What Is the Intel Management Engine Backdoor?

There have always been concerns that governments could backdoor existing technology to spy on consumers and enterprises. Although such claims have always been considered conspiracy theories, there may be a lot more to them than originally assumed. A person claiming to work for Intel confirms there is such a thing as a backdoor in the Intel Management Engine. … Read more

Confusion Grows Surrounding Official Chinese Position Regarding Bitcoin Mining

In recent days a number of conflicting reports have surfaced pertaining to the stance of China’s government with regards to bitcoin mining. Last week, Bloomberg reported that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) had met to discuss curbing mining operations in China, whilst Chinese media reports denied such – however, it has since emerged that … Read more

Innovative Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitmora Launched Crowdfunding Campaign Last December

Bitmora is building a service that will allow users to globally exchange cryptocurrency and vote on the framework upon which the exchange is built. SAN DIEGO, January 8, 2018 (Newswire.com) –Cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitmora is set to revolutionize the way the digital currency exchange world operates. The company aims to build a one of a … Read more

Microsoft No Longer Accepts Bitcoin Payments

If there is one trend that became evident in the year 2017, it is how some early adopters have dropped support for Bitcoin. More specifically, a lack of interest and high transaction costs have made dealing in Bitcoin unappealing for most retailers. Microsoft is perhaps the biggest company to have rethought its support for Bitcoin recently, even though it always offered … Read more

Bitcoin ≠ Eco-awareness – A bill that won’t work out in the long run Solution = Proof-of-Stake

Background: Bitcoins are created by solving highly complex computational tasks, and the computing power provided by them. This requires special computers with expensive, extremely fast processors, which have been specially installed for this purpose. To incentivize these acquisition costs, to mine bitcoins and thus to operate the network, the procedure Proof of Work (POW), better … Read more