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If Bitcoin is a monetary incarnation of cryptoanarchism principles, the question of what a Solomon’s decision on block size would be like is not a private issue meaningful just for coders, bitcoin businesses owners and enthusiasts. It is an isolated situation of a more general question: what is the golden rule for making socially important […]

Bitcoin businesses in Bulgaria develop slowly but steadily: there are a few operational BTM’s in the country’s capital of Sofia, local community meetings, and a local exchange. All in all, bitcoin infrastructure in the country is pretty fine. ForkLog talked with Vladislav Dramaliev, co-founder of Bulgaria’s first bitcoin exchange and several other related services. Regulation […]

We hear about Bitcoin investment every now and then. The theme is burning for both global investment funds (Nasdaq, American Express, Goldman Sachs) and regular entrepreneurs. Following the successful crowdfunding campaign of Bitcoin exchange KUNA in Ukraine, which was financed solely in bitcoins, the actuality of this kind of investment has only increased. On the […]

This week’s overview is dedicated to good and not-so-good news about bitcoin, further rise of Ethereum, interesting findings of blockchain researches, and other things. Bitcoin Price Comparing to last week’s values, Bitcoin price has grown a bit, with the exchange rate sitting at $414 at the time of writing. Last Saturday, the rate dropped to […]

Bitcoin community, at least when it comes to news agenda, is represented mostly by men. However, it doesn’t mean that there are no women involved in crypto-technologies. Thus, according to Zerohedge’s research of 2013, the bitcoin community’s demography depicts an average user as a male (96%) of 32 years of age, a libertarian or anarcho-capitalist […]

A few days ago, Bankir.ru published an interesting feature by Corezoid founder and PrivatBank’s e-business center head, Alexander Vityaz. His predictions stating that VISA, not Bitcoin or blockchain technology, will eventually destroy the banking system, have gone viral across media and social networks. ForkLog talked with Alexander to make things clearer. FL: In your feature, […]

This is the guest post by Eugene Radchenko from AIRA DAO on blocksize debate and related issues. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of Forklog. In recent months, the issue of Bitcoin’s block size increase has become a burning point separating the community. Some stand for it, others […]

With the commonly acknowledged lack of general consensus in the notorious block size debate, the community may eventually face unexpected legal problems in case a hard-fork is implemented, according to Daniel Friedberg, head of an American law company Riddell Williams PS. In his recent post he outlined the issues that may arise in the consequence […]