EU Report Implies Criminals are Too Stupid to Use Bitcoin
Are criminals too stupid to use bitcoin? That is what a July 4 European Union report suggested. This will not strike many people as obvious, though. One of the most common concerns touted by governments about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is criminals will use them to fund their activities. Also read: The Reason Why Bitcoin Miners Dedicate Time to Mining Empty Blocks The EU’s commission Staff document...
The Reason Why Bitcoin Miners Dedicate Time to Mining Empty Blocks
Bitcoin mining is an intriguing subject that can sometimes be overwhelming to understand at first without some research. One particular subject concerning the topic of mining is empty blocks, and people often wonder why mining pools mine them. Also read: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Revisiting the Empty Block Discussion Mining pools are groups of bitcoin miners that work together to...
PR: Indorse, the Decentralized Professional Network on Ethereum, Joins Forces With WINGS DAO
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. WINGS DAO to earn 1% of all Indorse tokens for price discovery and social promotion Singapore — July 10, 2017 –...
Protestors Will Watch Mt Gox CEO Face Criminal Trial This Week
Next week the notorious Mt Gox CEO, Mark Karpeles, will be going to trial for the missing bitcoins lost on the exchange back in 2014. 850,000 BTC was removed from Mt Gox trading platform, and later Karpeles allegedly found 200,000 BTC kept in cold storage. Karpeles will face the Japanese court’s decisions concerning the rest of the $1.6 billion worth of BTC gone missing. Also Read: Bitcoin’s Price Rise Brings Mt Gox...
Tumbleweed at Vuze as Torrent Client Development Grinds to a Halt
Back in the summer of 2003 when torrenting was still in its infancy, a new torrent client hit the web promising big things. Taking the Latin name of the blue poison dart frog and deploying a logo depicting its image, the Azureus client aimed to carve out a niche in what would become a market of several hundred million users. Written in Java and available on Windows, Linux, OSX, and Android, Azureus (latterly ‘Vuze’) always...
