The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
An Overview Of Bitcoin’s Cryptography
I’m going to talk about the security behind Bitcoin addresses and keys, called Public Key Cryptography. This includes SHA256, Random Number Generators(RNGs), Hash Functions, and Elliptic Curve Digital Signatures (ECDSA.) If you have questions beyond…
Take Back the Internet With Crypto: Pocketnet Offers…
sponsored The Internet was once a bastion of freedom and was hoped to bring economic power to everyday people. These days a few centralized platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon dominate the online world,…
Bitcoin Is Demonetizing Gold
Bitcoin Is Better At Being Gold Than Gold Is Decentralized: Bitcoin is more decentralized than gold. There are over 100,000 nodes all over the world verifying the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin miners and developers are all…
Privacy-based Syntropy VPN has launched
Syntropy (formerly NOIA), creators of a secure, user-centric cloud stack through a unifying layer where the encryption & optimized performance are built-in, announced today the launch of Syntropy VPN, a personal, private VPN that puts…
Good Crypto: Full-featured crypto portfolio tracker and trade…
Good Crypto is an all-in-one cryptocurrency trading and portfolio management app, with a mission to empower crypto traders with advanced tools delivered in a simple intuitive interface. Available on iOS, Android, and as a web platform,…
Bitgo Chosen to Manage Seized Cryptocurrencies for the…
The U.S. Marshals Service has published a contract showing the crypto custodian Bitgo has been chosen to manage law enforcement’s seized bitcoin acquired through criminal forfeiture. The contracted deal is $4.5 million for the storage,…
Reports That Bitcoin Creator is an International Drug…
Evan Ratliff, the author of the book The Mastermind, shares his research on Paul Le Roux, who he believes could be the man behind Bitcoin. Ratliff has pieced together the evidence but admits he fits…
What Are Bitcoin Wallets?
Storing bitcoin in a safe location has its challenges. This is because bitcoins aren’t physically “stored” anywhere. As a purely digital entity, it is not as if they are held in bank vaults or stuffed…
Hub Security launches new HSM crypto custody solution
Hub Security, an Israeli cybersecurity firm manufacturing hardware modules for secure custody of private keys, paired with an ultra-secure quantum-proof HSM cloud platform, today announced the launch of their new secure custody solution geared towards…
Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein Calls Bitcoin ‘An…
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Alex Gladstein has heaped praise on bitcoin saying it’s an escape hatch from tyranny and that there is more to it than its price. In comments made via a short…
Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash: A Study Between the…
Bitcoin is no longer the sole star in the crypto scene. Yes, no one is denying that the coin still holds the numero uno stature but it’s also true that the crypto world has recently…
Crypto User Loses Over $100K in Bitcoin While…
A bitcoin user has shared his story of how he lost more than $100,000 in BTC during a wallet transfer. The bitcoiner attempted to transfer a wallet to a new computer without making sure that…
Stratis Brings Blockchain as a Service to All…
PRESS RELEASE. 7th January 2021, London, United Kingdom – Stratis was created for a simple purpose – to provide enterprises with blockchain as a service (BaaS) solutions, designed to implement complex blockchain architecture within mainstream…
Crypto Art Of Resistance: Remember, Remember The Legacy…
In the last months we have witnessed an upswing in the non-fungible token (NFT) art scene. More artists, collectors and curators are pushing into this promising market, which features unique and timestamped artistic creations based…
Lessons in Failing to Apply Blockchain and AI…
This year 2020 has seen quite a variety of exciting developments in the blockchain space. To name just a few: the emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as major economic forces and…
Low Circulation and High Demand at Opening of…
PRESS RELEASE. Securypto trade will open on Bilaxy on 1 January, 2021 and all indicators say that it will start off strong given the high demand for it alongside the low circulation of the coin…
Exclusive: Tezos Taps Hub Security to Secure Validators’…
Tezos Israel has collaborated with cybersecurity firm Hub Security for the development of a physical security module to protect the encryption keys of the Tezos network validators, the companies exclusively informed Finance Magnates. The two…
Bullrun Pushing More Investors To Jump on Securypto
PRESS RELEASE. Securypto focuses on safe and truly anonymous exchange of data. In a world where datahacks have become the norm rather than the exception, anonymity has become a necessity. Acknowledging the massive support from…
