The bitcoin cash community is up in arms over a significant protocol change that has major tax implications. | Image: shutterstock.com Bitcoin cash community splintered by 12.5% miners tax proposal. Tax plan will be activated via involuntary soft-fork on May 15. BCH users are furious with the sudden – and unavoidable – six month protocol...Read More
Bitcoin aka digital gold recently marked the successful completion of a decade of existence. Over the years, the coin has seen several developments and changes, wherein if the community did not agree with the changes or wanted a particular change that did not have a majority vote, they had the liberty to fork the chain....Read More
According to recent buzz on Twitter, one of the biggest names in the crypto-industry, Michael Novogratz, is speaking up and questioning the biggest price shift made by altcoins yet this year, raising a red flag for crypto-enthusiasts everywhere. Michael Novogratz is the CEO of U.S.-based Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd, a limited partner of Galaxy Digital...Read More
The year began with people hoping for a bullish Bitcoin market; there were some who thought that Bitcoin would be the one leading the bull run this year, considering that halving was just a few months away. There were others who believed that some of the popular altcoins such as BNB would be the ones...Read More
There’s an increase in analysts’ chatter about the possibility of market manipulation behind Bitcoin SV’s eye-catching gains. | Source: YouTube/Bitstocks TV The Bitcoin SV pump has caught many crypto investors by surprise. A Twitter user has been following BSV’s price action and has a theory as to why the price of the bitcoin hard fork...Read More
Bitcoin SV is surging through the crypto market cap rankings. Here’s why. | Image: shutterstock.com Bitcoin battle becomes three-way shootout as BSV replaces BCH as fourth-largest capped cryptocurrency. BSV has been on a tear all week – seven-day gains stand at 286%. But is there any substance behind BSV’s market growth? A Bitcoin flippening was...Read More
With all eyes fixed on Bitcoin‘s valuation at the moment, the lesser-known assets with medium-range market caps were seen performing better than the large market cap assets. According to Arcane Research, the best performing tokens over the past week has been outside the major altcoins with only Monero and Bitcoin SV making the cut from...Read More
Bitcoin’s most famous hashforks surged on Saturday as altcoins rallied. | Image: shutterstock.com While BTC recorded modest 5% gains, its was the OG’s many offshoots which benefitted most from the weekend’s pump. Bitcoin SV (BSV) led the pack with a 38% surge leading into Saturday. Even Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) emerged from obscurity to rake in...Read More
The never-ending war between bitcoin and bitcoin cash has a major venue in Reddit. | Image: shutterstock.com Microtask workers were employed to pump the visibility of a post made to the r/btc subreddit, screenshots reveal. Propaganda battle continues between two deeply oppositional groups in the cryptocurrency space. Bitcoin’s scaling debate continues to make itself felt....Read More
Over the course of 2019, Bitcoin Cash had registered impressive adoption metrics in Australia. As reported previously, Roger Ver’s BCH was advancing its retail trade and outperforming the likes of even Bitcoin, ETH, and Litecoin by a huge margin in the land down under. According to the presented data, BCH had registered sales of $36,430...Read More
With one Bitcoin Cash House now established in Venezuela, the grassroots movement is independently spreading to other locations. Read.cash user ‘Koush’ has announced that the new BCH House Ghana has secured and paid for its location and will launch sometime this month. The independent movement to establish informational centers for those interested in peer-to-peer electronic...Read More
It is a great day for the crypto market today as most of the cryptos are trading in the green zone. After a stressful plunging downtrend, crypto investors and traders can breathe a sigh of relief. Among all the cryptos, Bitcoin family has emerged as a winner regarding the price rise. Bitcoin’s 11th birthday can...Read More
Instantly verifiable, unhackable and forever retrievable are some of the key features of information stored on a blockchain. These are also the characteristics that traders of various assets, commodities and currencies would appreciate when it comes to the price data they are using. The team behind the Blitz Ticker project have decided that’s exactly what...Read More
When it comes to creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, accepting zero confirmation transactions becomes critically important. When a model’s main aim is to “just hodl” or push an isolated store of value narrative, important concerns like double spending can take a back seat, potentially opening a network to serious attack. A recent video demonstrating...Read More
Since the platform’s launch, the Bitcoin Cash-centric blogging site read.cash has gathered a lot of traction. The website’s user base publishes interesting content and new material on a daily basis with the most popular authors gathering tips in bitcoin cash for their work. Also Read: These Are the Bitcoin Stories You Loved in 2019 Read.cash...Read More
