Posts Tagged ‘cryptocurrency’
cryptocurrency miners
categories: Digital literacy, information technology
Cryptocurrency Miners Make Big Promises In Small Towns
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/28/609790069/cryptocurrency-miners-make-big-promises-in-small-towns
According to the Digiconomist blog that follows cryptocurrencies, all the Bitcoin mining computers worldwide consume more power collectively than the entire nation of Czech Republic.
When the value of a traded Bitcoin soared to almost $20,000 late last year, a Bitcoin mining rush hit lots of places with cheap power, from Louisiana to Washington State.
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https://news.bitcoin.com/georgia-has-become-eurasias-cryptocurrency-mining-epicenter/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2018/04/23/bitcoin-georgia/
why cryptocurrencies are unstable
categories: announcement
5 key reasons bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies have lost a stunning $370 billion in 10 days
Published: Jan 17, 2018 3:58 p.m. ET
Here’s a quick rundown of the factors contributing to the carnage:
1). South Korea
Seoul has said that the government intends to crack down on the trading of cryptoassets. Officials have also floated the idea of taxes on crypto trading and other measures to tighten its grip on market considered by some as supporting money laundering and dangerous speculative investing. By some measures, South Korea represents about a fifth of the virtual-trade volume.
2). Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that more oversight of cryptocurrencies may be needed “This is the prerogative of the Central Bank at present and the Central Bank has sufficient authority so far. However, in broad terms, legislative regulation will be definitely required in future,” he said, according to Russian news agency TASS.
3). China
Beijing, which already has taken a hard line against the bitcoin community, which uses computing power to support the network and create new bitcoin through mining, has said it also is exploring further regulations or restrictions around digital-asset trading.
4). Bitconnect $BCC
The cyber currency known as Bitconnect, which has long drawn a critical eye from cryptocurrency investors because of its use of loans and the manner in which it solicits new investors, shut down. Bitconnect also promised a return of a quarter of a percentage point daily.
5). Bitcoin futures
Futures for bitcoin on exchange platforms are set to expire this month.
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Kodakcoin
categories: Digital literacy, information technology
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cryptocurrencies
categories: information technology
Cryptocurrencies: Litecoin price skyrockets, Ethereum follows after Bitcoin futures premiere
10 most important cryptocurrencies’ prices and trends during 12 December 2017.
A fork itself of the original Bitcoin, Litecoin uses the same process to create the coins, and it uses blockchain to decentralize the banking. However, Litecoin still is four times faster, generating “blocks” faster, every 2.5 minutes instead of every 10 that applies to Bitcoin, making it faster and cheaper.
Ethereum, on the other hand, is more of a decentralized app platform than a cryptocurrency, could be boosted by a recent statement by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chief Jay Clayton, laying down a sober and knowledgeable overview of initial coin offerings (ICOs). “The technology on which cryptocurrencies and ICOs are based may prove to be disruptive, transformative and efficiency-enhancing,” said Clayton. “I am confident that developments in Fintech will help facilitate capital formation and provide promising investment opportunities for institutional and Main Street investors alike,”
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