What Bitcoin Maximalists Can Teach Us About Cryptocurrency Adoption
In many cryptocurrency communities, such as the Dash and Bitcoin Cash ones, the ideas that Bitcoin maximalists hold (including limited on-chain scaling, “hodling” instead of spending, and the idea that...
View ArticleWhat Ethereum Taught Us on How NOT to Do DApps
Ethereum is known as the first great blockchain platform for decentralized applications (DApps), a pioneer for sure, but which suffered from some very high-profile scaling issues during its heyday,...
View ArticleLightning Network User Reportedly Loses 4 Bitcoin: What Happened
A Lightning Network user reportedly lost 4 Bitcoin, but don’t call it weird. The original design of Bitcoin had a user submit a transaction to any node. That node would share the transaction around the...
View ArticleWhy Bitcoin Cash’s Mining Troubles Should Scare Bitcoin Maximalists
Bitcoin Cash experienced some mining issues recently, with what is reportedly a single actor controlling a majority of the hashrate, as well as serious fluctuations with how fast blocks have been...
View ArticleWhat Bakkt Integrating Bitcoin Payments Into Starbucks Really Means
Last week, Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt announced the rollout of their consumer spending app, enabling customers to buy coffee at Starbucks with Bitcoin somewhere in the middle of next year. Is this...
View ArticleBitcoin’s Three Biggest Elephants in the Room
The markets still rise and fall with Bitcoin, and this latest cryptocurrency crash centered once again around China is no exception. While proponents of this store of value may remain hopeful as to an...
View ArticleHow to Deal With the Crypto Influencer Scam
Several months ago I approached a well-known crypto YouTuber about covering Dash and its recent achievements on his program. Rather than a yes, no, request for more information, or simply silence, I...
View ArticleWhy Does Cryptocurrency Have a #FakeNews Problem?
The cryptocurrency industry has a problem with fake news and poor journalism. There’s no getting around this reality, and it affects key perceptions with the space today, leaving lingering...
View ArticleWhy Latin America Could Pass the Rest of the World Using Cryptocurrency
First-world actors are largely the drivers of the cryptocurrency industry narratives, with speculative gains-seeking as the typical order of the day. Many times when you hear about applications for...
View ArticleWhy California’s Anti-Freelancing Law Is Pivotal for Cryptocurrency
California has essentially declared war on freelancing. A new law essentially makes companies have to convert their independent contractors into full-fledged employees, including providing healthcare...
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