<strong style="color:#444444;">PanARMENIAN.Net - The price of one bitcoin (XBT) topped more than $40,000 Thursday, January 7 -- double the value from a little more than three years ago. Prices later slid back to around $38,000.

Bitcoin first topped $19,000 in December 2017 before crashing spectacularly to around $3,200 a year later.

The value of all bitcoins in circulation is now more than $740 billion and the total value for all cryptocurrencies is more than $1 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap.

Investors have flocked to bitcoin in recent months as the cryptocurrency has gone mainstream.

Square (SQ) and PayPal (PYPL)now let their users buy and sell bitcoin. Top money managers including Paul Tudor Jones, Stanley Druckenmiller -- and more recently, Anthony Scaramucci -- have embraced it.

Software firm MicroStrategy (MSTR) is now holding bitcoin on its balance sheet. And a top exec at BlackRock (BLK), the world's largest asset manager, recently said bitcoin is basically a new, digital gold -- an asset that can hold up well during times of dollar weakness and rising inflation.

"It's not surprising to see bitcoin's recent run up. It's encouraging to see more serious consideration of bitcoin and the digital currency asset class broadly, because it has real potential to reshape global finance as we know it," said Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, the world's biggest crypto asset manager, in an email to CNN Business.

TD Ameritrade's former head of digital assets is headed to the Federal Reserve.

Sunayna Tuteja is now the central bank's chief innovation officer, according to a LinkedIn update. Tuteja took up the role in February.

Tuteja had been at TD Ameritrade since 2014 prior to the transition. During her time there, she worked with emerging technologies, eventually as Head of Digital Assets and Digital Ledger Technology.

Tuteja headed TD Ameritrade's dedicated crypto team. Her position built out the brokerage's crypto offerings, building blockchain and crypto partnerships. TD Ameritrade's crypto offerings include bitcoin futures through CME Group. It's also an investor in crypto exchange ErisX.

Tuteja has spoken on bitcoin investment and the rise of decentralized finance, both at organized panels and on her personal platforms. She once told Blockworks that she herself is a bitcoiner, and she tweeted her admiration for the bitcoin community in December 2020.

"This is a community that keeps bouncing back every time they are written off, and bounce back stronger, having been stress tested in ways expected and unexpected," she tweeted. 

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has taken an interest in innovation recently, saying the central bank's work on assessing stablecoin risks is a "very high priority." Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also encouraged the Fed to continue looking into central bank digital currencies, since she feels many questions remain. It is unclear exactly how Tuteja's work will impact current innovation efforts and how her role will inform Fed activity..

Menu Reading About News Coins Why Netflix's Money Heist makes the case for BitcoinBy 3 min read Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020 Should banks adopt decentralized systems? Image: Shutterstock. Season 4 of Netflix's hit series, Money Heist—or "La Casa de Papel" in Spanish—is set to hit screens today. And according to hardware wallet manufacturer, Ledger, it's the perfect parallel for Bitcoin and decentralization.  Money Heist features a band of anonymous robbers who target centralized finance institutions to destabilize the financial system. But the systems would be much more resilient if they were more decentralized. "Security is one of the elements where centralized financial institutions can struggle," reads the blog post. "This emerges from the simple fact that they're a central storage space for a lot of people's money, meaning there's an enormous potential loot for thieves. This makes it an enticing target, and thieves know exactly where to go to steal this." Decentralized platforms—and by proxy, decentralized money—hold significant benefits over their centralized counterparts, Ledger claims. Primarily, within decentralized systems, individuals control their money and it’s not kept in one place by a single entity. "Rather than storing everything in one place, decentralized systems disperse everything into a lot of different places," explains the Ledger blog. "For finance, this can currently only be seen in cryptocurrencies. There's not a single central authority in charge in case of a decentralized financial system." Ledger is, of course, making the case to store your crypto in a safe space—aka a hardware wallet. But the parallels don’t stop there. Governments around the world are printing money to try to keep stock markets afloat in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Reserve has been printing to keep the US economy going. This process, known as quantitative easing, is referenced in the show. "In 2011, the European Central Bank made 171 billion euros out of nothing," says the leader of the Money Heist group in one of the episodes. Even mainstream companies have been recognizing this—and what it means for Bitcoin. Challenger bank Revolut has brought its crypto offering to all of its , in a direct response to massive bursts of quantitative easing around the world. "We had planned to make this official later this year, but in light of recent events, we've decided to give all Revolut customers the opportunity to explore different ways of diversifying, including through crypto, right now," a Revolut emailed stated. What’s different about Bitcoin is that it can’t be printed at will. Hard coded into the Bitcoin blockchain is a 21 million limit to the number of coins that can be produced. Some argue this against inflationary government-backed fiat currencies. Money Heist also features cryptocurrencies in some of its episodes and it’s not the only Netflix show to do so. Altered Carbon included several well known cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, Litecoin and even Dogecoin—in its version of the future. Does Netflix know something we don’t? he-case-for-bitcoinTop stories, original features, rewards & more. Get the best of Decrypt where you want it most. Menu About Share

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Bitcoin prices have been on a steady incline since March last year after the token plunged to lows not seen since 2019. But the real bull run kicked off in October when BTC skyrocketed from about £8,686.74 ($12,000) on October 20 to £2,1716.85 ($30,000) in January this year. And it seems as though the bitcoin rally is not over just yet thanks to newfound interest from the likes of SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk.

