Author: Marco Pineda

There has been a longstanding debate within the Bitcoin ecosystem on the concept of regulation and standardization of the industry. There are generally two camps of Bitcoin enthusiasts. One side contends that Bitcoin was meant not to be regulated. The other side wants to work alongside regulators to bring about mass adoption of the digital currency. Currently, it is very easy for a wallet manufacturer to make claims about privacy that cannot be easily checked by the average user. Recent scams and fraudulent players in a rapidly growing industry have prompted both sides to reach a consensus; the industry needs a watchdog to protect consumers. Enter the Watchmen Last March Bitcoin Magazine covered C4’s announcement of a new Crypto Security […]

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Interest in bitcoin and blockchain technology by business and governments around the world increased in the past months. However, many governments have yet to take an official stance on digital currencies while some have placed restrictions or regulations on the use of Bitcoin. Russia was one of these countries, as it blocked access to websites with information about Bitcoin. The ban was implemented by the City Court Nevyansk on the basis that these sites contained information which was prohibited in the Russian Federation. The ban began on January 13th 2015 and included access to the following sites: Bitcoin.org Indacoin.com Coinspot.ru Hasbitcoin.ru Bitcoinconf.ru Bitcoin.it BTCsec.com However, on May 15th, 2015, a Sverdlovsk Regional Court overturned a ruling from City Court Nevyansk […]

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Social media has been around since the infancy of the internet, beginning with BBS and CompuServe in the ‘80s and ‘90s which allowed members to share files and access news and events. Now, Facebook and Twitter are arguably the kings of social media, but ChangeTip wants to lead a new era of social media where you can share more than cat pictures. ChangeTip aims to transform social networking forever by introducing “the money layer of social media.” Recent integration with the social sound platform, SoundCloud, is evidence of ChangeTip’s commitment to becoming the biggest platform dedicated to the exchange of money in the digital universe. “It’s the transformative nature of where technology is taking us,” says ChangeTip’s Kyle Kemper. The […]

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Corona is a new collaborative-oriented network and community for decentralized application (DApp) developers in search of resources and financial support. Corona is a technology agnostic site that supports a diversity of decentralized platforms, technologies and digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, MaidSafe, Codius, Sidechains, Eris Industries, NXT, Factom, Counterparty and Omni, among others. Although there are several initiatives to fund development on various platforms, founder Daniel Greene says there are no programs currently doing anything similar to Corona. “The closest projects to ours which operate similarly, such as DEVgrants and College Cryptocurrency Network (CCN), are actually complementary to our goals and share a strong potential for symbiotic and mutually beneficial relationships,” he said. DEVgrants is a project built by the […]

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