Thursday, November 8, 2018

A Quick Guide to Cryptocurrency Wallets

WHAT IS A CRYPTOCURRENCY WALLET?

The concept of a wallet is more than just “a flat pocket-sized case to hold paper currency” in today’s world. Taking into account the aspects of safety and progression in payment technology, wallets have evolved into a platform that have different services integrated within. With that being said, you will still need a wallet to hold your cryptocurrencies.A cryptocurrency wallet is a secure digital platform to store and access your digital assets, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or EVR. It is a software-based program that helps you store your public and private keys, monitor your balance, and send and receive digital currency by connecting with other blockchain protocols.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Cryptocurrency itself does not actually “exist” in a wallet. There is no physical form of storing or exchanging these currencies. To be able to send or receive your digital currency, a private key stored in your wallet must be compatible with the public key to prove your ownership. If the public and private keys match, your wallet will act as a personal ledger of transactions stored on the blockchain. The analogy is to think of the private key as being similar to a password that is confidential for your own use, and the public key as an email address which can be known by or shared with anyone.

Read the full article: https://media.everus.org/2018/11/09/a-quick-guide-to-cryptocurrency-wallets/



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A Response to Roger Ver

This post was inspired by the video “Roger Ver’s Thoughts on Craig Wright”. Oh, wait. Sorry. “Roger Ver’s Thoughts on 15th November Bitcoin Cash Upgrade”. Not sure how I mixed those two up.

To get it out of the way first and foremost: I have nothing but utmost respect for Roger Ver. You have done more than just about anyone to bring Bitcoin to the world, and for that you will always have my eternal gratitude. While there are trolls on both sides, the crucifixion of Bitcoin Jesus in the past week has been disheartening to see. As a miner, I respect his decision to choose the roadmap that he desires.

It is understandable that the Bitcoin (BCH) upgrade is causing a clash of personalities. However, what has been particularly frustrating is the lack of debate around the technical merits of Bitcoin ABC vs Bitcoin SV. The entire conversation has now revolved around Craig Wright the individual instead of what is best for Bitcoin Cash moving forward.

Roger’s video did confirm something about difference of opinions between the Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV camps. When Roger wasn’t talking about Craig Wright, he spent a portion of his video discussing how individuals should be free to trade drugs without the intervention of the state. He used this position to silently attack Craig Wright for allegedly wanting to control the free trade of individuals. This appears to confirm what Craig Wright has been saying: that DATASIGVERIFY can be used to enable widely illegal use-cases of transactions, and Roger’s support for the ABC roadmap stems from his personal belief that Bitcoin should enable all trade regardless of legal status across the globe.

Speaking for myself, I think the drug war is immoral. I think human beings should be allowed to put anything they want in their own bodies as long as they are not harming others. I live in the United States and have personally seen the negative consequences of the drug war. This is a problem. The debasement of our currency and theft at the hands of central banks is a separate problem. Bitcoin was explicitly created to solve one of these problems.

Roger says in his video that “cryptocurrencies” were created to enable trade free from government oversight. However, Satoshi Nakamoto never once said this about Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto was explicitly clear, however, that Bitcoin provided a solution to the debasement of currency.

“The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.” – Satoshi Nakamoto 02/11/2009

As we’ve written previously, the genesis block is often cited as a criticism of the 2008 bailout. However, the content of the article outlines that the bailout had already occurred. The article reveals that the government was poised to go a step further by buying up the toxic bank assets as part of a nationalization effort! In this scenario, according to the Times, "a 'bad bank' would be created to dispose of bad debts. The Treasury would take bad loans off the hands of troubled banks, perhaps swapping them for government bonds. The toxic assets, blamed for poisoning the financial system, would be parked in a state vehicle or 'bad bank' that would manage them and attempt to dispose of them while 'detoxifying' the main-stream banking system." The article outlines a much more nightmarish scenario than bank bailouts, one that would effectively remove any element of private enterprise from banking and use the State to seize the bank's assets.

The United States is progressively getting to a point where cannabis can be freely traded and used without legal repercussion. As a citizen, each election has given me the opportunity to bring us closer to enacting that policy at a national level. However, I have never had the ability to have a direct impact on preventing the debasement of the United States dollar. The dollar is manipulated by a “private” organization that is accountable to no one, and on a yearly basis we are given arbitrary interest rates that I have no control over. The government uses its arbitrary control over the money supply to enable itself to spend trillions of dollars it doesn’t have on foreign wars. Roger Ver has passionately argued against this in multiple videos available on the internet.

This is what Bitcoin promised to me when I first learned about it. This is what makes it important to me.

When the Silk Road was shut down, Bitcoin was unaffected. Bitcoin, like the US dollar, was just a tool that was used for transactions. There is an inherent danger that governments, whether you like it or not, would use every tool at their disposal to shut down any system that enabled at a protocol level illegal trade. They, rightfully or wrongfully, did this with the Silk Road. Roger’s video seems to hint that he thinks Bitcoin Cash should be an experiment in playing chicken with governments across the world about our right to trade freely without State intervention. The problem is that this is a vast underestimation of just how quickly Bitcoin (BCH) could be shut down if the protocol itself was the tool being used for illegal trade instead of being the money exchanged on top of illegal trade platforms.