Earlier this week it was announced Tesla had bought more than £1billion ($1.5billion) worth of bitcoin to diversify its investment portfolio.

The company also said it would begin to accept bitcoin as payment for its products.

The news was welcomed by crypto traders across the board and pumped more value into the token.

On Tuesday, BTC prices smashed through another record, breaking past the £34,800 ($48,000) mark on the crypto markets.

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Paolo Ardonino CTO of Bitfinex on Bitcoin, said on Tuesday bitcoin edging closer to £36,205 ($50,000) will lead to more corporations eyeing up the cryptoasset.

He said: "All the stars may be aligning for bitcoin as mainstream adoption happens in real-time.

"Rather than succumb to FOMO, those new to the space should take the time to educate themselves about this amazing technology rather than seeking to speculate on it.

"Always do your own research and never trade with resources you are not prepared to lose entirely.

"Meanwhile, attention is turning towards who will be next to jump on the bitcoin train as the space evolves at a breakneck pace."

Before you think about buying bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency, it is best to consider the risks involved.

Although BTC was conceived as a means of decentralising and digitising money for the future, bitcoin is prone to very volatile swings on the markets.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned in January this year investing into cryptoassets is risky business.

The FCA said: "If you buy cryptoassets, you should be prepared to lose all your money."

However, if you are positive you want to own some bitcoin - or fractions of a bitcoin - here is what you have to do.

Before you sign up with a crypto exchange or online brokerage that trades bitcoin, you will want to find a safe and secure crypto wallet.

Crypto wallets can be online, physical or even pieces of paper you carry around with you.

A paper wallet, for instance, is a piece of paper on which you have written down private and public keys, which you can generate on certain websites.

The private key is your most important key and you should never share it with anyone as it grants you access to your token.

Your public key, meanwhile, allows people to send you bitcoins, so it is safe to share with others.

Another option is a hardware wallet, which is often a USB stick-like object that stores your private keys offline.

All BTC transactions are carried out using a technology called blockchain - a decentralised ledger that records all transaction - and the keys grant access to bitcoin on the blockchain.

Websites like Investopedia can guide you through the process of selecting what is best for you, so read up before making any decisions.

Once you have a secure wallet, you will want to sign up with a crypto exchange or service that trades cryptocurrencies.

Popular choices include Coinbase, Kraken or eToro.

Take a moment to read about what each service offers and find the one that suits your needs best.

You will then want to sign up for a profile with details such as your full name, your birth of date and address.

Some exchanges might ask you to upload documents to verify your identity before you are allowed to trade.

After that is sorted out, the next step is deposit funds into your account - many exchanges have a minimum amount of money you need to deposit if you want to trade.

The next step is to search for bitcoin or BTC on the exchange.

BTC will appear with its current price and you will want to click on Buy.

Select how many tokens you want to buy, or how much money you want to put into the trade - you can buy fractions of a bitcoin - and complete the transaction.

As soon as BTC appears in your portfolio, you will want to transfer the tokens directly to your wallet for safekeeping.

Remember to never share your private key with anyone.

The same applies to any other crypto you might buy, such as ethereum or ripple.

Bitfinex Derivatives, a crypto derivatives platform accessible through crypto exchange company Bitfinex, today launched perpetual contracts for Litecoin/Bitcoin and Polkadot/Bitcoin.

The new contracts are now live and allow users up to 100x leverage, contracts are settled in bitcoin (BTC).

“We’re pleased to add to our growing list of perpetual contracts available to trade on the exchange. We anticipate great interest from funds and professional investors in the new Litecoin/Bitcoin and Polkadot/Bitcoin perpetual contracts.” – Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex Derivatives

What is bitcoin? History, features, advantages and disadvantages

Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital value, which is used and distributed electronically.

Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P network. It is not controlled by an individual institution or person.

Bitcoins cannot be printed and their quantity is very limited - only 21 million bitcoins can be created.

Bitcoin was first introduced as open-source / open source software by an anonymous developer or group of developers under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. There have been many rumors about the true identity of the creators of bitcoin, however, all the people mentioned in those rumors have publicly denied them.

Nakamoto himself once claimed that he was a 37-year-old man living in Japan. However, due to its perfect English and software that is not marked in Japanese, there are well-founded doubts about the truth of this claim.

In mid-2010, Nakamoto moved on to other things, leaving bitcoin in the hands of several prominent members of the BTC community. Satoshi has appointed Gavin Andersen as the lead programmer.

It is estimated that Nakamoto owns about one million bitcoins, which is about 3.6 billion dollars since September 2017.

According to Gavin Andersen, the first thing he focused on, after Nakamoto moved away from the project, was further decentralization. Andersen wanted bitcoin to continue its existence autonomously, even if something unexpected happened to it.

