Bitcoin

Double-Spending Explained Double-Spending within Bitcoin is when the same BTCs (digital money files) are used more than once. For instance, if you buy an item for $1, you cannot spend that same $1 to buy a different item. If this were to happen, money would have no value since everyone would have unlimited amounts and [...]

Bitcoin has become the most sought-after cryptocurrency, and many are looking for ways of acquiring the coin. As a result, many sites have been created to provide for this customer segment. But can it be possible to earn Bitcoins for free? While this might seem infeasible, there are actually a few methods that can get [...]

What is Electrum? Electrum is a name known by most early crypto enthusiasts, as it’s one of the pioneers of cryptocurrency software wallets. Launched on November 5, 2011, by a German computer scientist by the name of Thomas Voegtlin, Electrum is designed to be a lightweight, fast, safe, and private Bitcoin wallet. It’s a client [...]

Cryptocurrency market has had one of the toughest years since the birth of Bitcoin in 2009. However, it is not too late for a comeback, according to a venture capitalist Tom Lee. Bitcoin and Ethereum were the star cryptocurrencies in 2017, but this year has been a different story. The industry lost nearly $70 billion [...]

The cryptosphere is fascinating, intriguing, and scary at times, especially for aspiring investors. One thing it is not is mysterious. Most of the crypto projects are open source, transparent, and somewhat “open” for the public. Our point is that almost all important crypto projects launched and noteworthy crypto events that took place (the positive ones, [...]

Bitcoin mining is the process which generates Bitcoin in return for verifying the validity of Bitcoin transactions. These transactions offer security for the Bitcoin network which in turn rewards miners with BTCs. If the price of the digital coins surpasses the cost required to mine them, then the miner makes a profit. But as technology [...]

The massive sell-off that gripped crypto markets last week following rumors of Bitcoin Cash hard fork triggered the slump of the crypto market. That news saw Bitcoin, the world’s largest digital currency by market cap, drop below the $5,400 mark for the first time in 2018. Ethereum also shed more than 10 percent of its [...]

Last week, the focus was on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and the looming hard fork. The tension between Craig Wright’s and Roger Ver’s teams threatened to split the currency into two. Many believe this is what triggered the sudden drop in the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on Nov. 14. Most cryptocurrencies were on the [...]

Bitcoin vs Ripple Bitcoin was created to be a form of peer-to-peer electronic cash which was created in 2009, making it the world’s first digital currency to be secured by cryptography, and which did not have any central authority to govern it. Bitcoin holders are able to send and receive the coins among each other, [...]

Ripple has come back to reclaim its position as the world’s 2nd largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, a spot it took briefly from Ethereum in mid-September of this year. Cryptocurrency market moment of relative stability ended suddenly yesterday. Most major digital coins hit their lowest level of the year, dipping as low [...]

Check out the second part of this article (Part II) How and Where to Buy Ripple (XRP). A couple of years ago, cryptocurrencies started to capture the imagination and the attention of investors from all over the world. Since then, there have been many big-time investors who loathed the idea of cryptocurrencies calling the rising trend [...]