Year: 2021
Decred
DCR is the native cryptocurrency of Decred, a forked version of the Bitcoin protocol designed to improve the organization and decentralization of the cryptocurrency. It uses a hybrid consensus mechanism to focus on sustainability, decentralization […]
Tether
Tether (USDT) was one of the first cryptocurrencies to peg its market value to a fiat currency. Tether, originally called “Realcoin,” valued each token at $1 to reduce the friction of moving real currency throughout […]
ETERNAL, the mining power game token: Where to buy ETERNAL
ETERNAL is a token from CryptoMines, which is trading for $353 today. Its trading volume was just under $103 million in the last 24 hours. In that same period, ETERNAL gained 42%. Do we have […]
Lessons From Reason’s “The Fake Environmentalist Attack on Bitcoin” Mini-Doc
Phenomenal piece by Reason Magazine. We at NewsBTC have been countering the Bitcoin-is-bad-for-the-environment narrative for a while now. Now, we have a new tool. A short and sweet documentary that rests on a devastating premise. […]
ConstitutionDAO Fails to Win Bid for Copy of the U.S. Constitution
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) tried to buy one of two copies of the United States constitution that went up for auction by Sotheby’s. The community lost out despite raising $47 million. The DAO aimed […]