For most people, the main advantage of bitcoin is its independence from world governments, banks and corporations. No government can interfere in BTC transactions, impose taxes on them or take people's money. Moreover, the bitcoin movement is extremely transparent - each individual transaction is stored in a mass-distributed public registry called a blockchain.

Essentially, while bitcoin is not controlled as a network, it gives its users complete control over its finances.

The user only sees the amount of bitcoin on his wallet and the results of the transaction.

Behind the scenes, the bitcoin network participates in a public registry called "blockchain". This register contains each transaction that is processed. Digital transaction records are merged into "blocks".

If someone tries to change only one letter or number in a transaction block, it will also affect each subsequent block. Because the registry is public, an error or attempted fraud can be easily spotted and corrected by anyone.

The user's wallet can confirm the correctness of each transaction. The authenticity of each transaction is protected by digital signatures that correspond to the shipping addresses.

Due to the verification process, and depending on the trading platform, it may take up to a few minutes for BTC transactions to be completed.

The Bitcoin protocol is designed so that each block lasts 10 minutes.

Decentralization

One of Satoshi's main goals in creating bitcoin was the independence of the network from any authority. It is designed so that every person, business, as well as every machine involved in mining and transaction confirmation becomes part of a vast network. Even if some part of the network falls, the money will continue to move.

These days, banks know practically everything about their clients: credit history, addresses, phone numbers, consumer habits, etc. It is different with bitcoin, because the wallet does not have to be tied to any personal information. While some people simply do not want their finances to be monitored or managed by any government, others argue that drug trafficking, terrorism and other illegal and dangerous activities can succeed in this relative anonymity.

Anonymity is relative, because every BTC transaction, which has ever been performed, is kept on a blockchain. In theory, if the address of your wallet is publicly used, anyone can say how much money is in it by carefully studying the public register (blockchain). However, tracking a specific bitcoin address and identifying a person is still almost impossible.

Those who wish to remain anonymous can take steps to go unnoticed / "under the radar". There are certain types of wallets that prioritize invisibility / opacity and security, but the simplest security measures would be: using multiple different addresses and not transferring large amounts of money to one wallet.

The Bitcoin network processes payments almost instantly. It only takes a few minutes for someone on the other side of the world to receive money, while bank transfers take days.

Irreversibility

Once you send a BTC to someone, there is no way to return it unless the recipient wants to send them back to you. This ensures you receive a payment, which means that the person you are trading with cannot deceive you by claiming that he did not receive the money.

In 2009, when BTC was launched, it was not entirely clear how and where it could be spent. Now you can buy practically everything. For example, large companies such as Microsoft and Dell receive payments in BTC for a range of their products and digital content. You can fly with airlines such as AirBaltic and Air Lithuania, buy theater tickets through the English Theater Tickets Direct, take a few bottles of craft beer from Honest Brew Brewery, etc.

Other options include paying for hotels and buying property, settling bills at various bars and restaurants, joining dating sites, buying gift vouchers, betting at an online casino and making charitable donations. There are also a variety of online markets that trade in everything from illegal substances to high-end, luxury items.

Bitcoin is a relatively new and rather complex payment process. It is natural that consumer options are still limited, but every day more and more companies - from small, local cafes to industrial giants - accept payment in bitcoin.

Due to its constantly changing exchange rate, BTC is becoming a great investment opportunity. Despite being a volatile and not-quite-recognized currency, its value has risen sevenfold over the past year, almost reaching a rate of $ 5,000 for one BTC.

The easiest way is by shopping. Bitcoins are available through various exchanges, but they can also be bought directly on the market from other people. They can be paid in cash, credit or debit cards or even some other cryptocurrency. First of all, you need a BTC wallet.

There are various options, but the basic ones can be reduced to an online wallet and a wallet software on your computer hardware. None of the options are completely secure, the hardware can be damaged, while the online wallet is prone to hacker attacks. There are also mobile wallets, which are simplified due to the huge storage capacity required to carry the entire block (blockchain). These are dedicated devices called hardware wallets and paper wallets with two QR codes that are not digitally stored anywhere, which makes them immune to standard cyber attacks and hardware errors.

There is, of course, mining. Only a few years ago, anyone with a sufficiently compact computer could mine BTC, but that is no longer the case. The growing popularity of bitcoin, as well as its growing exchange rate, has caused large companies to enter the game armed to the teeth with specific mining devices, so the weight and energy needed to mine the amount of bitcoin worth the effort has skyrocketed. In addition, the amount of bitcoin that can be mined is constantly and drastically declining.

BTC is designed with freedom in mind. Most importantly, freedom from the government that controls transactions, imposes taxes and disposes of people's money. When it comes to buying things, cryptocurrencies have become a legitimate way of paying in recent years. Considering the existence of numerous ‘deep-web’ markets that only accept bitcoin, you can buy some things easier with bitcoin than with any other currency.

One of the basic characteristics of money is portability, which means that it can be easily carried and used. Since BTC is completely digital, practically every amount of money can be taken to usb or even stored online.

