Over 150 cryptocurrencies participated in a study published last year, which surveyed a large swathe of the burgeoning industry and isolated many salient points.
We all have one person in our social circle that has the latest app or gadget which they swear is going to be “the next big thing.”
Much has been made of Turing-completeness with the advent of Ethereum – which boasts said capability – and, by contrast, bitcoin, which does not posses this seeming exaltation.
Bitcoin’s price-spike above the $17,000 mark earlier this week has attracted mass coverage and speculation, but are we reliving a familiar story?
Understanding of the way blockchain functions is low in comparison to the frequency with which the term is used.
The story of Bitcoin and blockchain starts with Satoshi Nakamoto, a man (or group) whose identity is a mystery that is yet to be solved. Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin in 2008.
We’ve all heard of Bitcoin, right? But, with all the fuss around it, do we really know who actually uses it?
The improved ability of businesses to collaborate is one of the less-spoken of effects of technology, but it affects almost every aspect of our interaction with companies.
The cyptocurrency mining on The Pirate Bay and Politifact is less a question of hacking or exploitation, and more a catalyst for decreasing ad revenue and increasing volunteer computing.
If online content can be stored and distributed by peer-to-peer (P2P) blockchain technology, then the web could very quickly become a very different place.
