Who is Luke Dashjr and what have been his contributions in Bitcoin?

Luke Dashjr is one of the oldest and most respected developers of Bitcoin Core. In 2013, Luke was one of the first to detect an accidental hard fork in Bitcoin. Dashjr founded Eligius, one of Bitcoin’s first mining pools. BFG Mine developed, open source mining software that provides greater efficiency. In 2023, Luke Dashjr claimed … Read more

Bitcoin community celebrates prohibition of CBDC in the United States

“The banks were going to abuse this to freeze your money,” says DC Draino supporting the ban. Europe has responded to the United States advancing in its support for CBDC. The prohibition of the development of a Central Bank (CBDC) currency in the United States, made by President Donald Trump in his first week of … Read more

Denialism of climate change could affect Bitcoin’s reputation

The position about Donald Trump’s climate change has changed over time, more in a way than in the background. On March 27, 2015, during a conversation of presidential candidates, Trump showed skepticism about the validity of climate change appealing to the names to designate the phenomenon have changed over the years. In the 1920 they … Read more

Appetite for bitcoin is fueled after new Trump measures

The bitcoin (BTC) market has reacted enthusiastically to the new measures of Donald Trump’s government. Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), i.e. those that invest directly in BTC, recorded an increase in demand in the United States on Friday. They ended the day with more than half a billion dollars (USD) in tickets. With this, they … Read more

The prohibition of CBDC … does Ripple/XRP technology obsolete?

Ripple will not have the dollar, world reserve currency, in its CBDCS network. CBDC are not dead: Europe still believes in them. Yesterday, January 23, an executive order of the president of the United States announced the complete prohibition of the CBDC and the immediate termination of all the activities already initiated related to them. … Read more

Who is Brad Garlinghouse and how does it relate to Ripple?

Garlinghouse has been executive director of several companies specialized in technology. He served as Senior Vice President in Yahoo! From 2003 to 2008. He was president of AOL applications from 2009 to 2011. Garlinghouse began to be part of Ripple in 2015 and, currently, is his CEO. In 2020 he faced several accusations made by … Read more

The prohibition of CBDC … does Ripple/XRP technology obsolete?

Ripple will not have the dollar, world reserve currency, in its CBDCS network. CBDC are not dead: Europe still believes in them. Yesterday, January 23, an executive order of the president of the United States announced the complete prohibition of the CBDC and the immediate termination of all the activities already initiated related to them. … Read more

Trump will not impact Bitcoin’s mining “in the short term”

Four days after his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump has already launched his first measures linked to Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptoactives. Among them, the signing of an executive order to create a national reserve in digital assets and the possible custody of Bitcoin by banks. However, from the other side … Read more

VITALIK BUTERIN wants to protect the price of ETHER (ETH)

A sector of the Ethereum community is concerned that the effective leadership crisis within the network would be affecting the price of Ether (ETH). Days after the highest moment of the debate, Vitalik Butein, the creator of the network, shared in a blog some plans to climb Ethereum and protect the price of cryptocurrency. According … Read more

Days of high volatility lie ahead for bitcoin

Yesterday, the United States was the protagonist of a cataract of new government and regulatory provisions related to bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies. However, the majority did not happen until the evening, when the stock markets were already closed, so days of high volatility are expected. Today we will see the reaction of exchange-traded funds (ETF, … Read more