Today I found an interesting page that shows a map of the world in which all countries are recorded consuming more and less electricity than Bitcoin. It shows that Bitcoin mining now consumes more energy than 159 countries. https://powercompare.co.uk/bitcoin/ |
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Bitcoin Price Tops $9,000 in Historic FirstThe price of a bitcoin has continued to rise overnight, passing $9,000 for the first time this morning.
Since setting new highs yesterday, prices climbed more or less steadily until finally passing $9,000 at 06:40 UTC today. The new record of $9,043.21 was reached roughly 35 minutes later, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index.https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-passes-9000-first-time-ever/
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Bitcoin Gold
Make Bitcoin Decentralized Again
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I went through the modlog this morning and figured out there are autoban entries from time to time like Autoban user: N/A in topic #0 by member #XXX Does Bitcointalk.org utilize a bot to ban members automatically? |
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Swiss Central Banker: Bitcoin Is 'More Investment Than Currency'The chairman of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) spoke out on cryptocurrencies yesterday.
Speaking at an event in Basel, Thomas Jordan, who also chairs the international Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, said that central banks are eyeing the issues of cryptocurrencies "very intensively," adding, "I would look at them more as an investment than a currency."
According to Reuters report, Jordan noted: "It is important to say it is not question of technology, but a question of who has access to central bank money and in what form. There are up to now many unsolved questions." https://www.coindesk.com/swiss-central-banker-bitcoin-is-more-investment-than-currency/
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Survivalists Are Storing Bitcoin Instead of GoldBitcoin continues to fascinate different segments of society. Bitcoin’s resiliency and unique inherent features are now increasingly appealing to those concerned with surviving a nuclear meltdown, an asteroid impact, an economic apocalypse, or any other dire disaster. http://bitcoinist.com/survivalists-are-storing-bitcoin-instead-of-gold/
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Prominent US Politician Promoting Bitcoin-Based Retirement InvestmentsBitcoin-based retirement instruments are increasingly attracting the interest of millennials, as well as influential politicians. In fact, former GOP Congressman Ron Paul is already encouraging people to buy Bitcoin-based retirement instruments. For the past few years, some U.S. politicians have been interested in grabbing the benefits that cryptocurrencies bring. For example, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who is also a former U.S. presidential candidate, accepted contributions in Bitcoin during his last presidential campaign. http://bitcoinist.com/prominent-us-politician-promoting-bitcoin-based-retirement-investments/
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As Initial Coin Offerings are rising in popularity, experts are advising investors to be careful about fraudulent token sales. Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, have become increasingly popular over the past year. Many interesting projects and startups have decided to raise funds through ICOs instead of through venture capitalists.
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Knowledge has always been thought of as something extremely important, especially in the current information age, but it is still a very intangible thing for most people. If we post something knowledgeable and helpful on Quora, Reddit or any other question-centric website, we get a lot of upvotes and likes — but we don’t get money, or anything with real-world, tangible value.
Knowledge.io aims to change that. It is developing a new decentralized platform that aims to reward the knowledge workers with tokens and will undergo an ICO in January 2018.
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Miami Realtors Bullish On Accepting Bitcoin, List $3.5 Million CondoEric Fernandez, owner of Sol/Mar Real Estate, recently listed a $3.5 million penthouse condo at the Blue Diamond in Miami Beach, Fla. saying the owners would accept payment in bitcoin or Ethereum, according to the Miami New Times. Fernandez believes it is only a matter of time before bitcoin acceptance for real estate purchases gains popularity. Fernandez is not the only real estate agent who expects more homes to be bought with digital currency. Bitcoin is achieving cult status for international buyers. Some believe Miami will lead this trend. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/miami-realtors-bullish-accepting-bitcoin-list-3-5-million-condo/
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Two New Bitcoin Futures Hit Switzerland As Finma Slams JPMorgan
Switzerland’s banking sector going bigtime Bitcoin as two banks are set to launch futures this week, while its JPMorgan arm launders money. Vontobel, which has long signaled increased exposure to Bitcoin for customers, will join Leonteq Securities, which will offer a futures-like contract. Vontobel senior executive Eric Blattmann told Bloomberg: We have seen big demand for our long tracker certificate from investors interested in playing the upside potential of bitcoin and now they have also the possibility to hedge their position or go short. http://bitcoinist.com/two-new-bitcoin-futures-hit-switzerland-finma-slams-jpmorgan/
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Survey: Bitcoin Investors Won't Sell Until Price Nears $200kNew survey data highlights the ideological and economic factors driving some investors to purchase bitcoin. A new report published today by LendEDU – which has conducted several similar studies in the past year – details the responses from 564 poll-takers. Of those, roughly 40% of participants said that they invested in bitcoin because they believe it is "a world changing technology." Twenty-one percent of those involved say its because bitcoin is "a long term store of value, like gold or silver", with roughly 15% of those saying they bought in because a friend or family member recommended it. Those who said they think the price is "too low" accounted for 14% of respondents, while just 8% said they planned to use bitcoin as a payment method. https://www.coindesk.com/survey-plurality-of-bitcoin-users-think-it-can-change-world/
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SmartPlay.tech platform announced the launch of SmartBox gambling machines production that will work on Ethereum smart-contracts, which allows the implementation of new game mechanics, interesting for traditional players.
One of the main advantages is the possibility to receive unlimited bonuses not only from your bets but also from all subsequent bets made by other players. Transparency and honesty of this process are guaranteed by a smart-contract, which cannot be changed even by its owner since the blockchain guarantees the permanence of data and the game code.
This is a completely new solution in the gambling industry, which has no analogs in the market, in which smart-contracts algorithms will be used to implement the traditional slot machines game process.
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Singapore's de facto central bank has published new guidelines on initial coin offerings (ICOs), outlining how token sales would be viewed under its securities laws. According to a Nov. 14 statement from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), tokens sold through the blockchain funding model may be considered securities under certain circumstances, citing Singapore's Securities and Futures Act (SFA) as well as the Financial Advisers Act. The MAS said: "Offers or issues of digital tokens may be regulated by MAS if the digital tokens are capital markets products under the SFA. Capital markets products include any securities, futures contracts and contracts or arrangements for purposes of leveraged foreign exchange trading." |
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I need a one pager website like http://preev.comThe site should display a price calculator for one specific altcoin, exactly Preev.com does for Bitcoin. Data should be retrieved from Bitfinex API. I provide the HTML5 template. I pay in Bitcoin or any other altcoin if desired. Let me know your price. |
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Iran’s Central Bank Will Study “All Aspects” of BitcoinThe central bank of Iran is undertaking a comprehensive study on cryptocurrencies with a particular spotlight on bitcoin. In a news conference yesterday, the Central Bank of Iran’s deputy director of innovative new technologies Nasser Hakimi revealed the authority’s intent to examine all aspects of Bitcoin as a part of its research agenda. The central bank will then follow up its study with a complete review of its policies on cryptocurrencies. The central bank official highlighted “uncertainty and high risk” price fluctuations as a major concern. As is the trend of investors risking their capital in bitcoin due to ‘speculation’ that was ‘worrying’, according to Hakimi. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/irans-central-bank-study-aspects-bitcoin/
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