Coming from a University Education in Computer Science, I am interested in blockchains and Bitcoin since 2014 and even mined at the time. The rumors of Bitcoin bubble made me run away, but I have com
The party had everything. There was booze flowing around and also it was part of the Consensus 2018. There were even torn dollar bills on the floor. An independent cryptocurrency trader by the name of Wade Love had paid around 1 Ether in order to gain entry to the party....
Criminal gangs are getting more and more creative when it comes to committing a crime. Recently, one of the criminal gangs actually kidnapped a teenage boy. They demanded that the ransom should be paid in Bitcoin. The amount which was demanded was $ 120,000. According to the spokesperson of police,...
Crypto-sweep is the operation which is launched by the regulators in Canada as well as the United States. The operation is launched in order to cleanse the cryptocurrency industry of the fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes. The North American securities administrators Association recently stated that over 40 states in different regulators...
Cryptocurrency scams are happening all over the globe. However, Aussies lost a significant amount of cryptocurrencies last year. The total amount stands at US$ 2.1 million. This includes the amount which had to be paid via ransoms or the amounts which are lost fake ICO’s. This is an...
It is a well-known fact that cryptocurrency mining requires a lot of electricity. Most of the cryptocurrency mining operations mine Bitcoin. As a result, the amount of electricity which is utilized for mining Bitcoin is significant. According to a study, it is found that 0.5% of the total electricity...
China recently unveiled index of public blockchains. And in that index, Ethereum is at the top. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is ranked at the 13th place. This is the index which was launched by the government of China. It is known by the name of global public chain assessment...
