“The U.S. seized $1 billion-worth of bitcoin a year ago. Its value has tripled.” This means they have to pay a capital gains tax on worthless internet money, right?
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The ledger IOTA aims to become “a fully decentralized, feeless multi-asset ledger” by launching Assembly in 2022, a governance layer one for permissionless smart contracts, along with the native token ASMB that will open the doors for the network’s main stakeholders, who would be democratizing Assembly. IOTA’s founders say the ledger is a “public permission-less backbone for the Internet of Things that enables interoperability between multiple devices.” It aims to provide decentralized transactions accessible for everyone, without the need for miners or blocks, offering solutions for the cost fees, increasing scalability, and staying secure by using the Tangle network. As the Shimmer network was released only two weeks ago along with its own token -with real monetary value, most likely to be traded on crypto exchanges- to stake, some skeptical users questioned the actual need for Assembly, but enthusiasts have compared to a scalable Ethereum without imposed fees. Smart contracts will be allowed to run for free, but there is an option to put a price when high computing power is needed, in which cases supply and demand will determine prices. Smart contract chains can be fully run from Assembly’s own network, which is the reason for all activities to be anchored to the IOTA Tangle to provide trust by “making them fully immutable and secure”. Related Reading | IOTA Smart Contracts Enter Beta Phase To Circumvent Network Flaws The Staking Of Assembly (ASMB) Token Proof of Stake also works to provide trust. As a decentralized network, of course, Assembly has no central system to reach if a user requires assistance, so staking comes to play as a wide community is meant to be built through the ASMB token, with members who care about the safety and maintenance of the network: validators. If validators do not play the role of making sure the rules are followed, they get penalized. Just as well, playing by the rules generates revenue for validators in form of more tokens. All that is required to deploy smart contract chains or become a validator is to run a node or own “a small amount” of the ASMB token “to stake as a security deposit”. The ASMB token will have “70% going to the community”. In the beginning, tokens will be created during a 90-day period when users will be able to “stake IOTA tokens in order to earn ASMB tokens.” -by locking IOTA on the Firefly wallet-, then tokens will be able to get claimed for free, and there will be a period 2 years for users to get their staking rewards. 20% of the initial token supply will go to IOTA holders. Afterward, there will be more staking periods for the ASMB token distribution. Assemble was further described by Dominik Schiener, IOTA’s co-founder, as: A fully decentralized, permissionless network. It’s an extension of the Smart Contracts framework (live in Beta), and adds a validator pool, the ASMB token, staking and slashing. Anyone can deploy fully sharded smart contract networks on Assembly, while benefitting from the shared security, trustless interoperability, and feeless transactions. No more bridges, relays or M-of-N multisigs. We’re here to connect smart contracts. … What makes Assembly so unique is that you can customize fees and incentives. He also stated the Assembly’s journey is only starting and they will be sharing more details on the Builders Program and the support that teams building on Assembly and IOTA will receive. “Hint: It involves a lot of financial support”, he said. Related Reading | How IOTA Could Reach $1B In Tokens Locked Before Chrysalis 2.0
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Senator Elizabeth Warren has written a letter to the CEO of the New York bitcoin mining firm Greenidge Generation, Jeff Kirt, asking for details on the company’s emissions. Warren’s letter insists “Greenidge and other [bitcoin mining] plants raise concerns about their impacts on the global environment.” Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Bitcoin Mining Operations The […]
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“Not your keys, not your coins” is short for “Don’t leave your crypto on exchanges.” Here are three soft wallets that are trusted by millions of investors.
Bitcoin mining energy consumption has been one of the most addressed issues in the crypto space. Concerns over its energy consumption and environmental impact had been reasons cited during the China crackdown that saw miners exit out of the region en masse. The once bitcoin mining capital of the world had seen its hashrate crumble to zero following this move. Automotive manufacturer Tesla had also cited the same reasons when it had removed BTC payments option for its electric vehicles after implementing barely two months earlier. According to CEO Elon Musk, the EV manufacturer planned on implementing BTC payments again but the catch was that bitcoin mining would have to reach at least 50% clean energy. Related Reading | Croatia’s Largest Supermarket Chain Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments Bitcoin Mining Crosses 57% Renewable Energy The Bitcoin Mining Council which had been formed in June has been dedicated to tracking and reporting mining activities in the space. One of those has been the renewable energy usage in mining. The council which is made up of a network of bitcoin miners first reported in Q2 of 2021 that bitcoin mining activities had surpassed 50% renewable energy. In October, the council had once again released a report addressing the energy consumption of mining activities. The Bitcoin Mining Council reported that renewable energy usage had gone up in Q3, touching at 57.7% renewable energy. These numbers have evidently surpassed the threshold that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had set back in June as a prerequisite for resuming BTC payments. This is inaccurate. Tesla only sold ~10% of holdings to confirm BTC could be liquidated easily without moving market. When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 13, 2021 BTC crashes to $55K | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Calls For Tesla To Resume BTC Payments Taking to Twitter, BTC supporters had called on Elon Musk to review his statement regarding BTC transactions for Tesla vehicles. Data from the Bitcoin Mining Council’s report had been quoted by others to show that mining activities are now being powered by more than 50% clean energy. Confirmed. Your move @ElonMusk 🤔 pic.twitter.com/1c0TtKg1Ow — Bitcoin Archive 🗄🚀🌔 (@BTC_Archive) December 1, 2021 Others, however, have questioned the credibility of the numbers provided by the council. Pointing out information from the press release that said 33% of the global bitcoin network had taken part in the survey. Another user said that there was no way to get reliable data using paper surveys. Rather energy audits would need to be carried out to determine what percentage of energy is clean energy. Related Reading | SEC Boss Acknowledges That Bitcoin Is A Competitor For U.S. Banking System There is no doubt that Tesla resuming BTC transactions would be positive for the market. The first time the automotive manufacturer had implemented crypto payments had sent the price of BTC surging. Elon Musk – or Tesla, is yet to address the issue of reinstating BTC payments despite the two reports from the Bitcoin Mining Council showing that mining has now crossed 50% clean energy. Featured image from Ledger Insights, chart from TradingView.com
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