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I’m a Historian: CRYPTO will be to the 21st century, as LAND was to the nineteenth century

TLDR: crypto will be the most important asset of the 21st century. (This post is about long term Hodling and not intended to make anyone expect to get rich with YOLO investments). I post this because I want to live in a world where wealth is distributed and decentralized. It may be inevitable that big…
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North Korean Hackers Threatened Bithumb Exchange With a $16M Ransom Amid the 2017 Data Breach, Says Report

A new report commissioned by the U.S. secret services unveiled what happened behind the attack launched by North Korean hackers against a South Korean crypto exchange. The case is about a breach on June 29, 2017, which exposed data tied to over 30,000 customers stemming from Bithumb. Hackers Threatened to ‘Destroy’ Data and Cryptos Stolen […]

TA: Bitcoin Corrects Below $58K, But Here’s Why Uptrend Is Still Intact

Bitcoin price failed to surpass the $59,500 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC is now trading below $58,000, but it is still above important supports such as $56,500. Bitcoin failed to gain strength above the $59,200 and $59,500 resistance levels. The price is now trading below the $58,250 support and the 100 hourly simple moving […]

Nifty News: Playboy's revealing tokens, SNL’s NFT skit sold as an NFT, and more …

Playboy bunnies are set to hop into the NFT market, Saturday Night Live sold that NFT sketch for more than $360,000 with all the proceeds going to charity.

I’m Willing to Sell off My Moons To Raise Money in Community Effort to Pay For Moons Go Main Net.

Im Serious. By end of month I'll have over 50k, and I get HODL bonus. I have no problem Selling off 20% of my Supply to go into some sort of community pot to Cover the fees to go to Main Street. I think the increase in price on main will more that cover what…
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Please help me understand the economics behind Proof of Stake

I'd like to discuss the economics behind the supply of PoS coins. In PoW, the economics is understandable – it's almost exactly like gold mining. Coins are mined slowly in a steady stream and the supply increases slowly, which corresponds with a high demand (exactly like gold). With a capped max supply, this means that…
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Encrypted messaging app Signal enables private payments using MobileCoin

High-speed privacy payments using MOB available to UK users only.

Breakdown of gas fees to mint an NFT?

Are there any good breakdowns of gas fees when minting an NFT? For example – adding a new token to the contract costs this much, changing the address of the token costs this much, running the smart contract on EVM costs this much submitted by /u/you_are_enough [link] [comments]

BitMEX's Arthur Hayes surrenders in Hawaii, released on $10M bond

The former CEO of BitMEX surrendered in Hawaii and was later released after posting a $10 million bond.

Bitcoin-Pegged Token Crafted by Binance Swells, BTCB Now Commands $2.3 Billion Market Cap

Over the last twelve months wrapped or synthetic bitcoin projects have swelled a great deal. The digital token called wrapped bitcoin, for example, has 141,503 WBTC in circulation today, but the token called the Bitcoin BEP 2 (BTCB) has gathered some steam. Currently, there are 39,719 BTCB out in the wild today as the bitcoin-pegged […]