The Beginning of the End of Cash? 2020…
2020 was a big year of change for the fintech industry. Before the pandemic struck the globe, fintech companies around the world entered the new year with expectations that were shattered within months. Many…
Multisig Coordination Software Nunchuk Releases Its Code
Recently-launched Bitcoin wallet Nunchuk announced today that it is making its application library, libnunchuk, open source and available to the public. Nunchuk describes its mission as “the proliferation of multisig” and attempts to make multisig…
The Many Facts Pointing to John Nash Being…
Six years ago, a number of theories spread across the internet that claimed the famed American economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was Satoshi Nakamoto. There’s a bunch of circumstantial evidence that has invoked…
Cybercrime task force monitoring the global digital financial…
The United States faces a growing threat of transnational cybercrime, particularly against its financial system. In what may be the largest prosecution of its kind in U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Justice has charged…
What Does G20’s CBDC Announcement Mean for the…
Over the past several years, the Group of 20 (G20) has increasingly had its eye on cryptocurrencies. However, until recently, G20 seemed to view and engage with crypto and blockchain technology from a distance. The…
The Many Facts Pointing to Paul Le Roux…
The 48-year old former programmer and criminal cartel boss, Paul Calder Le Roux, was deemed a Satoshi Nakamoto suspect in the spring of 2019. The suspicion caused a few people to believe Le Roux is…
Top 5 Crypto Derivatives Exchange in 2020
Crypto derivatives are now among the most common financial products on any cryptocurrency exchange or trading platform, thanks to increased interest among the trading community. Trading crypto derivatives has its own advantages as it allows…
Best VPNs To Buy With Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency users are finding a growing need for quality virtual private networks (VPNs) to buy and sell their digital assets, as hackers’ eyes follow blockchains and present some danger. This article highlights how to buy…
IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto…
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited…
No, a quantum computer wont instantly reward you…
A Bitcoin wallet with nearly $700 million is up for grabs — but anyone intending to be a “crypto thief” and nab it will have to crack the password first. Crypto Twitter user Alon Gal…
Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its cypherpunk ancestors. According to Coin Metrics, transactions of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies zcash (ZEC), monero (XMR), and grin only…
Bitcoin Has Lost Its Way: Here’s How to…
Rachel-Rose O’Leary is a cryptocurrency writer and trainee C++ developer at PolyTech. Currently a contributor to CoinDesk and the Defiant newsletter, she has written about cryptocurrency since 2015. She holds an MA in digital art…
LIFETIONCOIN Provides Payment Solutions and Worldwide Prosperity
What Is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrencies use cryptographic protocols that encrypt sensitive data transfers, to secure their units of exchange. Since they are built on advance mathematics it’s impossible to duplicate or break the currency. In addition…
4 Myths About CBDCs Debunked
Marcelo M. Prates is a lawyer at the Central Bank of Brazil and holds a doctorate from Duke University School of Law. The views and opinions expressed here are his. Although the terminology of central-bank…
Officials Arrest 3 Allegedly Behind Twitter Hack
The FBI and local officials have arrested three individuals who allegedly committed the largest hack in Twitter’s history. Florida resident Graham Clark was arrested Friday morning, according to Florida news channel WFLA. State Attorney Andrew…
Suspected Twitter Hacker Arrested in Florida
The FBI has arrested an individual allegedly behind the largest hack in Twitter’s history. Florida resident Graham Clark was arrested Friday morning, according to Florida news channel WFLA. State Attorney Andrew Warren filed 30 felony…
Brave Browser Brings New Level of Security to…
July 27, Brave Software partners with Guardian to bring greater levels of security and privacy to the iPhone and iPad users. This partnership will combine the privacy stack of the two companies — Brave’s privacy…
Twitter Doesn’t Need Web 3.0 to Solve Its…
Preston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk’s Opinion section, is a partner in Anderson Kill’s Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. He advises software, internet and fintech companies. His biweekly column, “Not Legal Advice,” is a…
The Twitter Hack Fiasco: Compromised Internal Tool, Paid…
