Orca Pool Mining Operation Aims to Defend Altcoins and Forks From Attacks

Last November the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community witnessed a hash war that resulted in a bifurcation of the main chain. The spat saw one of the first examples of the alpha miner strategy and an attempt to truly test Nakamoto consensus. About a week before the fork, a new mining operation was announced called Shark … Read more

What is Bitcoin Gold (BTG)?

Numerous cryptocurrencies try to imitate Bitcoin in many different ways. Not all of these projects are equally successful, which is only to be expected. In the case of Bitcoin Gold, there have been some significant setbacks and improvements along the way. The currency also celebrated its one-year anniversary, which marks an important major milestone. The … Read more

Three Major Projects with Shockingly Little Activity

“Build it and they will come” has unfortunately proven to not translate well with the crypto space. In 2017, ambitious projects raised record setting amounts of money and today, many of these projects have utilized their warchest to bring their dreams to reality. While there are a handful of major projects that have already garnered activity … Read more

Exchanges Roundup: Pantera Fund Down 40%, Bittrex Delists Altcoins

In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, images circulating online show Pantera Capital’s Digital Asset Fund had a lifetime-to-date performance of minus 40% as of the end of August, Bittrex has announced the delisting of Bitshares, Bitcoin Gold, and Bitcoin Private, and Indian cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbns, has been accused of falsifying its trade volume. Also … Read more

Bittrex to Delist Bitcoin Gold Over 51% Attack

Over the last nine months, news.Bitcoin.com has reported on the many misfortunes the project Bitcoin Gold (BTG) has experienced. The forked protocol has been mired with issues and controversy since the day the project was announced will be delisted from the exchange Bittrex. The Seattle-based trading platform says they lost over 12,000 BTG during the … Read more

Indian Exchange Unocoin Launches New Trading Platform with 15 Cryptocurrencies

One of India’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, Unocoin, has announced the launch of its new trading platform, “featuring the whole set of tools for hardcore traders in the industry.” Fifteen cryptocurrencies can now be traded using its platforms. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Unocoin Launches Unodax Leading Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin announced … Read more