I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with Roger’s philosophy on what “cryptocurrencies” should be. However, I know what Bitcoin is. Bitcoin is simply hard, sound money. That is boring to a lot of those in the “cryptocurrency” space, but it is the essential tool that enables freedom for the globe. It allows those in Zimbabwe to have sound currency free from the 50 billion dollar bills handed out like candy by the government. It allows those of us in the US to be free from the arbitrary manipulation of the Fed. Hard, sound, unchanging money that can be used as peer to peer digital cash IS the killer use case of Bitcoin. That is why we are here building on top of Bitcoin Cash daily.

When Roger and ABC want to play ball with governments across the globe and turn Bitcoin into something that puts it in legal jeopardy, it threatens the value of my bitcoins. Similar to the uncertainty we go through in the US every year as we await the arbitrary interest rates handed out by the Fed, we are now going to wait in limbo to see if governments will hold Bitcoin Cash miners responsible for enabling illegal trade at a protocol level. This is an insanely dangerous prospect to introduce to Bitcoin (BCH) so early in its lifespan. In one of Satoshi Nakamoto’s last public posts, he made it clear just how important it was to not kick the hornet’s nest that is government:

“It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.” – Satoshi Nakamoto 12/11/2010

Why anyone would want to put our opportunity of sound monetary policy in jeopardy to enable illegal trading at a base protocol level is beyond me. I respect anyone who has an anarcho-capitalist ideology. But, please don’t debase my currency by putting it at risk of legal intervention because you want to impose that ideology on the world.

We took the time to set up a Q&A with the Bitcoin SV developers Steve Shadders and Daniel Connolly. We posted on Reddit and gathered a ton of questions from the “community”. We received insanely intelligent, measured, and sane responses to all of the “attack vectors” proposed against increasing the block size and re-enabling old opcodes. Jonathon Toomim spent what must have been an hour or so asking 15+ questions in the Reddit thread of which we obtained answers to most. We have yet to see him respond to the technical answers given by the SV team. In Roger’s entire video today about the upcoming November fork, he didn’t once mention one reason why he disagrees with the SV roadmap. Instead, he has decided to go on Reddit and use the same tactics that were used by Core against Bitcoin Unlimited back in the day by framing the upcoming fork as “BCH vs BSV”, weeks before miners have had the ability to actually vote.

What Bitcoin SV wants to accomplish is enable sound money for the globe. This is boring. This is not glamorous. It is, however, the greatest tool of freedom we can give the globe. We cannot let ideology or personalities change that goal. Ultimately, it won’t. We have been continual advocates for miners, the ones who spend 1000x more investing in the network than the /r/btc trolls, to decide the future of BCH. We look forward to seeing what they choose on Nov 15th.

Roger mentions that it is our right to fork off and create our own chains. While that is okay to have as an opinion, Satoshi Nakamoto was explicit that we should be building one global chain. We adhere to the idea that miners should vote with their hashpower and determine the emergent chain after November 15th.

“It is strictly necessary that the longest chain is always considered the valid one. Nodes that were present may remember that one branch was there first and got replaced by another, but there would be no way for them to convince those who were not present of this. We can't have subfactions of nodes that cling to one branch that they think was first, others that saw another branch first, and others that joined later and never saw what happened. The CPU proof-of-worker proof-of-work vote must have the final say. The only way for everyone to stay on the same page is to believe that the longest chain is always the valid one, no matter what.” – Satoshi Nakamoto 11/09/2008

  • Connor of The BCH Boys

Edit: A clarification. I used the phrase "Bitcoin is boring". I want to clarify that Bitcoin itself is capable of far more than we've ever thought possible. The reality is that we are only beginning to understand the life changing innovation that Bitcoin offers. But the ultimate promise that "blockchain" companies and the world of "cryptos" sell you on is a fantasy. In the end law will be used to shut down systems of trade. In that way, they become more uncertain than fiat currency. You are no longer dealing with stable assets. The cryptocurrency market doesn't care about sound money. They think the existence of one network connection of the human graph is enough to subvert world governments. When you understand the ultimate promise that Bitcoin as a base protocol allows us through economic incentives and high connectivity, it becomes clear that preserving the economy stability of the system is paramount, and the futuristic economies that this opens up are anything but boring.

What we've allowed Bitcoin to become is a playground. Satoshi said we could scale in 2009. When scaling digital cash to the globe becomes secondary to creating a protected class of transactions (illegal transactions), we don't know what downstream economic events that might affect. Playgrounds always have a neighborhood bully. Don't be surprised when the bully comes back to play.

We should be focusing on restoring the original base protocol for which Satoshi released open source to the world and which allows all sorts of amazing use cases to emerge in script in secondary applications outside of Bitcoin the sofware.


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Advancing Blockchain with Masternet

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This Is What Happens At A Cryptocurrency Music Festival

bitseven.com - “Bitcoin, Sh*t coin,” muttered a Gen Z girl standing close to me, easily distinguished by the neon proof of age bracelet wrapped around their left hand. Well ,that and their midriff baring crop top that’s basically a raised finger to to Bay Area meteorologists,

She wasn't wrong when it comes to Bitcoin — since it peaked at $20,000 in December 2018, it now stays pretty consistently in the low $6,400 range. Fortunes were lost, bubbles were burst, but people party on — just because Bitcoin wasn't the pot of gold doesn't mean you can't get there with currencies such as Monero, Stellar or Tron. Or that the blockchain isn't valuable.
That’s the theory behind Our Music Festival (OMF) and their similarly named OMF Token. On October 20th, 2018,,The Greek Theater in Berkeley held what might be the world first cryptocurrency music festival. OMF was created by Prime Social group, DJ and producer 3LAU and blockchain entertainment network SingularDTV. Around 8,000 people turned up to party, blockchain style. Naturally, you could buy your ticket with cryptocurrency, but real money was also accepted.

