Study: Late 2013 Bitcoin Bubble Fueled by Suspicious Trading Activity on Mt. Gox
According to a recent study by researchers from the University of Tulsa and Tel Aviv University, the massive increase in the bitcoin price in late 2013 was caused by suspicious trading activity on the...
View ArticleOp Ed: Drivechains Could Kill Off the Altcoin Market
Sidechains have been viewed as Bitcoin’s way of dealing the altcoin market since 2014, when a proposal for a two-way peg between two different blockchains was first proposed in a public setting. Three...
View ArticleDubious Bitcoin Scheme Uses Ethereum ICO to Keep the Game Going
There has been an interesting turn of events in the case of the alleged India-based Ponzi scheme known as GainBitcoin. Recently, after a Change.org petition from an outraged GainBitcoin investor...
View ArticleBitPay CEO Stephen Pair Talks Bitcoin Hard Forks, SegWit2x and Sidechains
BitPay has been very much focused on the issues around transaction capacity on the Bitcoin network lately, which eventually led them to support the New York Agreement (also known as SegWit2x). In...
View ArticleThis New Tool Can Help Bitcoin Users Deal With Stuck Transactions
Samourai Wallet is becoming increasingly popular as a wallet that focuses on privacy and security for its users above all else, but a recent tool released by this wallet’s team of developers has a...
View ArticleThe Bitcoin Block Clock Jr. Is Half Full Node, Half Work of Art
Bitcoin is a decentralized system of digital cash in which users don’t need to trust anyone else with their money; however, the full benefits of this technology are only seen when users operate a full...
View ArticleLamassu’s Zach Harvey Shares Data on the Growing Use of Bitcoin ATMs
Lamassu is a bitcoin ATM manufacturer that started in 2013 with the goal of making it “as simple as possible to get bitcoin.” There are now hundreds of these bitcoin ATMs around the world, and one of...
View ArticleFour Visions for Scaling Bitcoin: A State of Digital Money Panel
At the recent State of Digital Money event in Los Angeles, Bitcoin scaling was the topic of conversation for a panel consisting of Airbitz CEO Paul Puey, derivatives trader Tone Vays, Yours CEO Ryan X....
View ArticleHow Airbitz Hopes to Keeps Bitcoin Decentralized on Mobile Wallets
Airbitz is one of the more popular mobile bitcoin wallets among those who believe in the digital asset’s core tenet of decentralization. Recently, Bitcoin Magazine caught up with Airbitz CEO Paul Puey...
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