One of the more reputable bitcoin developers, Sergio Lerner from Argentina, suggested an unique compromise to bitcoins scaling. In technical terms, this is a 2MB hardfork with Segregated Witness. Some were excited while others did not show much enthusiasm to this idea. This crypto currency’s block size war rages and can only end due to sheer…

GridCoin: Since the rise of Alt-coins in March, GRC floor prices are increasing at a rate of about 50 Satoshi / week. With pressure building at 1000, a wild swing could bring it all the way up to 2600 and easily to 1980. While the market competes for popularity, GRC is still a buy at 900 and…

  Mining adds transaction records to the public ledger of Bitcoin that contains previous transactions. This process used to be performed by individual desktop computers that run BTC nodes as miners competed to address algorithmic issues while verifying transactions on the crypto currency’s Blockchain. The PC that resolves the problem first is rewarded with Bitcoins. This…

Cryptocurrencies have become popular in all parts of the world. The legal acceptance of Bitcoin within Japan as a payment method can be considered as a perfect example to prove the above mentioned fact. The news has officially been released by the Financial Services Agency of Japan. After the legal acceptance, The Accounting Standards Board…

Bitcoin markets seem to be in par with the notion that $1200 levels are here to stay, as traders keep responding to downward swings with buying pressure and back to back buy orders. In spite of trading volumes going down considerably, buying pressure effectively battles volatility, keeping BTC/USD rates are levels above the recent break…

Cryptocurrencies have the ability to help people make secure transactions. However, there are some issues associated with them. These issues keep people away from using them. The Blockchain security holds a prominent place out of those issues. Various studies have been conducted in order to analyze the security of cryptocurrencies and how necessary solutions can be…

During the last couple of months, numerous blockchain projects have sprouted up on the market, and this is completely understandable given the huge potential of the technology. According to recent reports, it seems like a financial services firm known by the name of the TMX Group has decided to join the heated race, meant to…

A major break through has happened in bitcoin markets through recent hours in the current trading session. Big buy orders were placed back to back, pushing the price up to 1225 levels. The strong buying pressure experienced through the day has sent support levels stand behind even the recently reached price levels. Major Signals Strong…

  Armory is an open-source wallet management app specifically for Bitcoin. It supports SegWit or Segregated Witness to deal with the scalability issue of Bitcoins network. Armory contradicts hard forks that counter the original Blockchain. It can organize the change and apply a migration tool for another wallet that supports the change. Armory Wallet is not conducting…

PotCoin has been present in the crypto community since January 2014. It is the first coin to support the legal marijuana industry and aims to provide fast, private and easy transactions. It is usually valued against the BTC, not the USD. PotCoin prices sat at a low of around 100 to 600 Satoshi before gaining momentum in…