Decentralized Crowdfunding Platform Lighthouse.cash Launches

Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on the development of a decentralized crowdfunding application powered by the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network called Lighthouse.cash. The project was first initiated by Mike Hearn years ago, but Lighthouse was abandoned after he left the cryptocurrency community. This week the Lighthouse.cash project developers have officially launched the open source platform for … Read more

Bitcoin in Brief Friday: Bitpanda Offers New Coins, Microsoft Dips Data Center in the Sea

In today’s Bitcoin in Brief we cover a recent announcement by a leading European crypto exchange – Bitpanda is adding two new coins, IOTA and Komodo. While on the Old Continent, Microsoft has immersed a whole data center off the coast of Scotland. And in Japan, a startup uses artificial intelligence, augmented reality and blockchain … Read more

How to Shuffle Your BCH Coins Like a Boss

There are a bunch of unique bitcoin cash wallets these days and even more interesting clients on the horizon. However, there is one particular bitcoin cash (BCH) wallet called Electron Cash that’s been around since the inception of BCH offering a secure platform and now the ability to shuffle BCH with the Cashshuffle plugin.   … Read more

Finance Ministry Employees Caught Mining Cryptos in Kazakhstan

The Ministry of Finance in Kazakhstan has announced measures to improve security and oversight in its IT department after catching four employees mining cryptocurrencies on its servers. Joking that the miners have taken over the central bank’s main duty – money emission, a deputy called for crypto regulations. The National Bank is actually working on … Read more

Smartbtc Sees the Need for Centralized Python-Based Smart Contracts

Just recently the startup Smartbtc announced the execution of a bitcoin-based smart contract written in the Python codebase. The team intended to grow their Twitter following by creating a contract that paid 0.011 BTC after it accrued 1,000 followers in sixty days. After the goal was met, Smartbtc’s Python contract executed on February 19. Also … Read more