The first thing to know about the BitTorrent Token (BTT) airdrop is that it’s not just a one-off event. This first one begins a series of monthly airdrops that…
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US Government Interested in Tracking Privacy Coins, New Document Shows – CoinDesk
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to know if tracking transactions conducted using privacy coins is feasible. A new pre-solicitation document published by the DHS Small Business…
This Tech Lets You Send Any Cryptocurrency to the Lightning Network – CoinDesk
Did you know? Lightning addresses and bitcoin addresses are not compatible. What that means is that a user can’t send money from their lightning address directly to a recipient…
10 Surprising Ways Companies Are Using Blockchain
Like most people invested in this space, you probably already know a lot about blockchain and its much-touted potential. You know how smart contracts work, what Bitcoin mining is,…
Cryptography: A Brief History from Symmetry to Bitcoin
Introduction to Cryptography “There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.All you need is…PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY!!!” – with apologies to Lennon-McCartney 16th-century French…
What’s In A Block, Anyway? | An Introduction to Block Explorers
A blockchain, as a purveyor of this site you already likely know, is an immutable, distributed database; each new “block” of data is confirmed to be truthful by some…
Crypto God or Just a Human? Find Out How Much You Know About Crypto
You think you know everything about crypto? Time to check how much.
5 Interesting Token Sale Projects to Look at in February and March
With so many ICOs launching all the time, how do you know which ones will bear fruit? Here are five interesting token sale projects to watch in February and…
Prediction Markets, Explained
It’s not all about gambling, you know ? #EXPLAINED
The New Normal: Cryptocurrency Goes Mainstream This Tax Season
Until quite recently, most cryptocurrency investors either did not know or did not care to pay taxes on the capital gains they accumulated buying and selling digital coins. The…