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Digital Currency Revolution

Bitcoin Nanopayments Company SatoshiPay Announces Results Of Initial Product Launch

Apr 04, 2016 10:03 am UTC| Digital Currency

SatoshiPay, a bitcoin payments company headquartered in London, has announced the interim results of its product launch. SatoshiPays payment technology allows transacting amounts as small as 0.01 or less which the...

Digital Currency Revolution

IC3 Studies Blockchain Scalability Issue, Proposes 4MB Bitcoin Blocksize

Apr 04, 2016 09:09 am UTC| Digital Currency

Initiative For Cryptocurrencies Contracts (IC3), an initiative of faculty members at Cornell University, Cornell Tech, and UC Berkeley, has released a position paper that says that the bitcoin block size could scale up to...

Digital Currency Revolution

Interpol’s Digital Security Challenge Hunts Bitcoin Blackmailers

Apr 04, 2016 06:48 am UTC| Digital Currency Law

Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organisation, conducted a Digital Security Challenge, the first of its kind, from March 21 to 24, to solve a complex cybercrime scenario and gather enough evidence for a...

Digital Currency Revolution

Coinsilium To Hold First Blockchain Tech Lab Next Week

Apr 04, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Digital Currency

Coinsilium, a London-based blockchain technology development and investment company, will run the inaugural Blockchain Tech Lab, from 11 to 17 April 2016. The lab is a comprehensive and intensive blockchain tech course...

Digital Currency Revolution

SEC Closely Monitoring Proliferation Of Blockchain Technology, Chairwoman White Says

Apr 04, 2016 05:26 am UTC| Digital Currency

Speaking at the SECs and Rock Centers Silicon Valley Initiative, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shed light on how the SEC is monitoring and responding to developments in the private markets, as...

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Caribbean Bitcoin Startup Bitt Receives Funding From Overstock

Apr 04, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Digital Currency

Online retailer Overstock.com, Inc. has made a strategic investment in a Caribbean-based financial technology firm Bitt.com. Overstock.com is investing $4 million in Bitt initially. The announcement was made at a media...

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The "halving" sounds like a horror story and may well turn out to be one for Bitcoin

Apr 03, 2016 23:32 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Bitcoin relies on the participation of people and organisations to act as the bankers of the system. Called Bitcoin miners, they effectively record each transaction on a ledger called the Blockchain and in return, they are...

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Economy

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa

Since coming to power, Giorgia Melonis government has been remarkably orthodox in its foreign policy. Unwavering support for Ukraine, loyalty to the Atlantic Alliance and full participation in the European Union - these...

Politics

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?

One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many...

Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight

In the early hours of April 15 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Sudanese paramilitary force attacked the military airstrip in the town of Merowe and deployed troops across strategic locations in Sudans capital,...

Military conscription is returning to Europe, but is it really a more equal way of mobilising? What history tells us

The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout...

The 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

Across Portugal, a number of photography exhibitions are currently on display that commemorate the ousting of the Estado Novo, the dictatorial, authoritarian and corporatist political regime that had ruled the country...

Science

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news...

Technology

Tron's Justin Sun Boosts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu at Token 2049 Conference

At the Token 2049 conference, Tron founder Justin Sun endorsed popular meme coins like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, emphasizing their pivotal distinction from traditional finance and celebrating their community-driven...

Bitcoin Dips 11% Post-Halving: Unexpected Decline Shocks Investors

Bitcoins price has unexpectedly fallen by 11% since the halving on April 20, stirring concerns among investors hoping for a post-halving surge. According to CoinGecko, Bitcoin dropped below $57,000 on May...

South Korea Pledges 5-Year Boost in Console Gaming Market Share

With an eye toward reducing dependence on mobile platforms, South Koreas government laid out a five-year plan Wednesday to bolster its console gaming sector, which currently represents a mere 1.5% of the global...

Transaction Fees on Shiba Inu’s Shibarium Skyrocket by 500%

Shibarium, the dedicated blockchain for the Shiba Inu cryptocurrency, has seen transaction fees escalate dramatically, with a 500% increase recorded over the last day, signaling a surge in user activity and market...

Samsung Capitalizes on AI Boom with Advanced Memory Chips and Home Automation with Jet Bot Success

Amid the global AI surge, Samsung has expanded its memory chip production and scored big with its Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, quickly selling over 10,000 units in South Korea. Samsung is one of the worlds most significant...