In essence, what this meant on the night is that you had the usual EDC crowd bobbing up and down while the headliners — Zedd, Mati and Kim, 3LAU and more — got up to their usual tricks, with occasional shout out to the crowd for ‘my crypto cool’ friends.

The venue was stunning, with an array of smoke, lasers and lights making the stage glow like a LSD rainbow. The performers were energetic and entertaining, and when they started remixing the theme tune to Pokemon, it was clear they’d read the crowd right. 80% of people instantly jumped to their feet, mouthing the words.

During 3LAU’s set, the DJ made a plea for more ‘people to get on the blockchain,’ — he said some other stuff, but people around me used that time to blow their whistles and so I missed the rest.

The best part of my night — and most relevant, considering the theme — was during the confetti cannon bursts that fluttered down at the end of 3LAU’s set. Instead of paper, tiny pieces of white paper printed with QR codes floated down from the sky like so many discarded candy wrapper on Halloween. Later I discovered that was thirty pounds of paper confetti. These could be scanned on the OMF app, and traded to gain rewards at the merchandise tents — basically, knotted friendship bracelets in different colors.

The high level idea here is that OMF is more than a music festival. In fact that’s the tip of the iceberg when it comes to their ambitions. Their idea is that festivals cane be improved, and they’re targeting ticketing, engagement, and data. OMF tokens were available to purchase at the event (it's not clear if you can purchase them at the moment.)

Now I’ll give OMF props for trying to push their crypto-message — the high level concept was that by simply by attending, fans can earn OMF tokens, which can be used for upgrades, food and more. Big picture, this type of tech could prevent ticket fraud and inflation and make events far more equitable. At this event.. not so much. Yes, QR codes could be tokenized and exchanged for bracelets and some people were randomly upgraded, but overall, the kinks still need to be worked out. As a fledgling brand, that’s to be expected, and they talk a good talk about wanting to effect some real change.

“Those goals may sit on a distant horizon, but we need to start somewhere,” said Justin Blau, a.k.a DJ 3LAU. “In year one, we’re enabling crypto payments for tickets and are giving all attendees their first ethereum paper wallet in the form of token cards.” As a PR push, they were successful, totaling 2009 OMF payments and getting 61,290 OMF tokens into concertgoers wallets by the end of the night.

Hidden among the neon dancers was a scattering of crypto-royalty, including Fred Ehrsam, founder of Coinbase, Daniel Gross from YCombinator and Adam Ludwin, founder of Chain. I’m betting they had a good time, and amongst a crowds like that, they faded into anonymity (insert crypto related pun here).

But that’s a good thing — this was a music event at its best, with the cryptocurrency aspect secondary to the sound. Which is as it should be. There’s nothing worse than going to an event then realizing you’re spending the whole time being sold to.

Here, they just let people get on with it — and their ‘Decentralize’ selfie board was pretty genius. For some attendees, the set list was a little scattered — all the acts, while well established, aren't exactly the cutting edge of current, and I heard complaints that they were ‘too random’ and that it was like ‘listening to an iPhone DJ.’ Even so, the grounds were packed, so clearly people were not that concerned.

The cryptocurrency world is young, figuratively and literally. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum is 24-years-old, and there's a host of crypto-royalty who has more experience in classrooms than boardrooms. That's the real power of the blockchain, not just a leveling of transparency, but of equity and access for all.

Blockchain security expert Reuben Jackson, sums this up very well in in Bitcoin Magazine. "Millennials are waking up to the inequity present in the world and are hyper-aware of the status quo’s faults as well," he wrote. "Many in this age group see open-source blockchain technology as an accountability tool, one that will create a better system for voting, sharing data and advertising for instance. Blockchains provide not just productive ways for them to air their grievances but also social and financial tools allowing millennials to demonstrate what the problem areas are and, at the same time, exactly how to fix them. "

As an events group, I’d say that OMF has a lot of potential, and they've certainly figured out who their market is. In a world where the best referral is from someone you know, incentivizing people to share events is a smart way to reach a wider audience.

The Good: If this is what cryptocurrency festivals are about, I’m all for it. Basically, a night of fun without any of the hassle, and people with a relaxed mindset out for a good time. New Kids on the Blockchain!

The Bad: Much of the crypto stuff happened thought the app, which was poorly designed. You couldn't get lineup times if you didn't get into the app, and it crashed pretty regularly too.

