Bitcoin's decentralization is crucial and measured using the Nakamoto coefficient based on the minimum number of participants needed to control the system. [ more ]
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Bitcoin is Borderless: How Decentralization and Permissionlessness Grant Autonomy Across Political Jursidictions
Bitcoin's superpower lies in its decentralized and globally accessible nature, allowing individuals to carry their wealth across borders with ease. [ more ]
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Bitcoin Policy Institute Launches Fund to Defend Non-Custodial Tools from Regulatory Threats
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) launched the Peer-to-Peer Rights Fund to protect decentralized, peer-to-peer integrity of Bitcoin ecosystem. [ more ]
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The Protocol: From 'Node Sales' to 'Address Poisoning,' the Money's in Crypto
Node sales are a new fundraising method in the blockchain industry, involving selling blockchain nodes directly to investors for quick cash and the perception of decentralization. [ more ]
Jack Dorsey And Block Are Developing A Full Bitcoin Mining System
Block has achieved a significant milestone in developing a three-nanometer bitcoin mining chip, advancing towards decentralizing bitcoin mining hardware. [ more ]
The Bitcoin Halving: From A Macro Event To Quasi-Holiday
Satoshi Nakamoto meticulously designed Bitcoin to have a fixed supply schedule, including the quadrennial Bitcoin halving event, to maintain scarcity and value long-term. [ more ]
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The unique landscape of Bitcoin Prairie: A comprehensive guide
Bitcoin Prairie refers to rural areas becoming hubs for Bitcoin mining and cryptocurrency activities.
Bitcoin Prairie challenges conventional notions of where and how cryptocurrency thrives.
It highlights the decentralized nature of technology and offers a unique perspective on the intersection of technology, rural economies, and the environment. [ more ]
Thai SEC Launches 'Crypto Academy' to Help Digital Asset Investors Regulation Bitcoin News
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a crypto academy where investors can learn about digital assets free of charge before investing.The more you know your investments, the less risk you will have, the Thai regulator emphasized.Thai SEC's Crypto Academy Launched The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that it has launched Crypto Academy to provide free online resources and courses on digital assets.
Key Bitcoin developer calls on FBI to recover $3.6M in digital coin
One of the prominent developers behind the Bitcoin blockchain said he has asked the FBI to assist him in recovering $3.6 million worth of the digital coin that was stolen from his storage wallets on New Year's Eve.Luke Dashjr is a developer of the Bitcoin Core, an app that runs 97 percent of the nodes making up the Bitcoin blockchain.
Should Freelance Web Designers Care about Web 3.0?
The web design industry adores buzzwords.We use them to describe everything from design fads (hello, Claymorphism) to build technologies (nice to know you, headless).
DEMAND Launches World's First Stratum V2 Bitcoin Mining Pool
Bitcoin mining company DEMAND has launched the world's first Stratum V2 mining pool, aiming to improve security, flexibility, and performance in mining.
Stratum V2 allows individual miners to construct their own block templates, increasing decentralization and resistance to censorship.
The pool is designed to make home mining more attractive and help decentralize the Bitcoin mining ecosystem. [ more ]
The USPTO began establishing satellite offices a decade ago to expand beyond the traditional Alexandria (Washington DC) headquarters.We now have offices in Detroit, Dallas, Denver, and San Jose.Last year, Congress voted to further expand the decentralization by at least one more.The Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA) mandates creation of a Southeast Regional Office (SERO).
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Core Developer Amiti Uttarwar Will Be Reinforcing Decentralization At Bitcoin 2023
"One of the many ways that Bitcoin is an experiment is in its decentralized development model," explained Amiti Uttarwar."Whether a non-profit or a private company, the vast majority of software projects have a centralized structure for directing funding, prioritizing projects and coordinating efforts.
This Tuesday I attended SamNet Vinterkonferensen, jointly organized by ISOC-SE, SNUS, DFRI and Dataskydd.net,focusing on technology, the internet, privacy, and decentralization.The organizers gave me caution before hand as the whole conference was in Swedish :) The venue was Internetstiftelsen, which is already one of my favorite small conference venues in Stockholm (as we have done many open spaces there in the last 1 year).
