Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Ascribe, a platform which enables artists to record their intellectual properties on the Bitcoin blockchain has raised US $2 million in a seed funding round from investors including Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, Earlybird Venture Capital, Freelands Ventures, and other angel investors. With the new financing, Ascribe aims to improve its platform to make it more efficient for artists to record ownership of their works, to onboard new developers to build on their API that helps marketplaces and platforms to display the registered artwork, and to increase awareness of their platform. Using the Bitcoin blockchain, Ascribe allows artists to create records of permanent and unchangeable copyright and ownership of their artwork that can be verified and tracked instantly. Since the […] The post Ascribe Raises $2 Million to Encode Artistic Copyrights on the Blockchain appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Originally designed to democratize power within the financial system, Bitcoin’s blockchain technology is now playing a role in the area of democracy itself. Despite receiving much attention, online voting adoption has yet to take off meaningfully worldwide, amid concerns that existing platforms are vulnerable to fraud, corruption and sabotage. Last year a team accredited to observe the 2013 municipal elections in Estonia – the only country to run Internet voting on a wide scale – revealed that they observed election officials downloading key software over insecure Internet connections, typing PINs and passwords in view of cameras, and preparing election software on insecure PCs. Norway also canceled trials of e-voting systems in local and national elections, concluding that voters’ fears about […] The post Blockchain Technology: The Key to Secure Online Voting appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST P2Pool, an open-source, decentralized, mining pool, has called for a hardfork upgrade in 24 hours to be compatible with a BIP66/block version 3. The upgrade is needed under P2Pool release 14.0. BIP66 will take effect in about two and a half days as of June 26, according to the Bitcointalk.org P2Pool discussion thread. Users must upgrade in order for P2Pool to continue working without producing invalid blocks. Upgrade warning coming At 50% of P2PPool’s hashrate upgrading, P2Pool instances will start displaying a warning saying that an upgrade is required. “Reaching that point as quickly as possible is very important. And […] The post Bitcoin Mining Software P2Pool Calls For Hardfork Upgrade In 24 Hours Before BIP66 Takes Effect appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The IMF has been left standing with its finger in it's mouth after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unexpectedly called a Greek referendum on whether to accept further austerity and encouraged the Greek people to vote "No". The prospect slams the possibility of a Grexit firmly on the negotiation table and Monday may see the unexpected turn painted red in market charts. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called a referendum on whether Greece should accept demands by the country’s creditors the IMF, ECB and European Commission. The decision comes on the heels of failed talks with the three lenders, […] The post Grexit More Likely After IMF & ECB Push Greece Too Far, Will We Witness a Bank Run? appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Advertising can be a hard way to earn money, especially in an era when many people are using anti-advertising plugins for their browsers, and most often people are specifically clicking on ads in order to support the platform where they see them. Bitcoin has a way of making that which is old new again, in that advertising is often a crucial means of distributing information about a new product in the Bitcoin space. There are some advertising platforms that have been specifically developed for the Bitcoin space. One of the oldest and best established is the CoinURL platform, which both […] The post Earning Bitcoin with Websites, a Comparison of Bitcoin Ad Networks appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin News. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Matt Weiss, Dan Elitzer and Joe Gerber examine how the technology behind bitcoin could assist with emergency and long-term medical treatment. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Audi announced that it's going to the Moon. The German auto maker is teaming up with Part-Time Scientists, a German team participating in the Google Lunar XPRIZE. The post Audi Goes to the Moon With the Google Lunar XPRIZE German Team appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Interested in becoming a bitcoin ATM operator? ATM Marketplace, an ATM industry resource, has released a 40-page guide on bitcoin ATMs that explores every aspect of the business opportunity. The report is titled, “Bitcoin ATMs 101: Opportunities for the IAD.” IAD stands for independent ATM deployment. The guide, the first to examine the emerging cryptocurrency ATM market, notes bitcoin ATMs offer an efficient and secure way for people to buy and sell bitcoins. ATMs are an alternative to bitcoin exchanges that many believe are more susceptible to hacking and fraud. Bitcoin ATMs shoulder the credit, counterparty and volatility risk associated […] The post Bitcoin ATMs 101: What You Need To Know About This Growing Business Opportunity appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin News. |