satoshi’s Forest. Satoshi’s Forest is a homeless sanctuary on a 9-acre piece of land in Pensacola, FL. Its fate is in limbo as it has been for years. Citizens and the local government… View Article The post Escambia County Changed Laws To Attack Satoshi’s Forest appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events. [READ MORE]
Thoughts On Kim Dotcom’s Bitcache
Kim Dotcom is re-launching his Megaupload platform in early 2017. At the same time, he will reveal a mysterious blockchain powered project called Bitcache. If you have been following the developments recently then you likely already know that. What you may not know is that Dotcom has been talking about his “next” project for over a… View Article The post Thoughts On Kim Dotcom’s Bitcache appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events. [READ MORE]
Why the Bitfinex Failure Hurts All of Us
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein is generally credited with that quote, though many doubt he actually said it. Another famous quote of dubious origin that I could have started this article with is “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it” No less than… View Article The post Why the Bitfinex Failure Hurts All of Us appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events. [READ MORE]
When the Majority Oppresses the Minority, Ethereum Classic is the Result
“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.” ― Plato, The Republic Ethereum Classic now exists. In retrospect, its creation was inevitable the moment Ethereum (ETH) developers decided on a hardfork. Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a version of the Ethereum blockchain that has not been modified… View Article The post When the Majority Oppresses the Minority, Ethereum Classic is the Result appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitco [READ MORE]
A controversial Pastor whose ministry is on the Southern Poverty Law Center list of hate groups, claims to have had his BitPay account shut down. Steven L Anderson, leader of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, claimed in a blog post titled “Paypal is Not our Pal” that several payment processors closed his accounts,… View Article The post ‘Hate Group’ Steven L Anderson Claims BitPay Shut Him Down, Should It? (Opinion) appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – N [READ MORE]
Comparing ‘#TheHalvening’ To Other Halvening Events
The halvening is a momentous event in the Bitcoin world. It is also something exceedingly new. The world simply has not yet experienced many halvening events and the ones that have happened were minute in size compared to the one we just experienced. Before the event, Bitcoin experienced extreme volatility. After a fairly steady rise… View Article The post Comparing ‘#TheHalvening’ To Other Halvening Events appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events. [READ MORE]
When Will Bitcoin Finally Get Better Privacy?
Although the media often hypes up Bitcoin as an anonymous, untraceable form of digital cash, the reality is that the blockchain is in desperate need of better privacy features. Earlier this year, the Open Bitcoin Privacy Project describe the sad state of privacy in bitcoin wallets in the second edition of their Bitcoin Wallet Privacy… View Article The post When Will Bitcoin Finally Get Better Privacy? appeared first on Blockchain Agenda with Inside Bitcoins – News, Price, Events. [READ MORE]