Bitcoin (BTC)

Fait peu connu, Bitcoin possède son propre langage de smart contract, Script, mais ses possibilités sont sous-exploitées car programmer des smart contracts avec Script est délicat : les scripts Bitcoin sont notoirement difficiles à composer et à analyser. Miniscript est un projet personnel de Peter Wuille et Andrew Poelstra, développeurs de Bitcoin Core, qui vise à changer cet état de fait et à démocratiser l’emploi des scripts bitcoin...

It’s being reported that bitcoin cash had a very rough third quarter in 2019. The price was never quite able to get off the ground, and as a result, bitcoin cash (BCH) arguably performed worse than any other coin.Is It Fair to Single Out Bitcoin Cash?But is it fair to lay this judgement on the little brother of bitcoin? Sure, BCH may not have been at its best, but it can be argued that this applies to virtually every major cryptocurrency during this period.As we all remember, the second...

Photo: ARPA OfficialARPA – the layer two privacy-preserving computation protocol – is set to square off against Carry Protocol, a data purchase platform on Ethereum, in Binance’s second round of the Community Coin Vote (CCV). Voting will begin at 4 AM 5 November (UTC) and will incorporate Binance’s new rules for the CCV that allocates a BNB rewards pool to the runner-up and reduces the BNB holding period of 9 to 7 days. ARPA winning voters will split a rewards pool of 15 million ARPA tokens,...

Cryptocurrency scams just seem to be an everyday thing as of late, and the latest scam news involving digital money is arriving out of India.Is India Home to a Large Crypto Scam?The country’s Special Task Force (STF) says it has made three arrests in what is turning out to be a very large case of cryptocurrency fraud. The people arrested include Rakesh Kumar Singh, Bittu Yadav and Pradeep Dev. All three have been charged with digital theft. The suspects hail from a region of Bihar in...

Today the next chapter of a long-running and closely watched lawsuit against Ripple will happen. The plaintiff, Bradley Sostack, has time until the end of this Monday to file a response to the startup’s September 20 motion to dismiss. If the case won’t be entirely dismissed, it will probably go into discovery next year.As we already reported, the main point of this dispute is the question of whether Ripple’s cryptocurrency XRP is a security or not.If it is, that means that it should have been...

Malta has become one of the world’s biggest crypto havens over the past few years, and now, things are about to take a whole new turn.Malta Is a Leading Crypto MaverickSeveral companies – 34, to be exact – that either operate in blockchain or cryptocurrency-based territory within Malta, have sent “letters of intent” to the country’s Financial Services Authority (the MFSA). These letters say they are requesting permission from the organization to continue their operations and further provide...

Craig Wright has declined to pay Dave Kleiman’s estate a $4.5 billion settlement. The plaintiff and defendant had agreed to enter into a non-binding agreement with the promise that Wright would pay. The U-turn has reset litigation proceedings. It looks like the Satoshi Nakamoto saga will continue into the next year. According to the latest news, Bitcoin SV founder Craig Wright has declined to pay the Kleiman Estate a 500,000 Bitcoin ($4.5 billion) settlement. The estate, which is...

Remplissez la grille n°1 ci-dessous, postez-la au plus vite et recevez 0,0012 bitcoin si elle est exacte et si vous êtes le premier à l’envoyer. Le gagnant accédera à la clé privée et au QR code correspondant qu’il devra scanner au plus vite avec son « Bitcoin wallet » préféré afin de récupérer la mise. Vous pouvez vérifier la disponibilité de la prime en cliquant sur l’adresse bitcoin située sous...

Let’s rewind the clock for two years: The phrase “November 2017” is perhaps causing some eager smiles on anyone familiar with the cryptocurrency space. It was the peak of the most famous Bitcoin bubble.Now, let’s get back in time a year later to November 2018, a year ago. Or, if you want to be even more specific – November 14th, Bitcoin’s horror day. On that day, the Bitcoin price dropped below the significant 2018-support of $6000 and set the course for a 50% plunge in one month.When looking...

The UK’s tax authority has updated its tax policy for crypto assets. Expect huge administrative headaches as all crypto transactions need to be converted into £ and recorded. The authority reiterates that Bitcoin is not money. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HRMC) on Friday updated its tax policy related to cryptocurrency in the UK. Here’s what you need to know to stay compliant with the British taxman. The HRMC’s statement on Cryptoassets: tax for businesses only provided...