South African Payment Gateway Drops BTC Over Fees and Network Congestion

On July 12, South African payment gateway service Payfast announced the company is dropping bitcoin core (BTC) payments due to network congestion and high fees. Payfast emphasized that BTC has a number of limitations and design flaws which makes it an “impractical substitute for cash.” Also read: G20 Leaders Issue Declaration on Crypto Assets – … Read more

Keys4coins Lets You Buy Digital Video Game Licenses With Bitcoin Cash

Video gaming is the biggest entertainment industry in the world right now and as most PC games are sold online to a young and tech-savvy demographic, they are a perfect fit for cryptocurrency payments. One platform taking advantage of this by selling digital game licenses for bitcoin cash is Keys4coins. Also Read: How to Pay … Read more

Tidbits: Peter Todd on Passphrase Memorization, Antonopoulos Explains Transaction Fees

Tidbits is a roundup of talking points from across the cryptosphere. In this edition, Peter Todd suggests memorizing randomly generated passphrases to secure recovery keys. Amaury Séchet explains how the BCH community faces an uphill battle with adoption, and Andreas Antonopoulos explains why transaction fees don’t show up as a transaction output in the block … Read more

Steam Removes Video Game Over Cryptojacking Allegations

Malicious cryptocurrency mining tools have made an impact on the software industry. Ranging from malicious browser plugins to modified software executables and now fake video games, this threat is not going away anytime soon. Steam recently pulled one of the games on its platform over cryptojacking complaints and in-game asset scamming tactics. Abstractism Faces a … Read more

What Is Bitcoin Trading Master: Simulator?

An increasing number of people want to trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Doing so in a closed-off environment is not all that straightforward. A new Steam game by the name of Bitcoin Trading Master: Simulator may produce more interest in cryptocurrency. Gamifying the Concept of Bitcoin Trading Learning to trade Bitcoin like a professional is not … Read more

Bitcoin Cash Sees More Infrastructure, Applications, and Protocol Innovation

Over the past few weeks, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has seen a lot of new infrastructure support, applications, and protocol innovation. While everyone has been watching the bearish markets across the digital currency economy, in general, there’s a lot of action happening within the BCH ecosystem that supersedes its current price speculation. Also read: Crypto … Read more

Bitcoin in Brief Tuesday: POT Saves World, Coinbase Pumps ETC, Binance Wants EUR

The big story of the day is that a cannabis-themed cryptocurrency has been able to stage an international media coup, capturing the attention of news organizations around the world during a historic moment. Additional stories covered in today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief include Coinbase pumping ETC and Binance’s plans to add EUR. Also Read: Canadian … Read more