In this blog, I will cover the hottest news from the past week in blockchain and bitcoin space. I shall be publishing weekly news every week from now onwards.
Here comes a solution, which addresses the need to increase the bitcoin blockchain size " without requiring a hard fork ".
Initiative for cryptocurrencies and contracts (IC3), is a research group primarily consisting of academic institutions. It comprises of faculty members at Cornell University, Cornell tech, UC Berkeley, University of Illinois, etc.
At the time of writing this, the bitcoin is trading at $1239.70 .
Hope this weekly will help you keep updated about the latest news and activities in this space.
You can post your suggestions or some other important news which I may have missed,in comments below.
Here comes a solution, which addresses the need to increase the bitcoin blockchain size " without requiring a hard fork ".
Lee introduced the proposal of Extension Blocks on GitHub, a popular sharing platform for coders.
he then summarized it in an entry on Medium, an online publishing tool.
It comes with potential factors like upgrade by means of a soft fork and opt-in benefits. Those who don't opt in can continue to use bitcoin.
Ledger is the first academic journal focusing on Blockchain Technology.
Chris Wilmer, University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor of chemistry, decided to launch this academic journal, seeing the lack of research papers publishing on this subject.
It covers research articles on cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, as well as any relevant intersections with mathematics, computer science, engineering, law and economics.
Global financial leader, Fidelity is the first in finance to join IC3.
Initiative for cryptocurrencies and contracts (IC3), is a research group primarily consisting of academic institutions. It comprises of faculty members at Cornell University, Cornell tech, UC Berkeley, University of Illinois, etc.
Bitcoin becomes a legal payment method in Japan.
Its the first bid of good news in quite some time for the bitcoin community.
Bitcoin has gained more than 19% in 2017.
Ledger a Bitcoin hardware wallet, raises $7 M.
There are more than 50,000 units of hardware wallet sold in 130 countries. Next for launch is enterprise grade cryptocurrency security solutions.
Blockchain Capital recently raised $10 M for a venture fund.
It raised the fund via Initial Coin Offering i.e. ICO.
" The $10M will be used to invest in blockchain startup companies", Brock Pierce, managing partner at Blockchain Capital, told CCN.
Bitcoins market cap is now larger than majority of fiat currencies in the world. Its market cap is higher than the currencies of Thailand, Nigeria, Mongolia, Bolivia, Laos, etc.
Bitcoin can be used as a digital cash system on a daily basis, in the future.
Bitcoins market cap is now larger than majority of fiat currencies in the world. Its market cap is higher than the currencies of Thailand, Nigeria, Mongolia, Bolivia, Laos, etc.
Bitcoin can be used as a digital cash system on a daily basis, in the future.
Hope this weekly will help you keep updated about the latest news and activities in this space.
You can post your suggestions or some other important news which I may have missed,in comments below.