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Advancing Blockchain with Masternet

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The Mаѕtеrnеt stage іѕ a rеvоlutіоnаrу рlаtfоrm that is dеѕіgnеd tо hеlр dеvеlор rіѕіng decentralized nеtwоrkѕ with еnоugh ԛuаlіtу аnd ѕuіtаbіlіtу to the Akаѕіс Nеtwоrk, into соmmunіtіеѕ thаt wіll nоt just bе еffесtіvе however аlѕо ѕuѕtаіnаblе. The Masternet stage is оf thе nоtіоn that іt'ѕ nоt juѕt рrореr tо аllоw brіllіаnt рrоjесtѕ tо dіе duе tо the powerlessness оf their innovation tо соmреtе wіth аlrеаdу еѕtаblіѕhеd рорulаr brаndѕ оf blockchain systems. Thе Mаѕtеrnеt stage vаluеѕ thе nееd fоr network dеvеlорmеnt whісh іѕ thе mаіn reason bеhіnd ѕuссеѕѕ оf thrіvіng stages in thе wоrld of decentralization.

THE MASTERNET AKASIC NETWORK CONNECTION

Thе Masternet рlаtfоrm is dеvеlоріng іtѕ nеtwоrk to bе multisystem with a whоlе rаngе of соnnесtіоnѕ between оthеr сrурtосurrеnсіеѕ and nеtwоrkѕ. This is the rеаѕоn behind thеіr rеlаtіоnѕhір with the Akаѕіс Network which іѕ rеnоwnеd fоr bеіng a сrоѕѕ-сhаіn nеtwоrk thаt аllоwѕ the conjunction оf іt and other соntеmроrаrу рlаtfоrmѕ around іt. Thе Akasic worldwide nеtwоrk асhіеvеѕ thіѕ through the hеlр of Artificial insight and tесhnісаl іngеnuіtу of thеіr dеѕіgn mоdеl. It's a Kоrеаn tесhnоlоgісаl firm thаt іѕ broadly ll prestigious.

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Thе Mаѕtеrnеt Nеw Prоjесt Growth Prоgrаm

The Mаѕtеrnеt аlѕо settles on decision of new аnd promising nеtwоrkѕ thаt саn fіt reasonably with a thе Akаѕіс Network аnd оnе thаt саn bе buіlt legitimately into a hugе соmmunіtу thаt wіll bе independent wіth a vіеw tо іnсrеаѕіng іtѕ uѕаbіlіtу іn the long run. Thе Mаѕtеrnеt рlаtfоrm dеvеlорѕ a base for рrореr undеrѕtаndіng аnd assurance оf the tеrmѕ оf course of action between thе colleagues оf thе nеw сhоѕеn рrоjесt аnd them. This will fоrm thе bаѕіѕ оf thе іntеgrаtіоn of mаnу digital forms of money іntо the Akаѕіс Network іntеrореrаbіlіtу.

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Bitcoin ABC/BU/SV Mining Outcomes

Here’s my understanding of some upcoming events, please correct me if where I am wrong

  • Bitcoin ABC is making an update of its client to allow a new opcode that would allow smarter contracts, such as outside oracles or cross-chain atomic contracts in the future among other changes.
  • Bitcoin SV objects to these changes, and wants to introduce larger block and remove the newly proposed opcode

  • Bitcoin Unlimited will support both changes, but allow them to be activated via BIP135, or miner voting.

Now, if I’m not too far off on this, some questions

1) Is either Bitcoin ABC or SV going to incorporate replay protection? If not, why? Wouldn’t a clean fork be better for the minority that wants to continue using a coin with the rules they agree with?

2) What would happen in this scenario; Both don’t use replay protection and SV has stronger mining power. What would be the user experience be in the Bitcoin SV client? Transaction would just fail, or rolled back after each confirmed block forcing the user to get a SV client?

3) How is Bitcoin unlimited agnostic to ABC and SV? Is it because it will follow ABC rules (and chain) until a miner vote occurs?


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The Mindset of a Hacker who Hacked the Hacking Team

Hacking Team was a notorious Italian infosec firm, that was known for selling exploits and malware to oppressive regimes and enable them to pray on journalists, activists, and political opponents. In 2015, the internal network of Hacking Team was completely infiltrated by a hacker, and over 400 gigabytes of data, including e-mails, invoices, and source code have been released.

Later in that year, the hacker known as Phineas Fisher, published an articles to an underground e-zine, HackBack! A DIY Guide for those without the patience to wait for whistleblowers, which himself was the editor, to share his mindset and experience. It was a detailed account of how he managed to hack the HackingTeam. Besides technical details, it also includes his methodology, motivation and political stance.

A years before the HackingTeam hack, Phineas Fisher already published a guide to HackBack in 2014, which was a general introduction to the basic methodology and offensive security. In other words, he successfully applied his theory to practice.

(original articles don't have titles, titles are my own). Even some suggestions and techniques in the articles are outdated (such as Bitcoin and TrueCrypt, when now there are better alternatives available, and it is not recommended to use them), it still remains a classic, both from technical and r/CoreCyberpunk's perspective.

I recommend reading the article about Hacking Team first, then review his introduction.

Here are some interesting quotes from the articles.

Unfortunately, our world is backwards. You get rich by doing bad things and go to jail for doing good.

The English-speaking world already has tons of books, talks, guides, and info about hacking. In that world, there's plenty of hackers better than me, but they misuse their talents working for "defense" contractors, for intelligence agencies, to protect banks and corporations, and to defend the status quo.

Hacker culture was born in the US as a counterculture, but that origin only remains in its aesthetics - the rest has been assimilated. At least they can wear a t-shirt, dye their hair blue, use their hacker names, and feel like rebels while they work for the Man.

