Posts Tagged ‘bitcoin’
Bitcoin & Blockchain Baby Steps
Before getting into the Blockchain Explainer videos, audios and posts, I thought it would be helpful to take some baby steps first by oversimplifying Bitcoin and Blockchain, or, cypto-assets, crypto-economies/token-economies, and distributed ledger technologies. Crypto Assets, or, Tokens First, let’s take one baby step back and define “money”, as we know it today. Paper money…
Read MoreCanadian Securities Commission Grants Bitcoin Fund Manager Registration | Bitcoin News
“The Canadian Bitcoin Trust is an open-ended unit trust that enables investors to get exposure to the price of bitcoin without having to worry about buying and securing bitcoin, which has been a challenge for investors,”
Source: Canadian Securities Commission Grants Bitcoin Fund Manager Registration | Bitcoin News
Read MorePotential network disruption | bitcoin
The Bitcoin block chain, which is a record of all Bitcoin transactions to date, relies on a network of thousands of Bitcoin nodes running Bitcoin software. On Mon Jul 31 2017 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT), the Bitcoin block chain may experience what is known as a chain split. This is when a portion of Bitcoin’s nodes run software that another portion of nodes are not fully compatible with. As a result, some nodes may propagate confirmed transactions that other nodes may not accept or recognize. This may result in
Source: Potential network disruption | bitcoin
Warning? Really?
“Warning” seems a little light. If you have bitcoins, then you really need to read this warning and govern yourself accordingly before, during and after Monday Juyl 31, 2017 8 PM EDT. Nonetheless, what’s driving the “chain split” is pretty interesting.
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