The bitcoin price has been on a wild ride ever since the first coins were made available for trade. Although the price has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years, the long-term trend has been upward — at least up to this point. But what has […]
“Blockchain” has become a buzzword, and like any buzzword, it can be misused. Bitcoin Market Journal Publisher John Hargrave discusses three very different blockchain uses. Watch to get a feel for when blockchain technology is a difference maker meant to enrich investors and not just smoke to separate them from their money.
Anyone who has heard of bitcoin and other altcoins has probably also heard that decentralization is what makes these crypto assets valuable. With no one in control, these systems are able to operate in a permissionless manner. What does decentralization really mean in the context of bitcoin? What do investors […]
Since bitcoin became a worldwide phenomenon, a lot of bold predictions have been made about the future of cryptocurrencies. Some of them will not come true. Cryptocurrency will not replace national notes. At all times the main currency of any given nation will be the one in which the government […]
The blockchain, tokens, and ICOs are making for fragmentary ownership of all sorts of things. What’s new is old, however. Decades ago, some orange growers sold a slice of their groves as real estate. Whoops! Wrong, as the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case that promises to fundamentally affect how the U.S. government will regulate ICOs. Investors, this isn’t comparing apples to oranges.
Imagine for a moment that everything you buy, everything you sell, everything you pick up, from a gallon of gasoline to an apple at the market inside the gas station, was completely transparent. That’s the promise of blockchain, an innovation with the same potential as railroads or the stock market. […]
The people behind this con were actually wearing white hats. They did it to teach you a lesson. Read ahead to see how this “ICO” included characteristic red flags that should have sent investors this warning: DON’T INVEST!
You can lose a lot of money on a bad investment. It can be impossible to tell the difference between a bad investment and a good one, especially for a layman. A lot of bad investments, losing a lot of people money, can drag down the entire economy. That’s the […]
One of the key buzzwords that is often talked about in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space is “smart contracts”. These digitized contracts are the main talking point of the Ethereum network, and the basic idea is to allow for complex types of transactions that only execute if specific conditions are […]
When someone talks about bitcoin or other altcoins, they drop in “decentralization” as a key feature. But nobody ever bothers to explain it. What is it? Why is centralization so important to our monetary system? Why is it important that bitcoin and other altcoins upend that? In this video, featuring […]