You used to have to sneak into offices to leak documents. You used to need a gun to rob a bank. Now you can do both from bed with a laptop in hand.

If you have no experience with programming or hacking, some of the text below might look like a foreign language. Check the resources section at the end to help you get started. And trust me, once you've learned the basics you'll realize this really is easier than filing a FOIA request.



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On forks, Nakamoto Consensus and hash wars

So basically I wanted to dump some things on y'all that I've been thinking about.

First of all, I assume most of us agree that hashrate follows price in a stable environment. We've seen that quite clearly with BTC vs BCH.

That said, during these highly contentious periods where forks are possible, people talk about hashrate as a power in and of itself. The reason being that it doesn't matter how many users want to fork off, if there is no hashrate to back them, they can't do a proper fork (unless PoW algo is changed). Because it'd be trivial for 99% hashrate to smother the 1% (produced by thousands of full nodes mining on their GPU) to the point where the minority chain becomes unusable.

However, there's a distinct difference between having a majority hashrate and having a majority hashrate that is hostile towards the minority. Short term, it's beneficial not to attack because attacks cost money (wasted energy mining empty blocks). It's only when miners perceive a chain as a long term threat, they might consider attacking it.

Basically, large majority hashrate can force the ecosystem to stay together* if it's in their interest. Naturally, this relies on them expecting users aren't totally unhappy with the rules of the majority hash rate. Ie. they'd rather stay on the majority chain that fork to a new PoW algo.

So basically, as long as the demands of the supermajority of hashrate aren't unreasonable, they can prevent the ecosystem from splintering.

When it comes to SV vs ABC, that's how it see it. There's little to be done if SV magically manages to have enough hashrate to propel their own chain and kill the ABC one.

But if we apparently must simply obey hashrate (some people have been calling this "Nakamoto Consensus"), why are we on BCH and not BTC? BTC has 10x more hashrate than BCH and could easily crush us, right?Well, I actually already posted the answer:

There's a distinct difference between having a majority hashrate and having a majority hashrate that is hostile towards the minority.

My theory is that the percentage of BTC miners who are so hostile to BCH that they'd burn short term gains in order to get rid of it, aren't that big. For one, we have one of the biggest miners, Bitmain, openly demonstrating they ideologically back Bitcoin Cash (by acquiring a shitload of it).

So despite the majority of Bitmain's hash is on BTC, they don't follow the BTC vision.

It's not about where the hashrate currently is, it's about where it would be in the event of a hash war.

So let's say BTC hashrate looks like this:

- 33% Hostile towards BCH

- 42% Neutral (or not willing to waste money for attacking)

- 25% Pro BCH

The difference between 33% and 25% is only 8%, which (when translated to BCH figures) is not enough to be a majority. So if both attacking and defending factions would come and fight in the "glorious BTC v BCH hash wars", nothing would really happen.

Well, apart from BTC losing over half its hashrate**

Now I have no clue what these percentages really look like. But I doubt BTC miners who are hostile toward BCH know either. Which means an attack would be insanely risky for them and the BTC chain as a whole.

So back to Nakamoto Consensus. If that refers to "whoever has more hash decides", then BCH being alive doesn't invalidate that because BCH is actually backed by a significant portion of hash.

The fact this hash isn't actually mining on BCH right now doesn't matter that much.

So anyway, that's my thoughts on the matter. Let me hear what you think!

*of course a PoW algo change is always a possibility to get rid of Hashrate attacks, but it basically removes your entire mining inftrastructure. It's a huuuge trade-off that few people would consider -- especially in the Bitcoin space.

**which is a huge problem for BTC if their blocks become twice as slow because that effectively halves their TX throughput due to the blocksize limit. On BCH that'd not be the case.


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Bitcoin price news: 10-year forecast shows bitcoin WONT DIE - Latest BTC prediction (current BTC/USD price is $6457.82449655)

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Swiss ICO Summit Attracts Global Industry Leaders To Discuss Future Of Crypto Finance

Zug, Switzerland — September 13, 2017 — Smart Valor, the decentralized platform for the issuance and distribution of investment solutions, today announced its full line-up for The ICO Summit. Held in Zurich on Friday, September 15, 2017, the conference will dive into both the excitement and criticism surrounding this growing trend in capital raising, as well as discuss Switzerland’s position as an epicentre for the ICO revolution.

Olga Feldmeier, CEO of Smart Valor, said: “The ICO Summit is set to be the first truly global crypto event in Switzerland, and we’re looking forward to sharing this with the wider crypto community. As innovative blockchain companies from around the world turn their focus to Zurich, this Summit will offer a groundbreaking platform to discuss the emergence and future of these incredible technologies.”

With a program of workshops, keynotes, and panel discussions, the ICO Summit is set to bring together disruptors and drivers of change in crypto funding to share their experiences and best practices for successful ICO execution. The Summit will open with a keynote speech by William Mougayar, investor and author of The Business Blockchain.

“Setting aside the hype surrounding the crypto market, it’s important to evaluate the vast impact that ICOs have and will continue to have globally. The ICO Summit highlights not only how the balance and structure of venture capital is shifting, but also how emerging technologies are transforming our everyday lives,” Daniel Zakrisson, Co-founder & Head of Evaluations and Mentoring at Cofound.it, said.

