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The Economics of Transaction Fees

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.

Gifting bitcoins without losing sleep over security

Gifting bitcoins without losing sleep over security

So, your remote working developer did a great job on the website and you want to gift him something on his birthday. Amazon gift cards —…

The Dark Side of Bitcoin: Illegal Activities, Fraud, and Bitcoin

The Dark Side of Bitcoin: Illegal Activities, Fraud, and Bitcoin

This is Part 1, for a follow up, see Part 2 here: https://blog.blockonomics.co/the-dark-side-of-bitcoin-a-second-visit-392ca2267514

Investing made Easy, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, called altcoins, are increasingly becoming a popular investment. With the huge price increase over the…

Rise of the Altcoins

Rise of the Altcoins

Altcoins, so called because they are presented as an alternative to Bitcoin, are increasingly entering the cryptocurrency market. In the…

Is the $2000 high a cause for concern or glee?

Exploring Bitcoin’s recent growth and whether the positives outweigh the negatives. This is a look on the possible future of Bitcoin. This weekend Bitcoin reached a new height of $2000 for one coin. This huge growth has both positives and negatives, with the possible repercussions being quite stron

A note on decentralization and bitcoin

Today, we’d like to announce our support for BIP148, more commonly known as a User-Activated Soft Fork to implement Segregated Witness.