Cryptocurrencies give people the freedom to send and receive money by simply scanning a QR code or clicking on an online wallet. It does not take much time, there are no high fees and money passes from one person to another without unnecessary intermediaries. Internet access is all you need.

Choose your commission

Another indisputable advantage of the bitcoin network is the possibility of choosing the amount of the transaction fee or even non-payment of commission. The compensation is received by the miner, after a new block is created with a successful hash. Usually the sender pays the full fee, while refusing to charge the recipient can be considered an incomplete payment.

The fees are voluntary in nature and serve as an incentive for miners and as a guarantee that a certain transaction will be included in the creation of a new block. This incentive also functions as a source of income for miners, which often brings them more money than mining, especially when you consider that mining will stop completely in the future, when the bitcoin limit is reached.

Therefore, the cryptocurrency market requires users to choose between costs and waiting times. A higher transaction fee would mean faster processing, while users can save money without a time limit.

The payment card industry includes debit, credit and prepaid cards, e-wallet, ATM and POS cards and other related businesses. It is made up of all organizations that store, process and transmit cardholder information, there are strict security regulations and most major card brands are part of it.

While the unified rules and regulations are good for large companies, they don't really take into account the needs of each individual. or fraud levels are unacceptably high.

As a result, customers receive lower commissions, the opportunity to expand their markets and lower their administrative costs.

Security and control

Bitcoin users can control their transactions: no one can withdraw money from a valid account without your knowledge and consent, as sometimes happens with other forms of payment, and no one can steal your payment information from merchants.

BTC users can also protect their money with backups and encryption. Their identities and personal information are always protected, because none of them have to be revealed in order for the payment to be made.

Transparent and neutral

Every single transaction, as well as every information related to it, is always available to everyone in the blockchain, it can be checked and used in real time. The BTC protocol is encrypted and therefore no person or organization can control or manipulate it. The network is decentralized so that no one would ever fully control it. That is why BTC will always be neutral, transparent and predictable.

One of the most popular ways to counterfeit in the digital world is to use the same money twice, making both transactions fraudulent. It's called "double consumption." BTC, like many other cryptocurrencies, uses blockchain technology and several other different consensus mechanisms built into all BTC algorithms to counter this.

The legal status of bitcoin varies drastically from country to country. In some, its use is encouraged, while in others it is illegal and prohibited.

Much has been said about the appeal of bitcoin to criminals, with some news indicating that its popularity relies entirely on the possibility of spending on illegal items. Indeed, when the infamous internet black market Silk Road closed, bitcoin was instantly reduced in value.

Level of recognition

BTC is recognized and legal in many countries, however, some of the world governments still do not have regulations for it, while others have openly banned it.

Most jobs, whether small or large, are still completely unaware of it. It is almost impossible to leave all other currencies and use BTC exclusively.

A password is a unique alphanumeric password required to access a bitcoin wallet. Losing that code essentially means losing your wallet. However, most new wallets have backups and recovery mechanisms, with the user having to adjust them before use.

The price of bitcoin has had its ups and downs, going through various cycles of drastic ups and downs, which some call “bubbles” and crashes. Throughout its history, BTC has conquered new heights, only to maintain a big drop right after. Its value is unpredictable, changes drastically and quickly, which can cause significant financial damage to an unseen investor.

Continuous development

The future of bitcoin is extremely unclear. Currently, governments and banks are unable to control the BTC, it is almost unregulated. However, the bigger and more popular it becomes, the more governments will try to bring it under control. A regulated BTC would be a completely different type of currency.

Billionaire investor Howard Marx recently stated that digital currencies are nothing but a pyramid scheme. He explained that the current success of digital currencies is based only on the willingness to attribute value to something that actually has no value, beyond what people would pay for it.

Those who invest in a pyramid scheme get a return on their own money or the money of the next investor instead of on the profits made by the individuals running the business. However, when it comes to bitcoin, the profit and its value come from a limited amount of coins. As more people acquire coins, stocks become less frequent, making each coin more valuable. BTC simply has nothing in common with the classic pyramid scheme.

Is BTC a bubble?

Robert Schiller, who received the Nobel Prize in economics, proposed a checklist to help determine if something is a bubble or not. The list includes a sharp rise in property prices, great public excitement, media frenzy, stories of people who have become rich, and a growing interest in dominance among the general public. BTC meets all items.

So, in a way, BTC is a bubble that has burst before. After the infamous closure of Mt.Gox, a Chinese service that managed more than 70% of all bitcoin transactions in the world, bitcoin prices have been falling for a year and a half. It took exactly 3 years to recover. Of course, it is difficult to predict what will happen in the future, so there is a possibility that prices will fall again. However, BTC has recovered earlier and is currently stronger than it has ever been.

The difference between bitcoin and traditional currencies

Every currency in the world, except cryptocurrencies, is managed by some government. Every transaction takes place through a bank, where people are charged a huge fee and it usually takes a long time for the money to reach the recipient.

