Dividend paying cryptocurrencies are becoming a dominant, emerging trend. Crypto-investors should be aware of their dynamic, and how they can enhance returns. Given their similarity with dividend-paying stocks, we can look at historical data and models from the stock market to try and make predictions on how the dividend paying cryptocurrencies will or could evolve […]
Here’s how to buy ICONOMI (or ICN token) on ICONOMI exchanges. You can buy ICONOMI in many ways, using fiat or government money (like US Dollar and Euro) or other cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin and Ethereum). Note that ICONOMI is a token on Ethereum, which means the ICN/ETH market will be more active than some other Ethereum […]
In Bitcoin, who pays for transactions? In every Bitcoin transaction, there are two parties, the sender and the receiver (technically, it is possible to create more complex transactions types but we’ll ignore all that for now, and assume a Bitcoin transaction as a simple financial transaction between the sender and the receiver). There is also […]
ICONOMI is the latest crypto-token ICO to have hit the marketplace, and as of this writing, has raised over $4.5 million. By any standards, it is one of the highest grossing ICOs. It has performed impressively even in a hot market where too many ICOs are chasing investment Bitcoins. But it seems like a lot […]
This is a guest post from James Freeman On 9th June 2016, Bitcoin reached a very important milestone – the second halving. In Bitcoin, halving occurs after about every four years, during which the mining reward is reduced by half. It’s a planned part of the Bitcoin ecosystem that controls the new supply of the cryptocurrency in […]
HEAT has announced an ICO until August 11th 2016. Now, there is no shortage of ICOs and pumps and dumps in the cryptocurrency space, so a new ICO in and of itself isn’t very exciting. However, reading through the technical and social features of HEAT, I would say that this ICO is worth taking a […]
This is a guest post by Andy Jenkins. Things have been relatively quiet on the news front for bitcoin for some time, but that doesn’t mean the digital currency has gone anywhere. In fact, bitcoin has been steadily gaining momentum, rebuilding its value since bottoming at the beginning of 2015. Bitcoin has managed to bounce […]
Tim Ferris, of the four hour workweek fame, did a great podcast with Marc Andreessen, the famed venture capital investor who is really into Bitcoin, and puts his money where is mouth is, by funding several Bitcoin startups like 21 Inc and Coinbase, and more recently Mediachain. Andreessen talks about a lot of topics, and […]
Lisk is a new cryptocurrency project with the aim of making it as easy as possible for developers to build and deploy their decentralized applications (DApps). Lisk is especially noteworthy in its use of JavaScript as the programming language that will power these DApps. JavaScript is one of the most common languages that most web […]
Bitshares announced today that it is available on Microsoft Azure. This may or may not seem like huge news to you, but I suspect people are missing the point. Just getting on to Microsoft Azure is a gimmick – everyone and their dog will be doing this soon for the publicity and price pump this […]