Archive for the ‘bitcoin’ category: Page 42
Feb 18, 2019
You Can Now Send Bitcoin Tips Over Lightning on Twitter
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bitcoin, climatology
When “liking” your favorite tweet isn’t enough, you can now send small bitcoin transactions.
Announced Saturday, the beta app Tippin has released a new Chrome Extension available to Google browser users. Over Twitter, app users can send bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, considered a way to make bitcoin transactions feasible at a large scale for the first time.
With the extension enabled, a little lightning bolt symbol pops up inside every tweet next to the more familiar “like” and “retweet” buttons.
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Feb 10, 2019
There will be no cost to mine a Bitcoin in future
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bitcoin, futurism
It looks like we heading type 1 civilizations for Bitcoin not for earth. The blockchain industry is very new for mankind and we have not seen this industry exponential growth yet.
Feb 4, 2019
The DIY designer baby project funded with Bitcoin
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bioengineering, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies
Feb 3, 2019
What is a DAO?
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bitcoin, robotics/AI, transportation
Imagine this: a driverless car cruises around in search of passengers.
After dropping someone off, the car uses its profits for a trip to a charging station. Except for it’s initial programming, the car doesn’t need outside help to determine how to carry out its mission.
That’s one “thought experiment” brought to you by former bitcoin contributor Mike Hearn in which he describes how bitcoin could help power leaderless organizations 30-or-so years into the future.
Feb 3, 2019
Rogue Bitcoin-Funded Biohacker Wants to Gene-Hack Designer Babies
Posted by Albert Sanchez in categories: bitcoin, cybercrime/malcode
Jan 22, 2019
Announcing Hyperledger Grid, a new project to help build and deliver supply chain solutions!
Posted by Caycee Dee Neely in categories: bitcoin, computing, cryptocurrencies
While I’m not a big supporter of cryptocurrency, I am a supporter of utilizing blockchain technology in other areas. For example. logistics. The Linux Foundation announced the creation of the Hyperledger Grid project just for that purpose. However, as they state, this isn’t a software project, but a platform project.
Supply chain is commonly cited as one of the most promising distributed ledger use-cases. Initiatives focused on building supply chain solutions will benefit from shared, reusable tools. Hyperledger Grid seeks to assemble these shared capabilities in order to accelerate the development of ledger-based solutions for all types of cross-industry supply chain scenarios.
Grid intends to:
Jan 19, 2019
Blockchain Featured in Big Four Firm Deloitte’s Annual Tech Trends Report
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: bitcoin, internet
Blockchain ‘as disruptive as the Web’?
Blockchain is featured as a disrupting technology in the Tech Trends 2019 report published by Big Four audit and consulting firm Deloitte on Jan. 16.
According to one article in the report, “[a]dvanced networking is the unsung hero of our digital future,” and blockchain is cited as a part of it. The report — which mentions blockchain 25 times — notes that blockchain is among the technologies the importance of which is growing rapidly and still on its path towards mass adoption.
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Jan 18, 2019
Blockchain: 6 Key Ethical Considerations
Posted by David Houlding in categories: bitcoin, computing, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, disruptive technology, employment, ethics, hacking, information science

Blockchain shows major potential to drive positive change across a wide range of industries. Like any disruptive technology, there are ethical considerations that must be identified, discussed, and mitigated as we adopt and apply this technology, so that we can maximize the positive benefits, and minimize the negative side effects.
Own Your Data
For decades we have sought the ability for data subjects to own and control their data. Sadly, with massive proliferation of centralized database silos and the sensitive personal information they contain, we have fallen far short of data subjects having access to, let alone owning or controlling their data. Blockchain has the potential to enable data subjects to access their data, review and amend it, see reports of who else has accessed it, give consent or opt-in / opt-out of data sharing, and even request they be forgotten and their information be deleted.
Monetize Your Data
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Jan 18, 2019
Blockchain — Why remodeling your own house is stupid.
Posted by Samson Williams in categories: bitcoin, business, cryptocurrencies

I love hearing the enthusiasm and joy in the voices of first time home buyers who are going to save money, bond and remodel their house together. Brand new doctors, seasoned lawyers, accountants, project managers, the boldest of GenX and Millennials who grew up swinging VR joystick in lieu of hammers. But they’ve watched Property Brothers and Love It or List and have the best database of YouTube videos for home remodeling in their entire subdivision or building. They even park in the “Pro” section at Home Depot and have their very own monogrammed Leatherman construction gloves.
You can remodel your own home. Even “just” your kitchen or “just” your bathroom. You can read and have all the resources at your disposal. But don’t. Don’t even fucking think about it. Remember how you tried to cook Thanksgiving dinner last year and ended up burning up your kitchen, which is why you need to replace it? Those were simple enough directions too, right?
But what does this have to do with blockchain and more importantly your business?
Glad you asked. Well, your business is like your house. Blockchain is like a remodel. You can do it yourself. You’re after all a pro at your business. But your business isn’t blockchain. Your business is shipping, consulting, farming, logistics, banking, money exchange, insurance, lending, maybe even selling pizzas. Your business is a business. Your business isn’t a way of doing business or a business tool like blockchain. Your business is a way of generating you income to provide for your family, workers, community, financial security and future. It ain’t a way to decentralize any of those, unless you want to find out what a “decentralized” retirement looks like. (Hint, think working poor at 75 years old. #GigEconomy).
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