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Research: China has the power to destroy Bitcoin

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 4:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A damning new study has suggested China holds threatening influence over Bitcoin – and perhaps even the ability to attack and ultimately destroy the entire Bitcoin network. Academics from Princeton and Florida International Universities have explored how China “threatens the security, stability, and viability of Bitcoin” with its “political and economic control over domestic [cryptocurrency] activity […] [and] internet infrastructure.” According to the paper, China has both “mature capabilities” and “strong motives” to perform a variety of attacks against Bitcoin. Even worse, it is already exerting its power over Bitcoin in a myriad of ways. “As the value and economic…

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This archive immortalizes Satoshi Nakamoto’s most memorable Bitcoin quotes

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Many have tried and failed to identify the person behind the notorious pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. Shortly after the launch of Bitcoin, Nakamoto vanished form the face of the earth, leaving only a few traces behind. One of the biggest remnants of Nakamoto’s online existence is an extensive list of forum posts the Bitcoin creator penned while he still worked on the project. An institute set up to educate the masses about the history and vision of Bitcoin’s creation, the Nakamoto Institute, has indexed every single post Nakamoto ever made – and broken down the list in categories. Ahead of the…

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This archive immortalizes Satoshi Nakamoto’s most memorable Bitcoin quotes

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Many have tried and failed to identify the person behind the notorious pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. Shortly after the launch of Bitcoin, Nakamoto vanished form the face of the earth, leaving only a few traces behind. One of the biggest remnants of Nakamoto’s online existence is an extensive list of forum posts the Bitcoin creator penned while he still worked on the project. An institute set up to educate the masses about the history and vision of Bitcoin’s creation, the Nakamoto Institute, has indexed every single post Nakamoto ever made – and broken down the list in categories. Ahead of the…

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Why Portal, Facebook’s video-chatting device, has a shot at success

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 3:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Facebook today launched its first hardware products, the Portal and Portal+. A bit like the Amazon Echo Show, they sit somewhere in your home and allow you to talk to your friends and family through the near-universal Facebook Messenger service. Judging from the response on Twitter, the Portal is dead on arrival. In fairness, the timing isn’t great. Facebook is currently dealing with a massive security breach, and public trust in the company is at rock-bottom. Look, it’s been a whole 10 days since Facebook announced that almost 50 million accounts got hacked. https://t.co/fcxjsFUIcQ — Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro) October 8,…

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Why Portal, Facebook’s video-chatting device, has a shot at success

Oct08
by on October 8, 2018 at 3:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Facebook today launched its first hardware products, the Portal and Portal+. A bit like the Amazon Echo Show, they sit somewhere in your home and allow you to talk to your friends and family through the near-universal Facebook Messenger service. Judging from the response on Twitter, the Portal is dead on arrival. In fairness, the timing isn’t great. Facebook is currently dealing with a massive security breach, and public trust in the company is at rock-bottom. Look, it’s been a whole 10 days since Facebook announced that almost 50 million accounts got hacked. https://t.co/fcxjsFUIcQ — Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro) October 8,…

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