BTC, on the other hand, is not controlled by anyone. It is a decentralized network built on the cooperation and communication of all the people who participate in it. Therefore, even if some parts of the network are not online, transactions will still take place.

It cannot be falsified.

The BTC is designed as a currency that can withstand attempted counterfeiting. The legitimacy of bitcoin is ensured by blockchain technology, as well as several different defense mechanisms built into each algorithm.

Many other traditional currencies are very prone to counterfeiting and those who control them do almost nothing to change it.

BTC does not exist in physical form, which means it cannot be damaged. Every single BTC is essentially eternal, unlike paper or coin money.

Once sent, cryptocurrencies cannot be revoked.

If someone makes a mistake and sends the money to the wrong wallet and wants it back, they can't do it. Like many other features of bitcoin, this one is designed to prevent fraud. Unfortunately, when it comes to traditional currencies, most transactions can be canceled, a phone call is all that is needed for that.

Possibility of exchange

While some traditional currencies such as the dollar and the euro are accepted in several countries, most of the world currencies are used within the borders of the countries from which they originate. In contrast, BTC is an online currency, which means that the environment for its authorized operation is global.

How is BTC taxed?

The BTC has yet to be legalized by the authorities, but some tax authorities already recognize its importance and propose certain regulations. These regulations vary considerably from country to country.

For example, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service treats BTC and all other prominent digital currencies as an asset, not as a currency. Every taxpayer who sells goods and services for bitcoins must include the value of the received bitcoins in their annual tax return. Miners are also subject to taxation, but only if the mining turns out to be successful.

According to the European Court of Justice, the BTC is a currency, not an asset. Although not subject to VAT, BTC may be taxed in another way. The UK tax authorities treat BTC as a foreign currency, where each BTC case is considered on the basis of individual facts and circumstances. As of July 2017, the sale of bitcoin is exempt from consumption tax in Japan, where it is officially recognized as a payment method.

BTC is a relatively new currency, the framework of regulations governing it varies from country to country. In many jurisdictions, there are not even specific laws and regulations regarding cryptocurrencies.

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A week away from the office and markets seemed to have become even madder. As I started my break the Reddit versus Wall St saga was still rumbling on. Now I return to news that Tesla has ploughed $1.5bn into bitcoin, mashing two bouts of market madness into a single story and sending the price of both the cryptocurrency and Tesla’s share price soaring. 

They may well, of course, miss out on further gains in bitcoin’s value. But I’m sure, like any good investor, that this is something they will accept as part of their risk management strategy. Covid may have changed much about the world for the time being, but the laws of risk versus reward remain as immutable as the laws of supply and demand that sit behind bitcoin’s mighty rise. 

The fact that 30 per cent of bitcoin buyers surveyed by AJ Bell said they were unwilling to lose any money on cryptocurrencies reveals a worrying lack of understanding of the mechanisms that determine asset prices. None of this is to say that the technology beneath bitcoin – blockchain – won’t go on to become a transformational technology for financial services, or that bitcoin or some other cryptocurrency will have some role to play in a reinvented monetary system – Mark Robinson explores its potential game-changing characteristics in this week’s Further Reading. But I’m not sure buying bitcoin at approaching $50,000 is how you buy into it. 

Things are, thankfully, now starting to get a bit busier in the more normal world of the London market, as results reporting season looms into view. But for now, vaccine news remains the primary concern. While I have been ‘away’ the vaccine squabble that had engulfed AstraZeneca seems to have died down, and progress vaccinating the country has brought a rare boost to national pride. Just as technology was the big story of 2020, so 2021 is likely to be the year when healthcare innovation comes into focus, a story we continued by looking at mooted health reforms in the UK. 

But there is still little certainty on when life may begin returning to normal; rumours abound that pubs may not open until May, and tough new quarantine restrictions announced this week could brush up against the summer holiday season and spell further pain for the leisure sector. “People should not be booking holidays right now, either internationally or domestically,” warned transport secretary Grant Shapps, bad news for airlines, hotels and tour operators, which had been encouraging their customers to do the opposite. I am glad I have booked already!

In Cryptoverse, many of the coins and its blockchain make use of aspects that are already existing in Satoshi’s introductory program and theory. But, in some cases, others take the bitcoin model and attempts to bring upgradation or improvements. In these sort of improvements, the underlying concept of the blockchain gets distinctive, resulting in a method known as forking through which the blockchain itself is subdivided into two distinguishing entities. Historical examples of hard forks other than bitcoin cash are Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Classic, Bitcoin Unlimited, Segregated Witness, etc. With the introduction of Segregated Witness (Segwit) by Bitcoin core developer Peter Wuille, the aim is to lessen each bitcoin transaction’s size, resulting in more allowance of transactions to take place at once. Segwit is considered a soft fork which was beginning of the initiation to convert it into a hard fork wherein Bitcoin Cash was introduced. Bitcoin Cash has been considered one of the most successful hard fork of Bitcoin. As of now, Bitcoin Cash stands at 11th position in terms of market capitalization.   

