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Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America

Bitcoin mining is interesting because there might not be that many jobs per bitcoin mine. But you create a lot of external jobs around that. In the film, you’ll see there’s tons of people who work in contracting and are in and out of the facility, truck drivers, repair technicians, people pouring concrete, security guards. […]

What Does Ripple’s Stablecoin Mean for XRP?

It’s possible, facing as much as a $2 billion fine from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple is looking for a new, proven revenue source. Garlinghouse is apparently unfazed by the crowded competition, telling CNBC: in the future the stablecoin “market will look different, certainly based on size.” Source link

Is Nigeria Strong-Arming Binance?

Of course, Nigeria might do well to welcome the crypto industry to the country, which will help jumpstart a financial services industry and contribute to the national coffers. Notably, after Gambaryan and Anjarwalla’s arrest, a Binance spokesperson said that Nigeria was “not yet” one of its top markets, though the country, with a population of […]

Remembering ‘True Names’ Author Vernor Vinge

Vinge, born Oct. 2, 1944 in Wisconsin, was also a beloved professor of mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University, where he received a PhD in math in 1971. In 2000, he retired from academia to write hard science fiction full time. Source link

Is Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism Getting Less Toxic?

To find where you stand on the spectrum, ask yourself whether Bitcoin is just and only “savings technology,” a hard money solution to ever-inflating fiat currency? Or, is it also a platform to build fun or useful applications? For years, Bitcoin culture had been dominated by the former, in part because there wasn’t much you […]

Craig Wright Was Finally Called Out in Court and Hodlonaut Is Celebrating

COPA, for its part, said it would refer Craig for criminal proceedings, which might involve the numerous times he perjured himself. Justice Mellor said he would issue a “fairly lengthy written judgment” of the trial which saw Wright submit forged evidence and lie incessantly. Hodlonaut, who appeared in court during Wright’s cross-examination, expects the document […]

Robert Alice Made NFT History, Now He’s Writing About It

A part of the project “SOURCE [On NFTs]” is about looking at ideas of truth through history, specifically in terms of the NFT space. It really is a project that was influenced by the making of this book. We trained an algorithm on a tower of key texts, historical texts — everything from fourth century […]