Month: April 2018

Russia’s Supreme Court Overturns Decision to Block Bitcoin Website

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The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has struck down the ban imposed on the Bitcoininfo.ru portal. The outlet is one several dozens of crypto-related websites that have been taken offline by the Russian authorities in the past few years. The decision sets a precedent which and is likely to determine the faith of many … Read more

Taiwan Mining Chip Manufacturer Sees Record Sales Amid BTC Bounce

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The world’s largest independent semiconductor manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported record sales during  March 2018. TSMC’s president has attributed the company’s performance in part to demand for the hardware required to mine cryptocurrencies. Also Read: Bitcoin Cash Smashes Through $1,000 USD  World’s Largest Semiconductor Manufacturer Reports Record Sales During a recent shareholder conference … Read more

No, Visa Doesn’t Handle 24,000 TPS and Neither Does Your Pet Blockchain

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When it comes to measuring the speed of new blockchains, the comparison is always with Visa. Despite not being a blockchain, the 24,000 transactions per second Visa reportedly handles have attained mythical status. That figure is unquestioningly trotted out whenever scaling is discussed. In reality, claims of Visa’s throughput, as well as those of emerging … Read more

Top 4 Upcoming Cryptocurrencies Sans ICOs

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Prior to the explosion of the cryptocurrency sphere as a whole in 2017, most new projects launched in the absence of initial coin offerings. While this funding method has become the norm throughout the community, it has done so in the presence of massive controversy in regards to the ethics and legitimacy of the ICO model. While … Read more

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