Being the hard fork of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash is originated to be a transactional asset that functions as P2P. The change in underlying value is the effort to solve Bitcoin’s scalability issues. For solution, BCH’s fundamental separation from Bitcoin is the larger block size which helps BCH transactions much faster and cheaper to complete. The block size of Bitcoin Cash was created and designed to pack 8MB of data into each block so as to process 116 transactions per second on an average. The mechanism helps the transactions to be quick enough that one could make a grab and go retail purchases with BCH like a cup of coffee.  

For having a one-liner statement, Bitcoin Cash is faster and features lower processing fees than BTC. However, the utility is frequently less than a decentralized asset’s ability as an everyday cryptocurrency payment option. Talking about payment options, the transaction fees of Bitcoin has reached roughly an amount of $8.00 (For every transaction worth $10) whereas for Ethereum the transaction fees can be around $20.00. The enormous rise in the transaction fees of the market dominators certainly indicates that the blockchain industry would be looking for an alternative anytime soon. For example, Cajutel, a western African project powering internet services in the region planned to distribute dividends through ethereum. But the with high transaction fees, the community is left with the option of fiat currencies only. There is where BITCOIN CASH can penetrate and act as a sustainable transaction mechanism for such potential projects and bring another decentralized revolution to the global payment system.

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According to an announcement from the company, investment advisory firm The Motley Fool has invested $5 million in Bitcoin.

The Motley Fool plans to add Bitcoin to its own balance sheet for $5 million; it also plans to keep the acquisition for several years.

Separate from its own investment, through its 10X real-money portfolio, the company will also sell Bitcoin to investors. The decision would add Bitcoin to a list of 39 stocks that the company expects in the next 15 years will deliver ten-fold returns.

For his Bitcoin investment, The Motley Fool gave typical reasons. Bitcoin claims it can store value more efficiently than gold. It also assumes that as rates stabilize, Bitcoin will be beneficial for purchases, and that Bitcoin will serve as a protection against inflation.

The company noted that in the near future, Bitcoin will possibly see price fluctuations, but it expects that investors will nonetheless see significant returns. It also noted that there are overpriced Bitcoin investment funds, explaining its decision to purchase Bitcoin itself.

In operation since 1993, The Motley Fool is one of the most well-known financial advice companies. Today’s news makes it one of the first companies in that category to make a Bitcoin investment.

However, The Motley Fool is not the first firm to make such an investment. The news comes a week after Tesla announced a $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment, and one day after Microstrategy announced a $690 million addition to its $1 billion BTC supply.

According to BitcoinTreasuries.org, at least 38 corporations hold a total of $66.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, equivalent to 1.3 million BTC or about 6.04% of the total Bitcoin supply.

Every day, I get 10+ Bitcoin wallets that someone “forgot” the password to. Some are worth a few Bitcoin while some have 100,000 (or more!) Bitcoin. Sometimes they have no idea what the password is, while sometimes, there is a vague suggestion of what the password could be.

They all have three things in common:

Don’t buy fake Bitcoin wallets.

A fake wallet is one that is created to scam people into thinking that the Bitcoin inside can be unlocked. There are many thousands of fake wallets floating around the Internet. They are ALL scams.

A Bitcoin wallet is a database of Bitcoin addresses and private keys. The address is public and on the blockchain. Addresses cannot be faked. The private key is the secret code that generates the address. The only way to prove that you own a wallet is to generate a signature matching the address with the private key.

Without the password for the wallet, it is impossible to verify if an encrypted private key will generate the public address.

This means that anyone can edit a wallet file and put any address they want in there. You can put 1, 100, 10,000,000 Bitcoin keys in a wallet file, and no one will be able to tell whether they are real without knowing the password.

The only way to receive any cryptocurrency is to create your own wallet or open an exchange account and send someone your Bitcoin address.

If you did anything else, you probably have a fake Bitcoin wallet.

No. For four reasons:

First, it’s not your wallet. Even if I could find the password, I would be stealing Bitcoin from the original owner. It’s against the contract I require all customers to agree to before I start work. I’m not going to return your Bitcoin without proof of purchase or legal ownership even if I could.

Second, the few times when I have found the password, the private key for the wallet does not match the public address. There is no way to know this until the wallet is decrypted.

Third, even if your wallet is not fake, and the password is really just forgotten, it’s impossible to decrypt a strong password. A random 16-digit password would take longer to decrypt than the lifetime of the universe. It’s hopeless.

Fourth, your wallet is fake. Google the address and you will find it for sale on dozens of sites, all selling the same wallet.

You were scammed, and now you are trying to scam me. No thanks.

By @AnilSaidSo

Selection no 11 from @AnilSaidSo's Bitcoin primer collection

My understanding and appreciation of Bitcoin has been shaped by a handful of essays that brilliantly capture its unique properties and potential.  These authors do not dictate WHAT to think, but rather HOW to think BETTER.  Here's the list..