The broader cryptocurrency market came under pressure on the second trading day of 2020, as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies slipped into negative territory for the month. The first cryptocurrency fell back towards $7,050 after being rejected from its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame. BTC/USD shorts on the Bitfinex trading exchange were...Read More
Not your keys, not your coins Let the meaning sink in… It’s the most popular adage in the crypto-community. This mantra is echoed time and again or each time an exchange gets compromised! Just like Satoshi Nakamoto, Trace Mayer ignited the Proof-of-Keys [PoK] revolution on January 03, 2018. To the people outside looking in, the...Read More
Search online for ‘possible creators of Bitcoin’ and Bit Gold creator Nick Szabo will always appear near the top of the list. His long history in the cypherpunk space, his writings on money, digital cash, and smart contracts, and some facts about his past have often been used to create a compelling picture that he...Read More
Bitcoin Cash is expected to see some crucial developments in the near future. The upgrades are considered to be the largest privacy improvement on the BCH Network. One of them is the CashFusion protocol. As per a Reddit announcement, this protocol will add an extra layer of privacy on top of the user’s BCH-based network...Read More
Some very exciting developments are on the horizon for bitcoin cash. Primarily the Cashfusion protocol has proven to be of great interest to community members. Several key enhancements will be introduced to bitcoin cash in the near future. Major Changes for Bitcoin Cash The Cashfusion protocol will improve upon the existing Cashshuffle protocol. This allows...Read More
During the course of 2019, the most used BTC-based OP_Return protocol, Veriblock, outshined Omni Layer outputs. According to statistics, Veriblock captured 57% of BTC’s OP_Return outputs in 2019. Ever since the protocol’s opcodes started dominating, a number of BTC influencers called the outputs “abuse” and “spam.” Also Read: Central Bank Gold Hoarding Hits 50-Year High...Read More
The total crypto market cap is holding an important support area near the $185.0B level.Bitcoin price is struggling to continue higher and trading close to the $7,200 support.EOS price is down 2% and it is now trading near the $2.600 support area.Binance Coin (BNB) is down 3% and it failed to stay above the key...Read More
2019 was known for the growing trend of stealth miners mining on the BTC and BCH network. On Dec. 30, data shows that 68% of the Bitcoin Cash network’s hashrate is being mined by mystery miners. As the year comes to an end, the large number of unknown BCH hashrate has attracted scrutiny. Also Read:...Read More
An unknown mining pool controls 70% of Bitcoin Cash (BCH)’s hash-rate, leaving it ripe for a 51% attack. | Source: Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP; Edited by CCN Unknown miners currently account for 69.44% of the Bitcoin Cash hashrate. Established mining pools have disappeared completely. Others had their network influence cut in half. The...Read More
The total crypto market cap is slowly rising and it is now above the $185.0B support.Bitcoin price rallied recently, but it failed to climb above the $7,500 resistance.Binance coin (BNB) price is up more than 5% and it broke the $14.20 resistance area.Litecoin (LTC) price is slowly recovering and it is now trading above $42.50.BCH...Read More
The precarious nature of Bitcoin’s recent price action does not lend itself to helping generate bullish price action amongst major altcoins, but one prominent analyst is noting that he believes Ethereum, XRP, and Bitcoin Cash are all decently positioned to see further upside against their USD trading pairs in the near-term.Other analysts concur with this...Read More
During the last few days, digital currency markets have been meandering sideways and prices have been less volatile. On Sunday, during the last 24 hours, the entire cryptoconomy is hovering just below the $200 billion zone and there’s roughly $71 billion in global trades. Crypto proponents are still uncertain about the future trajectory and whether...Read More
France will soon be monitoring social media accounts to catch suspected tax evaders. The endeavor could label anyone as suspicious who so much as posts a “taxation is theft” meme or a poses with a nice car. The country’s budget minister, Gérald Darmanin, called the court-approved experiment ‘one more tool to fight fraud.’ Exemplified by...Read More
As digital currencies become a mainstay in society, a great number of governments have enforced strict tax guidelines, severe money transmission rules, and tough regulations. Because of a few nation-states’ harsh rules against cryptos, there are individuals who plan to renounce their citizenship in order to become stateless. Some people will also attempt to get...Read More
Bitcoin Cash, the would-be de-facto BTC is as popular as its namesake. BCH is the 5th position as per market capitalization. There seems to be a recent activity in the crypto industry related to Bitcoin cash. Rakuten, an e-commerce giant in Japan has decided to allow users to convert their loyalty points to BTC, BCH....Read More