Mastodon-and the pros and cons of moving beyond Big Tech gatekeepers
As Elon Musk's Category 5 tweetstorm continues, the once-obscure Mastodon social network has been gaining over 1,000 new refugees per hour, every hour, bringing its user count to about eight million.Joining as a user is pretty easy.More than enough ex-Twitterers are happy finding a Mastodon instance via joinmastodon.org,
The Guy Who Invented the World Wide Web Thinks We Should "Ignore" Web3
Web of Lies The man who literally invented the form of the internet we all use believes the future of it lies in decentralization.That man is Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist who' s widely credited with inventing the World Wide Web back in 1989.However, Berners-Lee thinks we should "ignore" proposals to achieve a vaguely defined form of decentralized internet broadly known as "Web3."
Google Cloud Introduces Blockchain Node Engine for Web3 Development
Google Cloud recently announced the private preview of Blockchain Node Engine, a managed node-hosting option for Web3 development.Ethereum will be the first blockchain supported.Designed to help Web3 developers build and deploy on blockchain-based platforms, the new managed service monitors the nodes and restarts them during outages.
Meta is Reportedly the Latest Social Media Company to Embrace ActivityPub Technology
Meta is in the early stages of developing a text-based social media app that could rival Twitter, MoneyControl reported yesterday (March 9).Unlike its other social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram-and unlike Twitter-the app will reportedly be decentralized.Meta didn't clarify what this would mean, but other decentralized apps like Mastodon, a Twitter rival, support independent servers where users create their own rules about content moderation.
Here are the trends likely to have the biggest impact on social media channels in 2023
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Decentralized platforms, death of the cookie and predictive analytics are just a few of the major trends to dominate 2023 - and the social channels that are powered by them.Consumer intelligence firm Talkwalker and customer engagement platform Khoros recently released a report predicting the top 10 social media trends for 2023, with a particular focus on how consumers are driving these changes.
Platform engineering has emerged as a term that at its core describes a shift toward more centralization of DevOps processes and workflows.The adoption of DevOps workflows in most organizations has tended to flow from the bottom up.As a result, it's fairly common for multiple application development teams within an organization to have adopted multiple DevOps platforms to manage workflows.
What is wrapped Ethereum (wETH) and how does it work?
Traders who use the Ethereum network are familiar with the ERC-20 technical standard and have most likely traded and invested in tokens that utilize it.
The first article I ever wrote professionally was about Twitter.¹ It was the service's first year of existence and, as silly as it seemed at the time, I was certain it was on to something.
How One Paper Blew Up Bitcoin's Claim to Anonymity
It has been a totem of the cryptocurrency community that the numeric addresses of Bitcoin and other wallets will protect the identity of those using them to buy and sell.
How Erlay Helps Preserve Bitcoin's Decentralization
This is an opinion editorial by Kudzai Kutukwa, a passionate financial inclusion advocate who was recognized by Fast Company magazine as one of South Africa's top-20 young entrepreneurs under 30.Satoshi Nakamoto brilliantly laid out in a few short sentences the major problem with the current financial system; it's dependency on trust.
Ending Homelessness in San Francisco (The Presidio)
An evening dedicated to understanding the causes of homelessness in San Francisco and discussing solutions to an issue that touches us all.You're invited to join us for the opening of our speaker series at House of Web3, focused on solving San Francisco's most pressing problems.Our first event is focused on the issue of ending homelessness in San Franciso.
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Why Bitcoin's Most Important Quality Is Decentralization
Bitcoin's most important quality is decentralization.In the Bitcoin white paper, there are more than a dozen references to removing trust in central entities.Decentralizing away from financial institutions was Satoshi Nakamoto 's front-page motivation for creating Bitcoin: "allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party."
Finder's Specialists Predict Ethereum Will Slip to $963 This Year, but End 2022 at $1,377 per Unit Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
Markets and Prices by Jamie Redman 46% of around 55 fintech and cryptocurrency specialists believe ethereum is undervalued following The Merge, according to a recent survey published by the comparison website Finder.com.
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You Can Believe The Maximalists: Bitcoin Is Separate From Crypto
Financial Times Columnist Jemima Kelly published an article titled " Don't Believe The 'Maximalists: Bitcoin Can't Be Separated From Crypto " earlier today and I'd like to share some reactions from a Bitcoiner perspective.