Fungibility is often held as a crucial characteristic of sound money. But what happens when money has a public record of every transaction, and morally questionable trades can be identified? Is bitcoin headed for a break in fungibility?The debate about whether Bitcoin is fit to…
cineramaDecember 22, 2015
News agency Sputnik , operating in Kyrgyzstan, announced that as an experiment it would pay salaries to their employees in Bitcoins. This is interesting, because cryptocurrencies are still prohibited by Central Bank of the country.Despite the fact that Kyrgyzstan, like Russia , has a negative…
cineramaDecember 22, 2015
In July Bitcoin Magazine reported that researchers and entrepreneurs at the MIT Media Lab had started the development of a new encryption system, dubbed Enigma, based on the blockchain technology. Enigma will enable untrusted and anonymous participants to securely share sensitive information with a third…
cineramaDecember 22, 2015
European Union Three European Parliament representatives from a French right-wing political party filed a motion last month seeking to give member-states the power to regulate or even ban bitcoin activities. The motion was filed on 25th November, according to a copy of the motion published…
cineramaDecember 22, 2015
It’s no surprise that the Bitcoin community, with its constant stream of innovations and ideas, is filled with creative people. Lately, it seems that more & more artists are being drawn towards cryptocurrency – accepting Bitcoin as a payment method for their artwork, painting representations…
cineramaDecember 22, 2015
