From bartering to the birth of Bitcoin (BTC), money has been a faithful reflection of the values, needs and structures of the societies that create it. However, with the arrival of the Central Bank digital currencies (CBDC), the world faces a historical crossroads: while citizens value, more and more, privacy and individual freedom as fundamental … Read more
They believe that the process of personal data that WorldCoin carries is “particularly serious.” Worldcoin has been questioned practically throughout Latin America. Brazil ordered the WorldCoin cryptocurrency project to stop scanning the iris of Brazilians. The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) formally applied a preventive measure to the Tools for Humanity (TFH) company, a project … Read more
Worldcoin offers WLD tokens for iris scanning, with additional incentives for recruiters. Regarding iris scanning, there are doubts about whether users understand what they are giving up. The Worldcoin cryptocurrency project, now known as World, has surpassed the social network TikTok in the ranking of most downloaded applications in Colombia, reflecting the significant interest of … Read more
For several weeks now, a scene already seen in other countries has been repeating itself in the capital of the Dominican Republic. Dozens of citizens were voluntarily lining up in the Plaza de Santo Domingo to exchange the iris of their eyes for the Worldcoin cryptocurrency. Given the growing interest of Dominicans, the authorities decided … Read more
In this article I will question the conception according to which Bitcoin is a form of “private money”. In principle I am going to explain what we mean by public and private and how this applies to currency. Next, I will examine the components that make up Bitcoin trying to classify them as “public” or … Read more
There is concern about the expropriation of rights in ZEDE, after a court ruling. The rights that the government granted to the ZEDE are now under threat. The Bitcoin City on the island of Roatán in Honduras continues to operate normally. This, a month after the Supreme Court of Justice declared unconstitutional the charter cities, … Read more
The National Consumer Service of Chile (Sernac) issued a measure against the company previously known as Worldcoin, now World, to cease its operations in the country. The action It is based on the prohibition of scanning the iris of Chileans to register them, a practice that the supervisory body considers that could be overstepping the … Read more
Criticism broke out after Stephen Mollah’s self-proclamation due to lack of evidence. The search for Satoshi reveals the importance of community in Bitcoin, according to Andragnes. “We are all looking for who Satoshi Nakamoto is, although we don’t really need to,” said Rodolfo Andragnes, co-founder of the NGO Bitcoin Argentina and organizer of LaBitConf, this … Read more
Today marks 16 years since pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto shared the White Paper of Bitcoin BTC on a cyberpunk mailing list. “I have been working on a new electronic money system that is entirely peer-to-peer, with no trusted third parties,” Satoshi said in an October 31, 2008 email where he shared the paper titled … Read more
A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, honoring the creator of Bitcoin, was unveiled today, October 25, 2024, in Lugano, Switzerland, as planned by Satoshigallery, a firm dedicated to art inspired by Bitcoin and its technology. The work, created by the artist and sculptor Valentina Picozzi, was unveiled together with the mayor of Lugano, Michele Foletti, in … Read more