Bittrex to Launch Caribbean and Latin American Crypto Exchange
The US-based exchange Bittrex has announced a partnership with Cryptofacil, a new cryptocurrency trading platform designed to accommodate citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company explains the new exchange will be powered by Bittrex and offer customers in those regions accessibility to over 200 digital assets. Also read: Proof-of-Stake is a Rebranded Version of the Old Financial System US Exchange Bittrex Is...
Bitcoin’s Hopeful Numbers: 70% Familiar in the United States
This week Yougov Omnibus released a host of encouraging new survey data, new numbers, and among their findings “48% of millennials would be interested in using cryptocurrency primarily…A vast majority (79%) of Americans are familiar with at least one kind of cryptocurrency.” Also read: Square’s Big Week: Crypto Patent, Shares Leap, and Lightning Plug Some Encouraging Bitcoin & Crypto Numbers Amid sagging...
Italy Wants to Upgrade Movie “Camming” Piracy to a Criminal Offense
When the vast majority of movies are released to the public, viewings take place exclusively in cinemas. The industry is extremely protective of this initial window, which is seen as both lucrative and protective of the theater industry. This strict and exclusive window also causes problems, however. While huge marketing budgets are mostly successful in luring large numbers of people to the big screen, millions sit at home waiting for...
OpenPGP Keyservers Now Store ‘Irremovable’ Torrent Magnet Links
BitTorrent is often praised for its decentralized nature. The file-transfers take place between users and there’s no central service required. That’s also one of the main reasons why pirates embraced it. There is a weak spot though. In order to download something, you need a torrent or magnet link. These are available through torrent sites which, as history has shown, can disappear overnight. While it’s unlikely that...
Top 10 August must-reads: 15 time-saving command-line aliases, i3 window manager, Python, Linux, containers, Mu, EduBlocks, GNOME, Raspberry Pi, and more
Opensource.com brought in a record 885,642 unique visitors who generated a record 1,429,381 page views in August. We published 94 articles last month, and welcomed 19 new authors. Almost 65% of our content was contributed by members of the open source community, and our community moderators contributed 20 articles. read...
