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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)

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

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