Technology

Bitcoin To The Moon, Baby! (Literally.)

Bitcoin to the Moon! Well, maybe not Bitcoin, but the technology it's built on could well have a life between the stars. NASA recently awarded a $330,000 grant to the University of Akron to look into using the Ethereum blockchain and artificial intelligence to help with controlling spacecraft.

9 years ago · By HEIDI HECHT

Bananacoin Makes An Appealing Cryptocurrency

Bananas have a problem. They're susceptible to fungus, and in SE Asia, crops have been suffering. There are 180 currencies recognized as legal tender by the United Nations. Even countries formerly (and pejoratively) known as Banana Republics get official coins. NONE are cryptocurrencies.

9 years ago · By THE ANALYST TEAM

BEE Token Sale A Honeypot For Hackers

The ICO ecosystem has been rocked by a large scale phishing attack in which investors eager to participate in promising home sharing startup BEE Token’s crowdsale were duped out of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Ethereum, begging the question: when will ICOs learn to do this properly?

9 years ago · By SAM TOWN

Tokenizing Web 2.0 Business Models

Tokenizing Web 2.0 business models is likely to be a major trend in the blockchain industry in 2018. As genuine disruption fades into incremental business gain, tokens like BEE, Experty, and Rentberry look to cash in on cheap VC rather than provide true innovation.

9 years ago · By ADAM SELENE

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Intro For New Traders

Jan. 30, 2018

Cryptocurrency Exchange Intro For New Traders

A cryptocurrency exchange is where you will trade crypto, altcoins, or tokens, for both fiat currency and other cryptocurrencies. We look at 5 top exchanges for new traders, and point out their individual strengths - from paying in fiat or with a credit card to bonuses.

By ADAM SELENE

The Cryptocurrency Mining Energy Problem

Jan. 10, 2018

The Cryptocurrency Mining Energy Problem

The amount of energy consumed by cryptocurrency mining poses a roadblock to wider adoption but solutions may arise from the technology itself

By HEIDI HECHT

Crypto Kitties Have Taken Over Ethereum Network and ICOs are Canceling

Dec. 5, 2017

Crypto Kitties Have Taken Over Ethereum Network and ICOs are Canceling

the middle class and small businesses need to embrace cryptocurrencies as a form of payment if we are to see real cryptocurrency adoption

By HEIDI HECHT

Middle Class and Small Businesses Critical to Mass Crypto Adoption

Dec. 4, 2017

Middle Class and Small Businesses Critical to Mass Crypto Adoption

the middle class and small businesses need to embrace cryptocurrencies as a form of payment if we are to see real cryptocurrency adoption

By HEIDI HECHT

How Bitcoin And Hayver App Can Save an Addict’s Life

Nov. 20, 2017

How Bitcoin And Hayver App Can Save an Addict’s Life

Bitcoin can also do social good. hayver app uses Bitcoin to help drug addicts and alcohol addicts from falling off the wagon.

By HEIDI HECHT

PayPal Or Bitcoin? It Is A Binary Choice?

Nov. 2, 2017

PayPal Or Bitcoin? It Is A Binary Choice?

PayPal or Bitcoin? Can both survive as alternatives to credit cards, or do we need to choose a winner before the battle has begun in earnest?

By HEIDI HECHT

Seeds Token Sale Lets You Ask the Blockchain for Help

Nov. 2, 2017

Seeds Token Sale Lets You Ask the Blockchain for Help

The Seeds token is new: make a purchase from participating companies, and a micro-donation from that order goes to help those in need.

By PRESS RELEASE

Steemit Has New Look For SteemFest 2

Nov. 1, 2017

Steemit Has New Look For SteemFest 2

Steemit, the largest blockchain-based social network, today revealed an entirely new rebrand and redesign of its website and mobile app.

By PRESS RELEASE

Forks and Altcoins Gonna Happen

Oct. 21, 2017

Forks and Altcoins Gonna Happen

The era of forks and altcoins is upon us, and Bitcoin's role in history will be defined by how developers and miners cooperate - or not.

By HEIDI HECHT

Byzantium – Ethereum’s Hard Fork Explained

Oct. 19, 2017

Byzantium – Ethereum’s Hard Fork Explained

At 5:22 UTC on October 16, block 4,370,000 was mined and added to the Ethereum blockchain, officially activating the Byzantium hard fork.

By DAVID SHEPHERD