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Here’s how Bitcoin performed in Q1 2019

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 2:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency OG, it started it all and redefined the field of digital currencies. It was released the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in their seminal white paper. The original idea was to create an online peer-to-peer cash that allowed users to exchange value online without being required to reveal their identity. As it’s so commonly touted today, Bitcoin is decentralized. There are no central bodies to provide trust to transactions and ensure everything operates as it should. Instead, there is a globally distributed network of computers that validate and confirm transactions keeping an unchangeable list of transactions known as…

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The feds still haven’t found the Nigerian scammers that stole $50K in Bitcoin

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 12:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Two Nigerian nationals face charges of attempting to defraud US residents through numerous Bitcoin investment scams. But the pair are yet to be apprehended by US authorities. Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifo are facing a 13-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and 11 instances of wire fraud, OregonLive reports. Gift and Usifoh ran a number of websites on which they promised investors risk-free investments with guaranteed returns of between 20 and 50 percent. The pair claimed to be using “unique trading methods,” but in reality, they were just sending the Bitcoin to their own wallets,…

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TikTok is no longer banned in India — but the app is still unavailable

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, India


A week-long ban of popular social video creation app TikTok in India has been reversed, according to a report by Reuters, citing two lawyers involved in the case. The Android and iOS apps, however, are yet to return to Apple and Google’s app stores. The Madras High Court moved to lift the ban on the condition that sexually explicit material will not be uploaded to the platform and that it will address any content-related complaint in three to 36 hours, failing which contempt of court proceedings would begin. Earlier this month, the state court urged the central government to prohibit new…

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TikTok is no longer banned in India — but the app is still unavailable

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, India


A week-long ban of popular social video creation app TikTok in India has been reversed, according to a report by Reuters, citing two lawyers involved in the case. The Android and iOS apps, however, are yet to return to Apple and Google’s app stores. The Madras High Court moved to lift the ban on the condition that sexually explicit material will not be uploaded to the platform and that it will address any content-related complaint in three to 36 hours, failing which contempt of court proceedings would begin. Earlier this month, the state court urged the central government to prohibit new…

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CHEAP: The amazing, co-op board game Pandemic has 27% off, YES!

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! We’re big fans of board games here at TNW. As much as we love technology (and we truly do), sometimes there’s nothing better than unplugging, sitting back, and playing some games with friends. Well, that’s got a whole lot easier today. Yes, the terrific board game Pandemic has a full 27 percent off its retail price – making the whole thing a wonderfully reasonable (some might even say CHEAP) $29.38. Now, if you already know Pandemic, you’re aware that is a great deal (it normally retails for $40). So…

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