Local Crypto Valley experts will be represented at the summit, including Nicolai Oster, Head of ICOs at Bitcoin Suisse, and John Hucker, President of the Swiss Finance and Technology Association. Global industry leaders also presenting include Jamie Burke, CEO and Co-founder of Outlier Ventures; Jake Brukhman, Co-founder of Coinfund.io; Alexander Ivanov, CEO and Co-founder of Waves Platform; Eddy Travia, CEO of Coinsilium; Daniel Zakrisson, Co-founder and Head of Evaluations and Mentoring at CoFound.it; David Wachsman, Founder of Wachsman PR; and Richard Kastelein, Co-founder of Cryptoassets Design Group.

“With a record amount of funding raised, and as the ICO landscape continues to evolve, it’s important that industry leaders come together to highlight the importance of clarity and compliance. In order to secure the future of the industry, it is our responsibility to ensure that startups are familiar with the regulatory framework and investors are protected,” said Nicolai Oster, Head of ICO at Bitcoin Suisse.

The 2017 Summit will tackle some of the most discussed issues in the industry, including how blockchain is disrupting traditional financing, the evolution of the token economy, and the best practices for ICO execution. In addition, the conference will feature a Pitch Session, in which attendees will watch as some of the most promising projects undertaking token sales in the space share their visions.

Arry Yu, COO, StormX Inc. (of STORM Tokens), said, “The most innovative companies in every industry are leveraging cryptocurrency to offer people all over the world a wealth of unprecedented opportunities. The rapid rise of crowdsales is reflecting the global appetite for projects that offer people new and more democratic ways to engage with brands, from decentralized job marketplaces, to mobile games that let people earn natively in cryptocurrency.”

“As the ICO trend continues to grow, gaining significant momentum month-on-month, our eyes are opened to the limitless use cases of blockchain and token assets. Despite the increasing flow of amazing projects, I believe we have only just scratched the surface of what this form of capital raising can accomplish,” Feldmeier concluded.

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Blockchain Life 2018

Today, the St. Petersburg Expoforum will host the international conference Blockchain Life 2018-one of the most important events for the crypto industry in Eastern Europe. Among the key speakers of the conference are representatives of Kraken, Huobi, Bitcoin.com, Okex and others.

The conference will be attended by representatives of our company Alena Nariniani and Ekaterina Bublik, and our agency — Crypto-A — on the 8th of November will compete for the title of “Best Agency to promote the ICO projects” within the Blockchain Life Awards 2018!

We will be glad to communicate with all participants and guests of the event! If you would like to meet members of the Crypto-A team — just contact us on social modes networks and we will arrange a meeting with you!

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Ethereum Has Major Potential: Billionaire Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt

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Billionaire Eric Schmidt, the former chairman of Google, is a budding bitcoin and blockchain enthusiast who said ethereum could be a “powerful platform” whose untapped potential is off-the-charts.

Schmidt made the remarks during a live event with economist Tyler Cowen hosted by Village Global in San Francisco.

In the wide-ranging conversation, Schmidt discussed the future of technology, corporate governance reform, Google’s hiring practices, and bifurcation of the internet.

Schmidt Now: Ethereum Has Major Potential

When asked whether he thought blockchain was overrated or underrated, Schmidt gave a compound answer. “In the public format, overrated. In its technical use, underrated,” he said (video below). “Today, blockchain is a great platform for bitcoin and other currencies. And it’s a great platform for private banking transactions where people don’t trust each other.”

Schmidt believes that exciting developments are occurring with ethereum that could revolutionize business and society.

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Weekly /r/Iowa Events Thread for the week of November 08, 2018

This thread is for any events going on in Iowa this week! What events will you be attending? What events do you want to attend? What events do you want to promote? Whats new around that state this week? Add a comment below. Anything from music to politics to a house party.

If you have any recurring events, specials, or other suggestions for this weekly thread, please send us a modmail or post it here and ping /u/annarchist - else it will likely be focused on shit Im interested in.

Please provide the following when posting new events: Time, Date, Location, Cost and some sort of description of the event.

New threads start every week, and will be stickied at the top of the subreddit. I am still working on the formatting, so if it sucks or you want changes, please provide feedback.

Here are some places to find things to do - if you see something that looks cool feel free to discuss it here because I'm sure some of us will miss it: Cityviews Calendar - Juice Calendar - Des Moines Register Event Page - Catch Des Moines Calendar - Travel Iowa Event Search

Outdoors: Trout Stocking Schedule | Iowa Biking Maps | Outdoors Things to Do | Hunting Regulations | Fishing Regulations Note -Annual Iowa hunting and fishing licenses expire on Jan. 10.

