Bisq Co-Founder Chris Beams: There’s a Fundamental and Ultimately Fatal Flaw In the Centralized Cryptocurrency Exchange ModelIn the light of the recent Coincheck hack which resulted in theft of over $500 million in NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency, the ongoing debate on the importance of decentralized solutions is taking another turn highlighting issues such as the vulnerability of ‘traditional’ centralized platforms and users having to sacrifice the control of their private keys in […]
Bitrefill CEO Sergej Kotliar: Bitcoin’s Future is Very BrightSweden-based bitcoin startup Bitrefill focused on topping up mobile phone accounts and selling gift cards has garnered some attention from the community in the recent months after implementing some innovative solutions.
Bitcoin on Baltic: HodlHodl Founders on Latvia’s First Bitcoin Conference and Their Platform LaunchNovember 25-26 Latvia’s capital of Riga hosted its first international bitcoin conference Baltic Honeybadger 2017.
WAX: Tokenization and Use of Smart Contracts in Gaming Industry Are InevitableVideogames are amongst the most rapidly developing markets of our time. The multi-billion eSports industry has already attracted such giants as ESPN and Disney. The audience of eSports events is expected to reach 600 million people in a few years.
The Crypto Anarchist View: Smuggler and Frank Braun on Privacy and Importance of DecentralizationToday the future of Bitcoin is among the most widely discussed topics in the cryptocommunity. However, the fierce debate induced by hard forks and block size disagreements seem to have put other important aspects of cryptocurrency, like user privacy, to the back burner. The issue of personal privacy, though important, is but a part of […]
Adam Back on Bitcoin Scalability, the Dangers of SegWit2x, and the Future of the Sidechain TechnologySegWit2x, a Bitcoin hardfork expected to become effective this November, is among the most talked-about and somewhat disputable matters in the community. ForkLog talked with Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream and one of the world’s leading Bitcoin developers, to find out what’s that dangerous about it, and how to prepare yourself for that.
Alexander Shulgin: Useful Mining for a Wise FutureThe word ‘mining’ is at its peak of popularity these days, while the process of cryptocurrency minting has reached both government-owned facilities and privacy of individual homes. Still, there are some features of mining that are unknown to the general public. One of them is smart computation that can become useful in the future. ForkLog […]
Cindicator: Hybrid Intelligence Will Replace Venture Investment FundsCindicator could pass as a yet another prediction market, however, on closer look it becomes clear it’s not one.