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Opinion

48show’s Max Keidun: There Will Be a Privacy War
Krzysztof Shpak 603 15.04.2020

48show’s Max Keidun: There Will Be a Privacy War

There are myriads of individual aspects to the issue of personal privacy. In the case of Bitcoin, privacy is the subject of heated debates that split the community to an extent.
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Proof-of-Stake Future: Inevitability or Myth
Krzysztof Shpak 469 14.04.2020

Proof-of-Stake Future: Inevitability or Myth

The debate about Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work being obsolete and downright harmful to the environment has been going on for a while. Alternative algorithms like Proof-of-Stake emerged aiming to solve the problems, but the solution to end the debate is yet to be found.
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SEC vs. 11 Crypto-Companies: More Lawsuits to Come
Krzysztof Shpak 547 10.04.2020

SEC vs. 11 Crypto-Companies: More Lawsuits to Come

On April 3rd, 2020, class-action suits against four major crypto-exchanges and seven ICO projects were filed. The lawsuits allege that the defendants have violated U.S. securities laws.
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Peter McCormack on Silk Road and Bitcoin: as a Cocaine User—It Was Brilliant
Krzysztof Shpak 1000 05.04.2020

Peter McCormack on Silk Road and Bitcoin: as a Cocaine User—It Was Brilliant

As governments and law enforcement agencies love to remind us, Bitcoin, just like everyday paper cash, does have a darker side. Many people entered crypto through shady deals and darknet markets. Yet some managed to get their lives in order and realized that Bitcoin was just so much more than darknet cash.
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Tone Vays: Whatever Governments Call Their Digital Currencies, It’s All About Getting Rid of Paper Money
Krzysztof Shpak 664 04.04.2020

Tone Vays: Whatever Governments Call Their Digital Currencies, It’s All About Getting Rid of Paper Money

A lot is going on with the economy. The monetary authorities around the world leverage their powers to intervene by printing money and introducing unconditional payments for citizens, businesses change their model or struggle to keep afloat.
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SEC vs Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided
Krzysztof Shpak 3062 01.04.2020

SEC vs Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided

In 2018, Telegram raised $1.7 billion through an ICO in exchange for the future delivery of 2.9 billion Gram tokens to 175 investors. While Grams could realistically be sold with a premium on the secondary market, Telegram argued that the agreement was in line with the definition of a private placement of securities that is […]
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Trump vs Maduro: What Does Crypto Have to Do With It?
Krzysztof Shpak 420 30.03.2020

Trump vs Maduro: What Does Crypto Have to Do With It?

U.S. authorities have indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for involvement in drug trafficking. Allegedly, the drug cartel led by Maduro used cryptocurrencies for money laundering purposes.
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Blockstream’s Christian Decker: It's Really Hard to Inject Usefulness Into Proof-Of-Work
Krzysztof Shpak 795 29.03.2020

Blockstream’s Christian Decker: It’s Really Hard to Inject Usefulness Into Proof-Of-Work

Lightning Network, a second layer payment protocol, can mean a lot to Bitcoin and other blockchain-based systems. It is hailed as a solution to scalability problems and a way to make crypto payments ubiquitous, but the tech isn’t quite mature enough to handle all that.
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Will Global Crisis Kill Off DeFi? Stakeholders’ Perspective
Krzysztof Shpak 675 28.03.2020

Will Global Crisis Kill Off DeFi? Stakeholders’ Perspective

The Black Thursday shook the entire DeFi sector along with the wider crypto-industry. This time, DeFi wasn’t the much-needed salvation, despite its relative successes over the past couple years. Yet, the crisis brought up the significant potential of decentralized finance, when compared to its traditional counterpart.
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A Blow on Telegram: Is Court Prohibition Loss to SEC for Pavel Durov’s Project?
Krzysztof Shpak 468 26.03.2020

A Blow on Telegram: Is Court Prohibition Loss to SEC for Pavel Durov’s Project?

March 24, the New York Southern District Court has preliminarily halted the transfer of Gram tokens to the primary investors of TON. Thus, the court ruled in favor of the U.S. SEC and recognized Gram non-registered security.
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Stepan Gershuni: You Will Be Able to Buy Something With Bitcoin, Not so Sure About Other Currencies
Krzysztof Shpak 491 26.03.2020

Stepan Gershuni: You Will Be Able to Buy Something With Bitcoin, Not so Sure About Other Currencies

When the quarantine is over and there are people in the streets and shops once again, we may see a world that isn’t the same as the one before. On the one hand, many people and organizations will learn new tools and ways to work remotely. On the other hand, the world economy will take […]
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Bitcoin Needs Catastrophe to Succeed
Krzysztof Shpak 605 24.03.2020

Bitcoin Needs Catastrophe to Succeed

The current shifts in politics and economics will affect everybody regardless of their involvement with Bitcoin. Moreover, the current crisis presents an opportunity for Bitcoin to achieve what it was made to achieve—become money.
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