When looking at Bitcoin in the context of the greater fintech space, the big debate around the technology right now involves the requirement of an underlying token, cryptocurrency, or digital commodity (such as bitcoin) to power the entire system. While...
One of the latest trends in the Bitcoin industry is the development of apps that hide the Bitcoin protocol from the consumer. Although the early startups in this space were mostly focused on bitcoin trading and storage, the more recent...
Although the Bitcoin community can sometimes generalize the entire banking industry as one technologically-inept entity, the reality is that each bank comes to their own conclusions on various fintech innovations. While some financial institutions are mainly interested in generalized blockchain...
Although the block size debate is the most contentious issue in the Bitcoin community right now, the main topic of debate in the greater fintech space is Bitcoin vs the blockchain. Some say the technology underlying the bitcoin currency is...
Due to bitcoin’s price decline over the past two years from its late 2013 highs, many analysts have written off the new form of digital cash as nothing more than a fad. Although it’s true that the price is much...
One of the biggest issues for developers and startups in the Bitcoin industry today is the need to find a balance between security and convenience. Although hardware wallets and trusted execution environments have helped bridge this gap for proper private...
Bitcoin Foundation Chief Scientist Gavin Andresen was interviewed by The Profit Margin’s Jim Fitzpatrick at the recent Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland, and the Bitcoin XT developer was able to keep his cool when asked about the contentious block size...
Ragnar Lifthrasir is a real estate fintech entrepreneur and President of the International Bitcoin Real Estate Association. He is extremely interested in the idea of using the Bitcoin blockchain to increase overall efficiency in the real estate industry, and he’ll...
Circle, a mobile payments company, has received a bit of criticism in the Bitcoin community lately due to a perceived pivot away from the digital currency. Although the payments application previously had a larger focus on bitcoin, new user accounts...
Nick Szabo is perhaps best known for his research in digital currency and for popularizing the concept of smart contracts. In the past, Digital Gold Author Nathaniel Popper has claimed there is convincing evidence that Szabo is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi...
