At its core, trading may be just a chance game in pittings one’s informed wits against the market. But why and how to diversify to ensure a healthy...
Education
What Gives a Cryptocurrency Value?
Assessing the value of a cryptocurrency requires knowing where to look. Here are a few ways. Every year on January 3rd, Bitcoin celebrates its...
Orphan Blocks Explained
written by @emylacapra Orphan, stale, and extinct blocks of transactions are all slight variants of a phenomenon that occurs in a chain of blocks...
Understanding Forks and Their Implications
written by @emylacapra Forks are a rather common occurrence in cryptocurrency ecosystems. However, depending on the type of fork, they may turn out...
Bitcoin Irreversibility: In a League of Its Own
written by @emylacapra One of the more controversial arguments for Bitcoin is the irreversibility of its transactions. The whole Bitcoin ecosystem...
Accumulating Wealth with Dollar-Cost Averaging
written by @veriphibtc Bitcoin accumulation strategies are dependent on the extent of one’s knowledge in a field, such as trading, or the amount of...
Bitcoin Pegged Tokens: Satisfying Extreme Demand with Varying Tradeoffs
In recent years, the idea of scaling Bitcoin via sidechains has gained a lot of community traction. After it was established that the block size...
What are Bitcoin Timelocks?
Timelocks are Bitcoin’s basic yet effective smart contract feature. Timelocks are code that tells the entire network when a certain amount of coins...
The Legend of Bitcoin Pizza Day
Ten years ago, software programmer Laszlo Hanyecz marked a milestone in Bitcoin history when he used cryptocurrency to buy two pizzas. It was May...