Sports: Iowa Cubs Schedule | Cedar Rapids Kernal Schedule | Hawkeye Football Schedule | Hawkeye Basketball Schedule | Iowa State Football Schedule | Iowa State Basketball Schedule | Drake Basketball | UNI Football | UNI Basketball | Barnstormer Schedule

Music: Bands in Town - Des Moines | Bands in Town - Cedar Falls | Bands in Town - Iowa City | Nitefall on the River

Local Message Boards: UrbanDSM|IowaOutdoors515Crew Election|Dates :--|:-- General Election|November 6, 2018. City Primary|October 8, 2019 Regular City & Regular School|November 5, 2019 City Runoff|December 3, 2019 Primary|June 2, 2020 General|November 3, 2020

Des Moines Reoccurring Events:
*First Friday of Every Month is Mixology at the Science Center in Des Moines * Blues Jam Band every Tuesday at Carl's Place, $3 tallboys * Area515 1731 Grand Avenue, Des Moines - Electronics Club 2nd Wednesdays at 7pm - 3D Printing Club 3rd Mondays at 7pm - Ham Radio Night 4th Mondays at 7pm * Young Professionals Connection Calendar * Des Moines Bitcoin and Blockchain MeetUp at Gravitate in West Des Moines - 4th Thursday of the month - 7:00pm

Quad Cities Reoccuring events: * Every other Wednesday (July 25th): Eat the Streets (downtown Davenport) * relevant sub thread

Cedar Falls Reoccurring Events: * Every Tuesday night there are rides that leave at singlespeed in CF. 5:30 is the 22mph average ride. 6:00 is the 18mph average ride and women's ride. * Every Wednesday is the the CvC WOW ride that meets at 6 pm at 4th and Main St in CF. Several types of rides for all types of riders.

Hunting Season Dates (If you guys think this takes up too much space lmk and I can remove it or replace it with a link to the regs. Either way Ive got to remember to remove it once seasons end) Season|Date
:--|:-- Rooster Pheasant | Oct. 27 - Jan. 10, 2019 Bobwhite Quail | Oct. 27 - Jan. 31, 2019 Rabbit (Cottontail)| Sept. 1 - Feb. 28, 2019 Squirrel (Fox and Gray)| Sept. 1 - Jan. 31, 2019 Crow | Oct. 15 - Nov. 30 and Jan. 14 - March 31, 2019 Pigeon | Continuous Open Season Coyote | Continuous Open Season

Deer Dates
Youth Season Sept. 15-30 Aug. 15
Disabled Hunter Season Sept. 15-30 Aug. 15
Early Archery Oct. 1-Nov. 30
Late Archery Dec. 17 - Jan. 10, 2019
Early Muzzleloader 5 Oct. 13-21
Late Muzzleloader Dec. 17 - Jan. 10, 2019
Shotgun/Straight-Wall Date
Season 1 Dec. 1-5
Season 2 Dec. 8-16
Nonresident Holiday Dec. 24 - Jan. 2, 2019
January Antlerless Jan. 11-27, 2019

Central Iowa Bar Map - If you know who created this or want to download the XML and expand on it, please do so! If you create an updated one including your regions bar, Ill replace this one.

Note this is going to start likely central Iowa Centric as I am using that as the baseline the creation of this.

Tag /u/AnnArchist if you post in here with like something added on a weekly basis. I also included the tag here so I remember to check this.


[uncensored-r/BitcoinMarkets] [Daily Discussion] Thursday, November 08, 2018

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[Daily Discussion] Thursday, November 08, 2018

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PROBLEM: Electron Cash wallet showing 0 BCH after trying to set up from Electrum seed - any ideas why?

So I finally decided to try to access BCH that I should have as a result of hard fork from Bitcoin Core. The problem was, when following this simple guide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7--pmPa11E - my balance displays as 0. Any ideas why / how I can solve this?

NOTE - this vid is a little out of date, and there were some extra steps I had to take to take which might affect why this isn't working?

When I am prompted to 'Enter Seed', I cannot click next unless I click on 'Options'. From there I choose 'BIP39', and then get also this : (checksum: failed) along with the following msg: 'WARNING. BIP39 seeds can be imported in Electron Cash, so that users can access funds in locked wallets. However, we do not generate BIP39 seeds, because they do not meet our safety standard. BIP39 seeds do not contain a version number, which compromises compatability with future software. We dont guarantee that BIP39 imports will always be supported in Electron Cash."

It then asks for 'Derivation for Standard Wallet', which I left as standard m/44'/145'/0'

Then the wallet generates with 0 balance.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

I held BTC in Electrum from 29 Jul 2017, and didnt move it until 08 Sep 2017, so in theory I should have some BCH somewhere!

Any help appreciated.



PROBLEM: Electron Cash wallet showing 0 BCH after trying to set up from Electrum seed - any ideas why?

So I finally decided to try to access BCH that I should have as a result of hard fork from Bitcoin Core. The problem was, when following this simple guide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7--pmPa11E - my balance displays as 0. Any ideas why / how I can solve this?

NOTE - this vid is a little out of date, and there were some extra steps I had to take to take which might affect why this isn't working?

When I am prompted to 'Enter Seed', I cannot click next unless I click on 'Options'. From there I choose 'BIP39', and then get also this : (checksum: failed) along with the following msg: 'WARNING. BIP39 seeds can be imported in Electron Cash, so that users can access funds in locked wallets. However, we do not generate BIP39 seeds, because they do not meet our safety standard. BIP39 seeds do not contain a version number, which compromises compatability with future software. We dont guarantee that BIP39 imports will always be supported in Electron Cash."

It then asks for 'Derivation for Standard Wallet', which I left as standard m/44'/145'/0'

Then the wallet generates with 0 balance.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

I held BTC in Electrum from 29 Jul 2017, and didnt move it until 08 Sep 2017, so in theory I should have some BCH somewhere!

