Price Watch
Privacy
Zcash Powers of Tau Privacy Ceremony Successful — The Secret Process Behind Zcash
Zcash is one of the first cryptocurrency to build privacy into a blockchain-based currency. This privacy is derived from a mysterious process called “The…
Mining
Vitalik Buterin: Ethash ASICs Not a Threat to Ethereum
Following the release of the Bitmain E3 Ethereum ASIC miner, core developers are faced with a hard choice: Hard fork Ethereum to combat ASICs or focus…
Taxes
The Investor’s Guide to Cryptocurrency Taxes
The April 17th tax deadline is fast approaching. The following guide contains instructions on calculating taxes on your cryptocurrency investments. Cryptocurrencies outperformed nearly every…
Mining
The Cryptocurrency Miner’s Guide to Taxes
The April 17th tax deadline is approaching, and miners are no exception. This article dispels some of the confusion surrounding cryptocurrency mining and taxes.…
Opinion
On the Verge of Controversy
The cryptocurrency Verge promised to bring people quick, efficient, and private transactions. Instead, the coin has been embroiled in a series of controversies. Verge…
Analysis
Is XRP classified as a security under U.S. law?
Ripple was denied access to two major U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase and Gemini, due to regulatory concerns. The question as to whether to cryptocurrency…
Exchanges
Coinbase Plans to Let Users Withdraw Bitcoin Forks
Coinbase announced earlier today that they intend to allow users to withdraw forks of the Bitcoin protocol. The Problem with Forks One thing that characterizes Bitcoin…
Mining
How Bitmain Will Ruin Ethereum Miners: Performance Analysis of the E3 ASIC
Earlier this month, rumors emerged that Bitmain was secretly developing a powerful Ethereum ASIC. This ASIC was rumored to have higher performance and power…
Analysis
Green Pastures Ahead In Wake of Cryptocurrency Rally
The cryptocurrency market has experienced catastrophic losses during Q1 of 2018. However, a sizeable rally is materializing that could indicate a trend reversal. What…
Mining
Bitmain’s Rumored F3 Miner Potentially Disruptive to Ethereum
Rumors have surfaced that Bitmain is developing a powerful ASIC that threatens to increase centralization on the Ethereum blockchain. Memory bandwidth, the rate at which…
Adoption
Justin Sun Announces Launch of the TRON Testnet
On Friday evening, the outspoken CEO of TRON, Justin Sun, surprised his 400,000+ followers and went live on Twitter and Periscope to announce the…
Mining
Why Bitmain’s Ethereum ASICs Will Never Replace GPUs
Rumors have surfaced that Bitmain has developed an Ethereum ASIC miner capable of tanking the Ethereum mining market. Correction: The prediction made in the…