The 2018 Year of Cryptocurrency Challenge – Week 2

At the beginning of 2018, I wrote an article outlining a New Year’s resolution that I thought could help boost cryptocurrency adoption and awareness in 2018. Last week, I started to keep my end of the deal with the first installment of my year of cryptocurrency. Keeping to this resolution has made me realize just how much … Read more

Kraken’s Upgrade Isn’t Going Smoothly, but Customer Funds are Safe

The Kraken exchange is currently undergoing one of the longest maintenance routines in the company’s history. Although this upgrade was originally scheduled for December, it seems the team has finally gotten around to making some much-needed infrastructure improvements. Unfortunately, it seems things are taking a lot longer than originally anticipated. Fixing its horrible system will take a … Read more

InsurePal Social Proof Insurance Announces Partnership with Mattereum

InsurePal is a blockchain insurance company that works on what is called social proof, a concept introduced in depth in a prior article. It challenges current practices in the insurance industry which fail to provide a transparent and fair pricing model. Their platform connects responsible individuals in a peer-to-peer insurance relationship by introducing social proof … Read more

Vitalik Buterin Releases Revolutionary New DAICO Model for ICOs

Vitalik Buterin, the creator of the Ethereum Network, recently proposed a new method for decentralized fundraising called the “DAICO”. Incorporating elements of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, the new model is designed to minimize the complexity and risk associated with ICOs. Buterin outlined the new model in a post on the Ethereum Research Forum entitled “Explanation … Read more

IOTA, Raiblocks; Who´s Next? Byteball!

Unlike other DAG currencies that have seen enormous growth in the last month, Byteball is still quiet and is waiting for its sudden rise. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article Byteball has a fixed amount of fees equal to the transaction size in bytes. This is a huge advantage nowadays, and it is ridiculously low … Read more

Bitcoin’s Market Dominance Is Decreasing, and That’s OK

I wanted to take the time to write a quick response to many of the sensationalized pieces that have been coming out about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency lately. Cryptocurrencies have been on everyone’s mind lately, and even though there are clear signs of more widespread adoption, the headlines still seem similar to before. Bubble concerns and … Read more

NEO DevCon San Francisco Is Almost Upon Us!

Developer conferences have become a popular aspect of cryptocurrency as of late. Although most people have no coding skills whatsoever, it is still well worth their time to attend such an event. Especially when it comes to emerging altcoins such as NEO, there is plenty of information to take away from conferences. Speaking of which, NEO … Read more

Ethereum Classic – A Sleeping Giant

Ethereum Classic (ETC), a fork of Ethereum (ETH), has been overlooked for a long time since most eyes were focused on the main Ethereum blockchain. However, this might come to an end quite soon as the number of ETH transactions are rising sharply and the network is starting to have difficulties to process them. As … Read more