2. "The 21st century emergence of Bitcoin, encryption, the internet, and millennials are more than just trends; they herald a wave of change that exhibits similar dynamics as the 16-17th century revolution that took place in Europe." @TuurDemeester

3. "There are many men out there who will parrot the "debt is money WE owe OURSELVES" without acknowledging that "WE" isn't a static entity, but a collection of individuals at different points in their lives." @MartyBent  

4. “If Bitcoin exists for 20 years, there will be near-universal confidence that it will be available forever, much as people believe the Internet is a permanent feature of the modern world.” @real_vijay

5. "This realignment would not be traditional right vs left, but rather land vs cloud, state vs network, centralized vs decentralized, new money vs old, internationalist/capitalist vs nationalist/socialist, MMT vs BTC,...Hamilton vs Satoshi." @balajis  

6. “I became convinced that, whether bitcoin survives or not, the existing financial system is working on borrowed time.” @parkeralewis  

7. "Bitcoin is a beautifully-constructed protocol. Genius is apparent in its design to most people who study it in depth, in terms of the way it blends math, computer science, cyber security, monetary economics, and game theory." @LynAldenContact

8. “Bitcoin offers a sweeping vista of opportunity to re-imagine how the financial system can and should work in the Internet era..” @pmarca  

9. "You can create something which looks cosmetically similar to Bitcoin, but you cannot replicate the settlement assurances which derive from the costliness of the ledger.” @nic_carter

10. "The Internet is a dumb network, which is its defining and most valuable feature. The Internet’s protocol (..) doesn’t offer “services.” It doesn’t make decisions about content. It doesn’t distinguish between photos, text, video and audio." @aantonop

11. "When Satoshi announced Bitcoin on the cryptography mailing list, he got a skeptical reception at best. Cryptographers have seen too many grand schemes by clueless noobs. They tend to have a knee jerk reaction.” @halfin

12. “No matter who you are, or how big your company is, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙙." @StopAndDecrypt  

About the author

Anil is an independent bitcoin educator based in Canada. He holds an MBA, CBP and was part of MIT's inaugural FinTech certificate cohort. He's guest-lectured at Business schools and launched the first Bitcoin-specific university scholarship in Canada. His focus is on simplifying concepts through visuals and storytelling to make bitcoin easier to comprehend.

You can follow him on Twitter @anilsaidso

You can pre-order his book representing approximately 3,000 hours of research, teaching, writing and design in an effort to best communicate Bitcoin as a concept.

Bitcoin price – Bitcoin Blasted Above $48,000 Today, Causing Bitcoin Stocks to Soar as Well

The world’s largest cryptocurrency by total value is Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) , and today that value is increasing even more. Earlier today the price per Bitcoin token briefly hit $48,000, and there were clear catalysts helping it get there. More and more, Bitcoin is becoming accepted by major companies, suggesting it is well on its way to mainstream adoption.

A handful of stocks rise and fall almost every day with Bitcoin. Here are a few making big gains today as of 3 p.m. EST:

For years, Bitcoin’s following has been growing, but mostly among regular people — not businesses. But MicroStrategy changed that when it spent more than $1.1 billion to buy Bitcoin tokens in late 2020. The billion-dollar move was surprising considering it’s a publicly traded company and its software is completely unrelated to cryptocurrency. Of course, for now it means that MicroStrategy stock is almost as volatile as a cryptocurrency.

More recently, Tesla followed MicroStrategy’s lead by using $1.5 billion to acquire some Bitcoin of its own. And Tesla’s decision supports a long-held theory among Bitcoin enthusiasts. Barry Silbert, founder of Digital Currency Group (parent company of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust), said Bitcoin adoption would come in phases, with phase four being acceptance by Wall Street.

It’s one thing when a smaller company like MicroStrategy tries something unconventional. But Tesla is a mega-cap stock and a member of the S&P 500. This suggests that perhaps Bitcoin adoption is entering Silbert’s fourth phase after all. And there’s more evidence for that today than ever.

Just yesterday, Mastercard (NYSE:MA) announced that it will allow cryptocurrencies on its payments network before the end of 2021. According to the company, it’s partnered with other companies in the past for certain crypto services. But management believes cryptocurrencies are only getting more important, motivating it to directly support certain cryptocurrencies (management didn’t explicitly state which ones) in the future.

Furthermore, news broke today that Bank of New York Mellon  (NYSE:BK) will also start supporting its clients’ Bitcoin needs, according to The Wall Street Journal. Just stop and think about this for a moment. BNY Mellon is often called America’s oldest bank, dating back to the 1700’s. And it’s a favorite of investing legend Warren Buffett — a person who is not a fan of cryptocurrency. This bank — of all banks — is making concrete plans revolving around Bitcoin.

If these truly are the early signs of the so-called phase four of Bitcoin’s adoption, then demand could keep growing for Bitcoin throughout 2021.

Demand is growing, and that’s why the price of Bitcoin has soared in recent months. And many investors believe a good way to play this trend is by buying Bitcoin-mining stocks like Marathon, Riot Blockchain, and Bit Digital. These companies are essentially paid in Bitcoin for providing computing power to the blockchain network. And investors believe revenue and profits will soar with the rising price of Bitcoin.