Any help appreciated.



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Bitcoin slips, but analyst offers upbeat outlook for other digital coins (current BTC/USD price is $6503.42238361)

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How Genesis Mining Took Over the Cloud Mining Sector

Genesis Mining is one of the largest cloud mining operations in the world. This crypto giant started from meager beginnings and grew into a global powerhouse in less than five years. Genesis Mining’s strategy of providing enterprise-level cloud mining to interested crypto investors has paid off massively and allowed the company to carve out a permanent home in the crypto space.

The Early Days

The journey starts with one of Genesis Mining’s co-founders, and long-time crypto supporter, Marco Streng. The year was 2011, and Marco had just built one of his first mining rigs. During his time as a home miner, Marco learned valuable lessons about his craft that would later help to shape the future of the entire crypto market.

The crypto market was more unstable at this time, and crypto miners were forced to build their rigs at home. Depending on the other factors involved in this process, such as electricity costs, users could easily find that they were losing money on their mining venture. Recognizing the need for a solution to this problem, Marco conceived the concept of Genesis Mining.

The crypto space already had numerous cloud mining platforms, but many were simple Ponzi schemes rather than actual mining operations. As you would imagine, this type of flimsy business model doesn’t hold up well over long periods of time and usually ends with new investors losing all of their money.

Cloud mining is a particularly good business model for Ponzi schemes because users never actually enter your facility. The market became so saturated with these scams at one point that many crypto investors felt that all cloud mining operations were scams.

Genesis Mining

In the midst of all of this chaos, Genesis Mining utilized one of the pillars of the crypto community, transparency, to provide users with a new level of security and trust. Unlike the competition, Genesis Mining decided to follow the SEC’s strict guidelines. The company even filed for licensing for a USD 100 million investment fund back in 2016. This strategy set the mining platform apart from the competition, and, ultimately made the concept a huge success.

Data Centers

Today, Genesis Mining owns and operates some of the largest data centers in the world. The company keeps the exact locations of their data centers private, but over the years, investigators have confirmed that the company operates at least three major mining installations located in Iceland, Canada, and Bosnia.

Enigma

Genesis Mining continued to shape the industry from day one. The developers created the first exclusive Ethereum mining farm known as Enigma. The facility utilizes a combination of state-of-the-art mining chips and geothermal energy to offer users competitive payouts on their investments. The facility is regarded as one of the largest mining farms in the world and is located in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik.

Genesis Mining Features

The Genesis Mining platform offers competitively priced cloud mining contracts to corporations and individuals globally. The platform provides users with a plethora of unique features such as Radiant. Radiant takes into account the entire spectrum of mining concerns including electricity costs, Bitcoin prices, and processing power. The platform automatically adjusts the mining rigs performance to provide you with maximum profitability.

Genesis Mining in the Crypto Community

Currently, the Genesis Mining platform has over two million registered users, and the company’s founders are pillars of the crypto community. The company’s CEO, Marco Streng, frequently speaks publicly at blockchain events around the globe. Forbes did a piece on Streng in which the magazine described him as a “27-year old mathematician building a Bitcoin empire.” Streng proved to be an advantageous entrepreneur, and his company made some strategic partnerships along their journey to bolster their market stance.

Genesis Mining Partners with Hive Blockchain

In September 2017, HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. acquired Genesis Mining’s Reykjavik data center for $9 million and 67,975,428 common shares in the capital produced by the company. HIVE Blockchain is a partnership between Genesis Mining and Foire Group. The connection made HIVE Blockchain the largest listed blockchain infrastructure company in the world.

Cease and Desist from South Carolina Attorney General

It’s not always great being an industry pioneer, as Genesis Mining recently learned. In March of this year, the firm received a cease and desist from the South Carolina Attorney General. The cease and desist was meant to pause cloud mining operations while the Attorney General researched the validity of these operations. After five months of investigation, the court withdrew the cease and desist order, and the company was permitted to continue operations.

Genesis Mining company officials used the investigation as a way to educate lawmakers on the nuances of the crypto mining sector. The chief compliance officer of Genesis Mining, Shah Hafizi spoke publicly on the matter. He explained how his company is proud to work with regulators to provide a safer investment climate in the market.

Genesis Mining Ends Contracts Temporarily

This year saw some large market corrections befall the crypto space. Genesis Mining payouts took a big hit in January 2018 due to these massive losses in the crypto market. These losses resulted in smaller Bitcoin mining agreements becoming unprofitable. As a result, company officials decided to force users to upgrade to more substantial contracts or risk losing them.

The pause in lower tier Bitcoin mining contracts didn’t last that long, and by June, the company had reinstated many of its Bitcoin mining agreements. Today, the company offers a wide range of cloud mining contracts to users of all financial means. Users can now mine multiple cryptocurrencies from the platform. These cryptos include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, and Zcash.

Genesis Mining: More Still to Come

Genesis Mining has managed to carve out a vital niche in the crypto market. This large cloud mining operation is now a critical component in the strategies of many crypto investors. When you consider the rising costs of electricity in many regions, it’s easy to see where firms such as Genesis Mining find their use. You should expect to see the cloud mining sector increase as more corporations follow in Genesis Mining’s footsteps.

Do you want to learn more about crypto mining? Check out the largest crypto mining facilities in the world.