#bitcoin

ForkLog’s editorial board has been pretty surprised when it found an online store selling mining equipment from Russian town of Smolensk. 51ASIC has been active since 2013. It services lots of clients, and, as it seems, has a good reputation attached. ForkLog talked with the company’s CEO, Evgeny Zolotoy, to know about the company’s future […]

Alexei Bragin, board member of Blockchain.community and coordinator at ReactOS, has confirmed he intends to stand as a parliamentary candidate to participate in primary elections in order to partake in elections for the Russian Parliament, the State Duma, this September. Bragin claims his basic purpose is to defend science and small businesses and promote new technologies. […]

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister is going to host a wide international anti-corruption summit in London on May 12. “The summit will seek to galvanise a global response to tackle corruption. As well as agreeing a package of actions to tackle corruption across the board, it will deal with issues including corporate secrecy, government transparency, […]

Bitcoin growth continuing, Craig Wright coming out of the closet, Consensus 2016 being held in New York, and other milestones of the week – all together in ForkLog’s weekly overview. Bitcoin Price Even though some of the week’s events have initially undermined bitcoin price, so that it dropped down to $441 on Monday, further developments […]

If a child from a crypto-maximalist family behaves like a moron, parents probably tell him or her that there’s a centralization hiding under the bed. If they have a farm, there’s a dummy centralization scaring crows away. Maybe they even call people they don’t like that name. All in all, that’s the thing bitcoiners wish […]

The day when Czech Republic’s capital of Prague will host yet another cryptotechnology conference Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Prague is drawing nearer. The conference is expected to throw sunshine on the industry’s most recent achievements. ForkLog contacted the conference’s organizers, Smile-Expo, to find out more about preparations for the event.

Kraken, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange in Euro volume and liquidity, has announced on May 3, 2016, that it was selected as a key supplier of market data for reference and real-time bitcoin price indices that will be launched by CME Group, joint operator of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average and one of […]

Bitcoin’s new price achievement, important news from the industry’s stakeholders, novelties at exchanges and platforms, blockchain’s continuing development, regulation news and many other things – covered in ForkLog’s weekly overview. Bitcoin Price Bitcoin continued ascending this week, and reached this year’s highest mark at $470.16 on Tuesday, April 26. However, significant fluctuations followed the peak, […]