Eric Lombrozo is the CEO of Ciphrex and a longtime contributor to Bitcoin Core. At the recent Blockchain Agenda Conference in San Diego, Lombrozo gave a talk on the future of Bitcoin in which he mainly focused on the issue of scalability. He discussed many specific proposals and concepts that could eventually lead to a …
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Cambridge Blockchain, a startup that provides identity verifications tools, has won the Santander InnoVentures Distributed Ledger Challenge. On January 27, eight blockchain startups competed for a US$15,000 grand prize and the opportunity to partner with Santander during the Santander Distributed Ledger Challenge in New York. Cambridge Blockchain won the grand prize, followed by Midasium, the …
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, leaders of the world’s largest financial institutions, companies and organizations discussed the potential of new innovations and shared their views on Bitcoin and blockchain technology. In a session dedicated to the future of financial services called The Transformation of Finance, the heads …
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Jonas Schnelli is a contributor to Bitcoin Core whose first pull request was merged into the codebase in April of 2013. He has made 220 commits in total, which puts him in the number six spot of the contributors list, right behind Blockstream Core Tech Engineer Matt Corallo. Schnelli recently gave a presentation related to …
2015 was a successful year for Airbitz with the wallet provider raising $450,000 from blockchain venture firm, Block26 and partnering with companies to add new functionality including buy/sell within the USA and Canada and Fold integration, allowing users to easily buy discounted gift cards from within their wallet. This week, they’ve announced plans to increase their market …
Longtime CoinJournal readers will remember that we aren’t huge fans of Ads. We have come to accept them as a necessary evil until we prove to you, the reader, that we are worth your donations. Brendan Eich, who created JavaScript and is the former CEO of Mozilla, is working on a new web browser called Brave, that hopes …
Browser Brave Protects Your Privacy and Pays You In Bitcoin Read More »
Nationwide Bitcoin ATM network Coinsource have expanded their coverage, announcing the launch of South Las Vegas and Henderson’s first 2-way Bitcoin ATMs, allowing users to buy and sell bitcoin, with rates starting at 7% buy and 5% sell. “Coinsource is excited to bring the first bitcoin ATM machine to the South Las Vegas and Henderson …
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Digital Asset Holdings has raised more than US$50 million in funding from international firms, financial institutions and banks, including Citi, BNP Paribas, as well as Blythe Masters’ former employer JP Morgan, the company announced yesterday. Other participants in the round included ABN AMRO, Accenture, Australian Securities Exchange Ltd. (ASX), Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., CME Ventures, …
2015 was Bitcoin’s biggest year thus far when it comes to startup investments, and the industry as a whole has been able to raise roughly $1 billion in venture capital funding up to this point. While this may seem like a solid step in the right direction to some, Cypherpunk Vinay Gupta sees things getting …
Prediction: $10 Billion Will Be Invested in Blockchain Projects in 2016 Read More »
The DC Blockchain Summit is taking place at George Town University on March 3rd. Today, the Chamber of Digital Commerce has announced three new speakers. The late additions join a list that already includes speakers from Microsoft, American Express, The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Booz Allen Hamilton, NASDAQ, Capital One and more. The new speakers include …
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Gatecoin, a bitcoin exchange based in Hong Kong, is currently integrating with an international bank in Africa to allow it to provide bitcoin brokerage and blockchain remittance services in several African countries. According to Gatecoin’s co-founder and CEO Aurélien Menant, the solution will be deployed around March or April. Aurélien Menant, co-founder and CEO of …
[Note: The photo above is of IMF Director Christine Lagarde. It is used for illustrative purposes but it should be noted that she did not author the report. It was, as mentioned in the article below, written by the IMF “staff”] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its first report on Virtual currencies today. While much …
IMF: Bitcoin Is Not Money, Has Many Risks and Benefits Read More »
Investors have been warned by the Chinese Government about MMM Global and MMM China. The Chinese government believe that those schemes — and sites like them — are illegal. This news comes to us from Chinese media site Caixin [via Coinfox]. What Is MMM? MMM Global is run by convicted Russian fraudster Sergey Mavrodi who served over four years in …
Mavordi ‘MMM Global’ Scam Declared Illegal By Chinese Government Read More »
Founded In 2014 by Gavin Smith and Marcie Terman who between them hold over 35 years of experience in financial services, First Global Credit were the first company to allow Bitcoin to be used as collateral margin for over 200 stocks and a selection of ETF’s. Within 14 months they’ve grown their user base to …
Blockchain, a startup based in Luxembourg providing bitcoin-related services, has signed a partnership with the government of Dubai to help the municipality in its push to bring all government documents and transactions on a blockchain by 2020. Speaking during the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Peter Smith, CEO of Blockchain, unveiled his …
BitGo has revealed BitGo Instant, allowing merchants and exchanges to accept zero-confirmation transactions. BitGo is so sure it its system that it promises to back any BitGo Instant transaction with its own funds. Bitcoin is often called instant, but it isn’t. While a bitcoin transaction will usually show up on the blockchain a few moments after it is …
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Since their inception in 2011, Kraken has focused their attention on developing market share in Europe, cementing themselves as the world’s largest bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity. They’ve often been reviewed as one of the most innovative exchanges in the space and amongst other accolades were the first to have their market data …
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If it weren’t for the Cryptsy failure, Mike Hearn would undoubtedly be the most hated man in the Bitcoin community at the present moment. After publicly announcing that he was giving up the decentralized currency and called it a failure, he doesn’t have many friends left. Unsurprisingly, leaders in the community have been taking shots at …
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Although the Lightning Network has the potential to help Bitcoin scale to millions of new users, the scheme powered by payment channels has become a controversial topic of conversation in the community. Some would rather see an immediate increase in the block size limit, but the developers behind Bitcoin Core seem intent on turning the …
Bitcoin’s scalability issues continue, coming to a head this week when Bitcoin developer and long-term evangelist, Mike Hearn brandished the technology a failure, announcing his exit from the space. We spoke to Blockstream CEO, Austin Hill to talk about the issues raised by Mike, and the proposals for scaling Bitcoin Oliver Carding: The last time …
Why Blockstream CEO, Austin Hill Believes The Scaling Debate Is A Blip Read More »