Altcoins
Vitalik Buterin Attacks Bitcoin Private, Which Responds by Attacking ZCash
On Jan 10, Vitalk Buterin attacked Bitcoin Private (BTCP). In reply, Bitcoin Private implied that BTCP is better than ZCash. BT...
US National Debt Growing by $5 Billion Per Day
Since the advent of cryptocurrencies beginning in 2009, the U.S. national debt has almost doubled, adding more than $10 trillio...
History Proves Fiat is Doomed to Fail
A brief history of money in the US indicates that Bitcoin is simply the next in a long line of innovations that have positively...
Ethereum Classic (ETC) Attackers Return $100,000 — Motives Unclear
Recent news of a successful 51-percent attack on the Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain at the beginning of the year was a major...
NYU Economist Slams Bitcoin and Enterprise Blockchain in US Senate Testimony
American economist Nouriel Roubini has authored a scathing and dismissive paper on the topic of cryptocurrencies and distribute...
Kidnappers Demand Monero Ransom For Return of Norwegian Woman
Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, a wife of one of the richest men in Norway, went missing from her house in Oslo at the end of Oc...
Jack and Jill Explain the Difference Between Lightning Network and Proof-of-Stake
There are a lot of confusing terms being thrown around the cryptocurrency industry. Consensus algorithms like Proof-of-Stake ar...
Can Centralized Digital Currencies Replace Bitcoin?
I found several gold bars a few months ago while going through someone’s home after their death. Most of the people helping wer...
Is Institutional Wealth Transfer Into Bitcoin Imminent?
Long-time cryptocurrency investor Trace Mayer has pointed out that the cryptocurrency asset class is still a minuscule fraction...
From Harry Potter to Cryptocurrency: An Introduction to the Mimblewimble Protocol
On Jan 3, Beam released its mainnet using a Wimblewimble privacy protocol. The same protocol was implemented within Grin’s vari...
