SegWit Signaling Support Creeps Higher And Surpasses 30%
Support for Segregated Witness continues to build on the Bitcoin network, even though the growth is going a lot slower than people anticipated. After over a week of signaling, …
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Permissionless Privacy Will Boost Adoption of Cryptocurrency, Tor, and The Darknet
November 28, 2016
Crypto, News, Security, Technology
There are many reasons why cryptocurrency proves to be quite successful in recent times. For most people, it is about financial freedom and the option to control one’s down …
Paytm And Bitcoin Face Similar Struggles As Adoption Increases
Paytm is one of the largest e-wallet service providers in all of India. Every since the cash crisis took place, their number of active users has increased more than …
DNB’s Vipps App Makes Buying Bitcoin In Norway Inadvertently Easier
It is good to hear that buying Bitcoin has become significantly easier in Norway. Contrary to what people may expect, this is made possible thanks to DNB launching their …
Cryptocurrency Scam Site Warning – Ether Miners
In the cryptocurrency world, it is not overly difficult to spot scam sites. The vast majority of fake projects revolve around cloud mining and do so by targeting communities …
Bitfury Signaling SegWit Activation Brings Network Hashrate Support To 28%
With Segregated Witness signaling underway on the Bitcoin network, it appears that support for this solution is growing. Bitfury is the latest mining pool to support signaling, adding another …
Switzerland To Ease Up On Fintech Regulation Is Good News For Bitcoin
Switzerland is positioning itself as a region where both Bitcoin and fintech will thrive over the coming years. The government is looking to ease off on fintech regulation, although …
Stripe’s Series D Funding Values The Company At Over US$9bn
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency users are all too familiar with the name Stripe, as this company has been focusing on digital payments for quite some time now. News broke earlier …
Over 16 Million Bitcoins Mined as Blockchain.info Surpasses 10 Million Wallets Milestone
Bitcoin has been reaching several important milestones in quick succession as of late. Not only was the 16 millionth BTC mined yesterday, but Blockchain.info has surpassed the 10 million …