Blockonomics attended WordCamp Prague 2020 which was held on 29th of February. The aim was to interact with Wordpress community and meet people who might be interested in learning more about the possibilities for accepting Bitcoin in their e-commerce stores. The conference was held in Czech, Prague, at the Cubex

Texting has become a popular way to communicate and connect. As a result, you might wonder if you can send Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies through the same means. Check out these options. 1. Crypterium Crypterium is the brand name of a cryptocurrency wallet and accompanying app. One of the perks

Many people have asked me the same question about flybit recently and my response was always short and related to issues involving investors and partners. I will try to write everything in details in this post how it all started and series of events until I decided to shut down

Bitcoin ad networks are a niche online advertising service that brings together website publishers and advertisers who want to promote bitcoin- or cryptocurrency-related websites. As with other online advertising networks, publishers provide ad space on their websites, and advertisers pay to use that space. These services often, but not always,

Most modern bitcoin wallets are HD wallets. This means they generate private keys from seed words and provide an extended public key to derive bitcoin addresses. Let dive into how an xpub is useful and how to get your wallet xpub key. Why You Need An xPub Key The xPub

If you have a more established presence online with a WordPress website or blog and now you’re interested in accepting Bitcoin payments on your site, we have just the plugin for you. The best part is that you can get set up in just a couple of minutes and

Bitcoin is full of potential, but it’s a bit of a mess right now. It was always intended as a currency that got out of the market’s way — but has the market spoken? Right now, you can find lots of conversations on Reddit and other corners of the

Regardless of how people feel about cryptocurrencies, one topic of discussion that arises frequently is whether there will ever be a point of widespread adoption of crypto among retailers. And if it does ever happen, is it going to happen anytime soon? A Cryptocurrency Executive Notes a Rise in Merchants

Cash is printed and Bitcoin is solved. There are a total of 17 million Bitcoin in existence and they were all created by solving math problems; really really hard math problems. Not many people like math but thankfully machines can solve these problems for you. In the beginning of time,

Reseller hosting is a very competitive business. To stand out in the current scenario, businesses need to offer more than 24*7 support, low prices and high up times. Fulfilling expectations is the key to growth and one of the things which a lot of customers are expecting these days

Bitpay is constantly at the receiving end of flak from the Bitcoin community for various reasons. Besides the usual reasons of its open support to Bitcoin Cash, poor customer support, these are three main reasons: High Network Fee for Bitcoin payments: Bitpay has recently started charging its clients for as

NGOs and many other not-for-profit organizations are run by the virtue of donations from people who like do their part by giving back to the society. Unfortunately, the process of accepting donations which is also a financial transaction is constrained by the world of banking protocols. Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies directly

1. Bitcoin Official: Adam Guerbuez AKA MikeTheMug is your host for this informative yet very entertaining Youtube channel. 2. Decentralized TV: Decentralized TV is a great source of the lastest developments in Blockchain, Crypto and ICO space. 3. É Hora do Trade: E Hora do Trade is Portugese channel based

Bitcoin is to payment systems that Linux has been to computer OS. The biggest advantages of bitcoin being : * Cheaper transactions (1% vs. 2.9% for Paypal), * Non-existent chargebacks, and * Minimized fraud. The growing bitcoin community, which comprises of a lot of developers and entrepreneurs, is looking for avenues to pay

Bitcoin’s adaptation has increased quite phenomenally in the past few months. It is estimated that around 20 million people around the world own Bitcoins at the moment and this is still only the beginning. With an increasing number of people starting to own Bitcoins, it is now moving on

I have a new hobby! Fortunately for me this new “whale watching” hobby does not require me to be on a boat in the ocean, nor do I need to bring my own binoculars. We are talking “Cryptocurrency Whale Watching” here. Whether you are just entering the cryptoworld or you

Since I got started in Bitcoin in early 2014 I have had an account over at Coinbase. They are a US based company and they have been established as one of the most trusted sites out there. While there certainly is a love hate relationship some people have with them,

In the past 3 weeks, news that the Chinese government was cracking down on ICOs and forcing cryptocurrency exchanges to halt trading has sent the markets tanking. Trading volumes on the cryptocurrency exchanges are down significantly, and the pull-back in activity is not just from the Chinese Yuan and exchanges,

Crowdfunding isn’t a new thing and by this time if you have not supported some sort of crowdfunding effort through Kickstarter or Indiegogo, I would be surprised. It’s a great way to generate start up cash for a great project that just can’t get backing the traditional

On August 1st, Bitcoin (BTC) forked. A new cryptocurrency called Bitcoin Cash (BCH) appeared online when a bunch of Bitcoin miners created their own Blockchain network with updated rules. Interestingly, early in 2016 also Ethereum, currently the second crypto for market capitalisation, forked into Ether (ETH) and Ethereum Classic (ETC)

Bitcoin as a currency has proven its worth in last 8 years. It has the properties of ease of transfer, fungibility, divisibility, scarcity, and durability -which are missing in traditional fiat currencies as well as gold. However, it faces constant challenges from traditional payment systems, primarily regarding the maximum throughput

This post is an abridged version of our manuscript, which contains an additional section on Blockchain analysis. See the full version in PDF here. Bitcoin and its underlying technology Blockchain have become popular in recent years. Designed to facilitate a secure distributed platform without central authorities, Blockchain is heralded as

Transaction fees have been dropping recently and have caused all manner of speculation about what is going on. In this article, I seek to examine what has been going on and what may have changed. Why Fees are High Transactions get into blocks, generally by offering higher fees than others.