Moreover, investors are getting excited to see these companies amping up their computing power (known as their hashrate) because some assume this means the companies will be able to mine more tokens.

For example, today Riot Blockchain announced it’s deploying new equipment over the next week that will take its hashrate to over one exa-hash per second (EH/s). That’s quite a lot, and it’s an increase of 26% from where it is right now. But investors shouldn’t assume that means the company will mine 26% more Bitcoin. 

According to Blockchain.com, the total hashrate of the Bitcoin blockchain network is currently just over 165 million tera-hashes per second (TH/s), or simply 165 EH/s. However, on Jan. 1 of this year, it was just 143 EH/s. Therefore, the total hashrate of the network is up roughly 15% in that very short time. So Riot Blockchain is staying ahead of the overall rate of increase in the network, but just barely.

The Bitcoin payout is set, with miners getting their cut based on the amount of power they bring. What this data shows us is it’s getting more competitive to mine Bitcoin. In the near term, that’s good for companies like Canaan supplying mining equipment, and it’s why Canaan stock soared yesterday. But for miners, it means they’ll have to keep spending to stay competitive, which could strain profits.

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Experts say building custody solutions is tricky, but will become crucially important as crypto grows more valuable. Deutsche Bank To Offer Bitcoin Custody Services

As multiple banks prepare crypto custody services, holders now have to flip an old Bitcoin saying on its head: are the banks prepared to be their own (and others’) bank?

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Last week BNY Mellon, the oldest bank in the United States, announced they would be providing custody solutions, ceding to pressure from institutional investors.

Likewise, documents from December indicate that Deutsche Bank is also planning a custody solution, along with trading and token issuance services.

However, while both banks are well-established and have experience handling a wide range of assets, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re prepared for crypto custody.

“Digital assets are totally different than traditional assets like bonds, stocks, and treasury bills. Digital assets are decentralized by design and their ownership is therefore relying on a totally different model that cannot reuse the existing centralized infrastructure of the traditional banking world.

To custody crypto assets you need a brand new infrastructure in place,” said Jean-Michel Pailhon, the vice president of business solutions at Ledger in an interview with Cointelegraph.

Even for institutions that are crypto-native, custody is extremely complex. Just last year the crypto exchange KuCoin suffered from a hack that netted the attacker over $200 million. Having custody over large sums creates an attractive honeypot for would-be attackers, and according to experts not even many major crypto exchanges approach custody security properly.

“Only a few crypto exchanges like Kraken, Gemini and Binance are investing a lot of money to prove proper internal controls over their personal private keys management protocols,” Dyma Budorin, co-founder and CEO of Hacken told Cointelegraph last year.

If the big banks want to approach security right, they effectively have three options, said Pailhon.

“They can contract with an existing regulated custodian, they can build their own custody infrastructure and get it regulated, or they can buy a custody technology from a vendor and use it and get it regulated.”

Particularly if the banks opt to build their own solutions, the expenses and time can pile up quickly. The banks will have to hire dedicated developers, “allocating large investments for infrastructure” including data centers and servers, and run the regulatory gamut — a process that alone can take “6-12 months.”

“The level of efforts and investments required to provide an institution with an enterprise-ready self custody solution is substantially higher than for an individual. It requires slightly different technologies and governance processes to secure billions of dollars in digital assets,” he added.

Regardless of the route the banks take, Pailhon says that it’s a sign of crypto’s growing legitimacy that banks like BNY Mellon want to provide custody solutions. Additionally, as crypto’s total marketcap grows and the value of assets for institutions and even some individuals soars, secure custody solutions will become increasingly important.

“You can’t protect 5, 10, or 50 billion dollars in bitcoin with a garage-based server or an air-gapped computer located in a bunker in the Appalachian mountains. You have to put in place a fully redundant, resilient, secure, certifiable, and auditable custody infrastructure that can scale and empower millions of users and support hundreds of thousands of digital asset transactions in a month.

The future success and adoption of digital assets and of the digital asset management industry will depend on this.”

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Earlier today, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced a partnership with hip-hop mogul and billionaire Sean Carter, aka Jay-Z, to create a Bitcoin development endowment focused initially on teams in India and Africa. 

The endowment will be called the “₿trust” and the pair will be bootstrapping it with 500 bitcoin, currently valued at more than $23 million. ₿trust is currently recruiting three board members, which Dorsey is soliciting through the relatively informal platform Google Forms. 

The board member application has a simple message at the top: “mission: make bitcoin the internet’s currency.” It can be filled pseudonymously and it asks candidates to simply submit a freeform written description of their credentials, under a field titled “proof of work.”

While details still remain scarce, one important factor to note at this point is that the endowment is being set up as a blind, irrevocable trust. In other words, Dorsey and Carter will have no say in how the endowment operates. 

The fact that this investment is focused partially on Africa should not come as a surprise, as Dorsey has visited the continent several times, even making public plans to move to Africa in 2020, before the world was brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dorsey’s digital payments company, Square, has also worked to fuel Bitcoin development with grants through its cryptocurrency-focused division, Square Crypto.