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March 31, 2016

Bitcoin Price Down Amid Fundamental ConcernsBitcoin Business

Bitcoin Price Down Amid Fundamental Concerns

Bitcoin price hovers above $410 as the market comes face to face with its options. Buy today and risk betting on the reward-halving rally too soon, or sell now to buy into the post-Classic(TM) relief rally later. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a…
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March 31, 2016
Cornell Study Recommends 4MB Blocksize for BitcoinBitcoin Business

Cornell Study Recommends 4MB Blocksize for Bitcoin

A new study by the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3) at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute authored by Christian Decker, Ittay Eyal, Andrew Miller and Emin Gün Sirer, among others, found that bitcoin’s blocksize could currently scale up to 4MB without affecting decentralization. According to…
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March 31, 2016
The Energy Efficiency of BitcoinBitcoin Business

The Energy Efficiency of Bitcoin

In a recent article on Vice’s technology news feed, Motherboard, author Sebastiaan Deetman explores the energy efficiency of Bitcoin. The article begins with a brief and fatalistic assertion regarding the environmental impact of mass migration to Bitcoin (or a similar energy intensive cryptocurrency).Another Vice Motherboard…
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March 31, 2016
Global regulators move closer to regulating fintechBitcoin Business

Global regulators move closer to regulating fintech

A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and coins are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris July 11, 2014. Global regulators have moved closer to regulating the fledgling fintech sector, which includes blockchain technology that supports…
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March 31, 2016
JMBullion – Use Your Bitcoins to Buy GoldBitcoin Business

JMBullion – Use Your Bitcoins to Buy Gold

JM Bullion is a US online retailer of gold and silver products that accepts Bitcoin . JM Bullion is located in Dallas, Texas, and deals exclusively in physical bullion, selling precious metals that will be sent directly to you. Besides selling the precious metals, JM…
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March 31, 2016
A View from the Cell of Ross UlbrichtBitcoin Business

A View from the Cell of Ross Ulbricht

It has been a tough couple of years for Ross Ulbrich t and his family. In mid-2015, Ross Ulbricht learned his fate for his involvement in Silk Road (which was futilely appealed ). The Silk Road , as readers may remember, was an online black…
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March 31, 2016
Governments vs Bitcoin: A Fight For ControlBitcoin Business

Governments vs Bitcoin: A Fight For Control

The Vanbex Group has published a report on its website entitled “Outlawing Bitcoin , a Matter of Control”, which focuses on the actions of the Russian government and other nations towards BitcoinCT r: 8 . This time, it comes attached with punitive damages that could…
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March 31, 2016

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