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

PR: Bithumb to Hold Payback 70% of Transaction Fee for Overseas Users

Bithumb, a global cryptocurrency exchange holds an event to payback 70% of transaction fees for overseas users as an expression of appreciation for their support and loyalty following the last month. ‘Cryptocurrency Transaction Fee payback promotion’ holds from October 22 to November 21, 2018 (GMT +9) Korean Standard Time. The event is for the overseas … Read more

6 Cryptocurrencies With Cheaper Transaction Fees Than Venmo

In the financial industry, transaction fees are always considered to be a very big problem. Although Venmo always had relatively low transaction fees, that has now come to change. The company will charge a flat 1% on all amounts, which makes the following six cryptocurrencies a lot cheaper to use. #6 Bitcoin Most people will … Read more

A Failed Idea – The CEO of India’s Biggest Startup Incubator Gets Facts Wrong As He Tears Into Bitcoin

Bitcoin has succeeded as an asset but has failed terribly as a currency. It has only gained traction within a very small niche following, lacking any use in real-world transactions. It only handles a very small number of transactions compared to its competitors like Visa, all while consuming large amounts of energy which further makes … Read more

Flash Transfer: Bitcoin Hodlers Dumped $30 Billion Since December

Leading crypto research firm, Chainalysis, revealed staggering wealth transfer numbers, as reported by legacy news outlet Financial Times, concerning bitcoin core (BTC). From its price high in December of last year through April of 2018, BTC hodlers (supposed longer term investors) dumped $30 billion onto the market, shedding about half their collective positions just in … Read more

PR: Ethbay, the New Decentralized Ethereum Marketplace Will Launch Their ICO on June 7th

Ethbay is the newly launched blockchain based platform that aims to disrupt the traditional online marketplaces using the power of decentralization. It is an online marketplace much like eBay that allows users to buy or sell tangible and non-tangible products using Ethereum charging only a 1% fee, which is significantly lower than fees charged by … Read more

Coinbase Is Adding Segwit Support

After months of prevarication, Coinbase has announced that it will add Segwit support to its bitcoin wallets. The much anticipated and long overdue move will go some way towards reducing transaction fees for users of Coinbase and GDAX, assuming it follows suit. Coinbase has come in for repeated criticism over the inefficient way it handles … Read more