Many researchers have claimed that women can outperform their male counterparts in making better investments. Despite the immense ability that women have in outshining men in investment returns, they don’t have adequate representation in the blockchain space. While their lack of interest in the blockchain domain could be a reason, gender inequality in the blockchain […]
Every Bitcoin enthusiast, at some point, must have asked themselves the question “where do the Bitcoins come from?”. While banks are responsible for the creation of traditional money, Bitcoins are mined by the miners. This process is called Bitcoin mining. The miners are network participants who execute additional tasks. To be specific, they order transactions […]
Security woes of centralized exchanges aren’t the only factors that give investors and regulators cold feet. The recent cryptocurrency news published by Coin Desk of Bitfinex misleading its investors of over $800 million has aggravated the issues of security and transparency in the crypto world. Fortunately, some exchanges have taken cognizance of these issues and […]
Cryptocurrencies have taken the world by storm. Till a decade ago, not many would have thought that there would come a time when the conventional currency would run the risk of being entirely replaced by the digital currency. But that scenario has completely changed today in 2019. As such, there was a need for a […]
The massive popularity of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has got many people thinking. Almost every day I am volleyed by questions like “what would be the perfect time to start your blockchain enterprise?” And I always smile at them and say to them Blockchain would offer them more and more opportunities at it matures. They […]
The music and entertainment industry has been facing continued disruptions as streaming platforms have gained popularity. However, the problem with such platforms is that they don’t compensate the creators well despite being globally accessible. Now blockchain’s decentralized nature has emerged as a disruptor. As such, blockchain has dismantled media and entertainment industry. Through its forgery-resistant […]
After remaining the hot cake for a better part of 2017 and early 2018, Bitcoin’s price nosedived to $6,200 in February 2018. However, if trends are to be believed, there could be a revival in Bitcoin’s fortunes. If that happens, it will mark another bull run for Bitcoin, and that the longest one. Bitcoin’s average […]
Facebook might have had no inkling of the troubles that it would face when it first announced plans to launch its altcoin. Facebook is already mired in controversies related to privacy issues and the way it uses the data collected from millions of its users. To make things worse, the Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra has also started […]
Blockchain sounds very complicated — and it’s and it is not. Basically, a blockchain is made up of a series of blocks that capture and store data permanently using cryptographic coding to connect the blocks together to a chain. Normally, individuals associate this cache of data with Bitcoin as well as the recording of […]
