Author: Jamie Redman

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The Darknet Cat and Mouse Game: Law Enforcement Gains More Traction

The Darknet Cat and Mouse Game: Law Enforcement Gains More TractionSince the dawn of the Silk Road and the myriad of darknet markets (DNM) that followed, it’s been a cat and mouse game between law enforcement and DNM vendors and users. Also read: Proof-of-Stake is a Rebranded Version of the Old Financial System Operation Bayonet For a while, after the Silk Road was taken down it […]

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September 8, 2018 0

Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Goes Beyond 24-Hours Setting New Records

Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Goes Beyond 24-Hours Setting New RecordsOn September 1, Bitcoin Cash proponents led a community-driven stress test by sending millions of transactions in one day. In fact, the protocol’s miners processed 2.2 million transactions in 24-hours and processed massive sized blocks all day long. But the stress testing fun didn’t end there as many BCH supporters continued to flood the network […]

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September 5, 2018 0

New Information Heightens Satoshi Nakamoto Mystery

New Information Heightens Satoshi Nakamoto MysteryFor close to ten years many people have been on the hunt for the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of the decentralized technology called Bitcoin. This year the race to find the anonymous character, or group of individuals, who designed the peer-to-peer electronic cash system has been hotter than ever with more clues left behind — […]

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September 1, 2018 0

How to Monitor the BCH Stress Test and Get Involved

How to Monitor the BCH Stress Test and Get InvolvedIt’s getting close to the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network stress test and many BCH proponents are preparing for the occasion. BCH supporters hope to send out millions of transactions on September 1 in order to see how well miners can process all of the transactions in the mempool. Today we are going to explain a few […]

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August 30, 2018 0

Payment Platform Bitpay Adds Bitcoin Cash Settlement Services

Payment Platform Bitpay Adds Bitcoin Cash Settlement ServicesOn Wednesday, August 29 the Atlanta-based firm Bitpay announced that its merchants can now receive settlement in bitcoin cash (BCH). Not only can Bitpay merchants accept the decentralized digital currency and keep all the bitcoin cash, but they can also split their funds into a fraction of fiat and BCH as well. Also Read: Nchain Publishes […]

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August 30, 2018 0

Crypto-Backed Lending Platform Blockfi Approved to Operate in California

Crypto-Backed Lending Platform Blockfi Approved to Operate in CaliforniaBack in July, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the cryptocurrency-backed USD lending platform, Blockfi, which raised $52.5m from investors in an investment round led by Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital. On Monday, Blockfi announced the firm is now servicing residents from California and the latest expansion leads to the crypto-lending service being available in 44 states. Also Read: Novogratz’ […]

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August 28, 2018 0

An In-Depth Conversation With Coinbase Engineer Josh Ellithorpe

An In Depth Conversation With Coinbase Engineer Josh EllithorpeThere’s been a lot going on within the crypto-ecosystem and this week news.Bitcoin.com chatted with Josh Ellithorpe, Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase. Ellithorpe explains to our readers how he got into bitcoin and about when he eventually joined the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency firm about a year and a half ago. The software developer is also […]

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August 25, 2018 0

Hiding Bitcoin Cash in Pictures With the New Pixel Wallet App

Hiding Bitcoin Cash in Pictures With the New Pixel Wallet AppThere’s been a lot of development since the last Bitcoin Cash (BCH) upgrade this past May. Now, this week a unique light client called Pixel Wallet has launched, allowing people to send BCH transactions within in an image. Also read: Bitmain Founder Jihan Wu: A Most Important Man in Crypto Pixel Wallet Beta Launches on Mainnet […]

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August 22, 2018 0

November BCH Upgrade Discussion Heats Up After Bitcoin SV Full Node Announcement

November BCH Upgrade Discussion Heats Up After Bitcoin SV AnnouncementBlockchain development firm Nchain has announced the company’s plans to launch a new Bitcoin Cash full node client called ‘Bitcoin SV.’ Lead developer Daniel Connolly has published the specifications for re-enabling old opcodes for the November 2018 BCH upgrade. So far the unpublished codebase has seen vocal support from the mining pool Coingeek, but right […]

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August 18, 2018 0

UK Exchange Launches First FCA-Regulated Bitcoin Cash Futures Contracts

UK Exchange Launches First FCA-Regulated Bitcoin Cash Futures ContractsThe UK-based cryptocurrency futures exchange, Crypto Facilities, has announced the launch of the first Bitcoin Cash – Dollar (BCH/USD) futures. Crypto Facilities is regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the new BCH futures products will join the firm’s other crypto-based contracts at 4 pm UK time on Friday, August 17th. Also read: Handcash […]

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August 17, 2018 0