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ForkLog 237 04.03.2016

Dash Lead Developer Believes Users Will Have to Seek a Bitcoin Alternative

Mastermind and lead developer of Dash, Evan Duffield, was among the participants of Satoshi Rountable discussing current problems bitcoin industry faces. Following the event, Evan stated that Dash, as opposed to Bitcoin, has no scalability problem.

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ForkLog 113 29.02.2016

Africa: A Continent Waiting for Cryptocurrency

Distribution of cryptocurrencies is non-uniform across the globe. While in some countries, like the US, some European and Asian nations, bitcoin and altcoins have garnered significant support in local communities, other regions are almost crypto-deserted. For that reason, any crypto-related startup in such realms may boom and thrive. However, obstacles placed before such innovative startups […]

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ForkLog 148 26.02.2016

Hashing Cash: Will Cryptocurrencies Replace Banknotes?

Earlier this February, German ministry of finance came up with a proposal to limit cash transactions to 5,000 Euros. While the move has launched yet another set of indignation ripples across local society, it can hardly be perceived as something new.

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ForkLog 72 23.02.2016

KYC: Know Your Cryptocurrency

Government institutions are well-known for their continuing attempts to impose controls on everything they may possibly think of. This is not a modern trend; examples of this kind of behavior are identifiable throughout the whole history of humankind. Government is all about controlling after all, and any such entity, be it in ancient Egypt, the […]

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ForkLog 48 16.02.2016

People’s Bank of China Concedes Using Blockchain in its Own Digital Currency

The head of the People’s Bank of China conceded the central bank may use blockchain technology for its future digital currency presently under development. Speaking to Caixin Weekly, Zhou Xiaochuan stated that the PBOC may utilize blockchain technology alongside with cloud computation, secure chips, and mobile networks in its electronic currency’s operation. The statement could […]

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ForkLog 153 18.01.2016

Blockchain-based Permacoin System May Replace Torrents

Permacoin as a cryptocurrency has long been a mere concept in a white paper. It might be considered a ‘useful’ cryptocurrency, as mining capacities in Permacoin network are utilized not only in issuance of new coins, but in data storage.

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ForkLog 44 09.12.2015

Eugene Kaspersky: Cryptocurrency is a Most Brilliant Invention

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of the Kaspersky Labs, called cryptocurrency the mankind’s most brilliant invention, however, he opted to stress that in geopolitical terms the world community is not ready to use it as yet.

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ForkLog 70 08.12.2015

German Executives Mostly Believe in Niche Applications of Cryptocurrency

According to a survey carried out in July by Bitkom, a German association for IT, only a few top managers in local finance believe bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency will ever gain any wider adoption as compared to current stance.

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ForkLog 74 02.12.2015

Goldman Sachs to Create a New Cryptocurrency

US-based international bank Goldman Sachs has applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office seeking for patenting its proprietary cryptocurrency-based system for settlement of securities. The cryptocurrency dubbed SETLcoin, according to the application, is intended for p2p-exchange of digital tokens, which in their turn act as instantaneous replacement for actual securities being traded.

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ForkLog 83 01.12.2015

Estonia Seeks Cryptocurrency Clarification

The Supreme Court of Estonia has made a request addressed to local central bank, two government departments, the Bank of Estonia, and the country’s financial regulator, to clarify their views on legal stance of digital currencies in regard to AML policies and general essence of cryptocurrency and the underpinning technology thereof.

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ForkLog 69 30.11.2015

Barbados is Recommended to Use Crypto Money as Reserve Currency

Former employees of the Central Bank of Barbados have issued a paper titled ‘Should Cryptocurrencies Be Included In The Portfolio Of International Reserves Held By The Central Bank Of Barbados?’ where they suggest that the island’s regulator should consider using cryptocurrency as its foreign reserve. However, according to the authors, the amount of the reserve […]

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ForkLog 100 26.11.2015

Cryptocurrency Investment 101: Interview with Cyber.fund

Last week Cyber.fund announced a crowdfunding round to attract 42 BTC for the project’s development. In return, the supporting investors will obtain 3% of CFUND tokens. Cyber.fund was founded one year ago, and on November 17, 2015, the organization registered in bitcoin’s blockchain by signing the genesis agreement. ForkLog (FL) talked with the project’s co-founder […]

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