Bitcoin’s next halving event is set to happen in less than a week, at which point, the Bitcoin block reward is set to be cut in half from 12.5 coins per block to 6.25 coins per block. But why is this happening? Bitcoin’s coin issuance dictates that miners be…
Bitcoin miners are the custodians of the Bitcoin network who ensure the network is secured at all times and get rewarded for generating blocks A computer hash rate is one of the most important factors to look out for when choosing mining equipment as it measures the miner’s performance…
Self-described as a reasonably private digital currency, Monero aims to be a secure digital alternative to cash, where instead of relying on a bank to store your money, you store it yourself in a secure digital wallet. Monero is a decentralized blockchain-based cryptocurrency with a user-operated network. The development…
The United States now tops the chart as the country with the highest confirmed cases of the COVID-19 pandemic with over 100k cases to-date The ‘digital dollar’ proposal by the US government for the disbursement of the massive $2 trillion stimulus package for its citizens will be issued using…
Interview with Dr. David Hanekom, Chief Medical Officer and Regional President, North America of Solve.Care. This is the second in a series of interviews with high-profile executives in the blockchain space. Can you provide us with some details on your background, and how you became involved in Solve.Care? I have been…
Over $1 billion worth of long positions were liquidated on March 12, causing one of the most intense long squeezes in the history of the crypto market The number of “hodlers” owning one Bitcoin or more reached an ATH of 795,630, crossing a previous ATH of 795,300. Bitcoin price…
Privacy has been a major concern for cryptocurrency owners in the past Bitcoin lacks adequate privacy and anonymity features and this creates a gap in the market for other cryptocurrencies to fill As a result, there is a great deal of research going on leading to the creation of…
Heavily reliant on bankers and financial intermediaries, the global commercial system is a complex arena where access is limited to a few. The advent of blockchain technology promises to revolutionize a market that is ripe for disruption. One key development in this area is the phenomenon of STOs or…
The major reason behind Bitcoin’s creation lies in the inadequacies of the traditional financial system The identity of its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has not been conclusively established Nakamoto had written extensively on the idea of a peer-to-peer e-currency system around the turn of the last decade In 2008, while…