On Wednesday, a large number of Twitter accounts were compromised and the hackers used the accounts to tweet about a bitcoin doubling scam. According to multiple reports, a Twitter employee was paid to give the…
Unstoppable Domains Launches Decentralized Chat Protocol
Unstoppable Domains, a Tim Draper-backed startup focused on blockchain-based uncensorable websites, has launched a decentralized chat protocol. The so-called “Unstoppable Chat”, or simply “dChat” aims to promote confidentiality through a peer-to-peer network and end-to-end encryption.…
Encryption Crackdown: Private Phone Network With 60,000 Users…
An international law enforcement team has brought down an encrypted phone network with 60,000 users worldwide. The platform was one of the largest providers of encrypted communications, widely used by organized crime groups. UK’s National…
Bitcoin Stagnates, Criminals Targeted, $288K Prediction: Hodler’s Digest,…
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a…
Authorities Take Down Biggest Criminal Chat Network Yet
Law enforcement authorities throughout Europe arrested over 800 individuals that allegedly were using an encrypted chat network to coordinate their illicit activities. 60,000 members EncroChat was using modified Android devices to provide its users “worry…
Timothy C. May: Libertaria in Cyberspace
Here are a few points about why “cyberspace,” or a computer-mediated network, is more hospitable than physical locations for the kind of “crypto-anarchy” libertarian system I’ve been describing. Several folks have commented recently about ocean-going…
US Senators Introduce ‘Lawful Access to Encrypted Data…
US lawmakers have introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act to ensure law enforcement can access encrypted information. This bill is “a full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in the United States,” one expert says.…
Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit…
On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more…
Satoshi Nakamoto Candidate Paul Le Roux to Start…
A possible Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Criminal mastermind Paul Le Roux told the judge that upon his release he plans to “start a business…
ArbiSmart Wallet: Earning Bitcoin Safely, up to 45%…
What is automated crypto trading and why is it so popular? Algorithmic trading, also known as autotrading is the use of an automated system, which is pre-programmed with instructions for executing transactions based on a…
The Human Rights Foundation Is Now Funding Bitcoin…
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) was already promoting Bitcoin’s privacy features. Now, it will also fund the development of them. HRF, the New York-based nonprofit that promotes and protects human rights globally, has launched a…
‘Zorab’ Fake Decryption Tool Exploits Ransomware Victims’ Desperation
Hackers can be real jerks. A new form of malware has been developed to imitate decryption software that is supposed to help people who have already been victims of ransomware encryption attacks. The Most Diverse…
EARN IT: The US Anti-Encryption Bill That Threatens…
There’s a new bill in the works to fight against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and other risky services on the internet — but it could come at a cost to online privacy. Eliminating Abusive…
The Need For Trusted Crypto Accounting Solutions, A…
This is a sponsored article provided by Verady. Decentralized cloud storage platform Storj Labs is one of the most exciting projects in the blockchain-based technology space. Embodying many of the best qualities of decentralized and…
How the Lighting Network Could Improve Encrypted Messaging
“…using a network of…micropayment channels, Bitcoin can scale to billions of transactions per day with the computational power available on a modern desktop computer today. Sending many payments inside a given micropayment channel enables one…
Blockchain Bites: Bitfinex Sues, Miners Prepare, Congress Considers
Around the world, from the Middle East to Washington, D.C., Beltway, blockchain is proving its value. In the Middle East, citizens hampered by weak governments, unstable currencies and fraught political environments are turning to crypto…
Eric Hughes: A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto
Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one…
CoinJoin’s First Steps: How Dark Wallet Paved the…
CoinJoin. Trustless mixing. Anonymity. Bitcoin Magazine’s September 2013 cover — all black with hints of golden fingerprints — needed only four words to announce a powerful new privacy tool. At a time when industry representatives…
Privacy Isn’t Radical: How Tor Supports Dissent as…
The Halving (sometimes referred to as “the Halvening”) is the predetermined moment when Bitcoin’s block subsidy gets cut in half. The halving of Bitcoin’s block subsidy occurs every 210,000 blocks (approximately every four years) and is a…