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Are Altcoins Bitcoin’s Friends or Enemies?

Altcoins have a long tradition in the Bitcoin community, but they tend to cause a contentious divide among those who think they’re useful and...

Features From the Most Popular Altcoins Are Planned for Bitcoin

For many people involved with Bitcoin, altcoins are nothing more than testnets. Hundreds of digital currencies are currently listed on CoinCap.io, but Bitcoin still...

Are Any Altcoins Currenty Useful? No, Says Monero Developer Riccardo Spagni

To many people in the Bitcoin community, altcoins are considered nothing more than scams. Part of the reason is that altcoin developers and promoters...

South Korean Law Enforcement to Launch Investigations on Altcoin Pump-and-Dump Schemes

Chosun, the largest and most popular online news publisher in South Korea has reported that law enforcement is about to begin investigations on altcoin pump-and-dump and...

JL777’s vision of the Supernet

Disclaimer: I own stake on a variety of the financial technologies discussed in this article, including the Supernet."In crypto, the competition is not each...

The Confusion in Competition

Sports, in many senses, polarize a playing field. They foster an ‘us versus them’ mentality that when taken to an extreme, can hurt others...

Globalization and Cryptocurrencies

The development of cryptocurrencies has been fascinating to watch. In only five years, thousands of currencies emerged from the Internet following the release of...

CoinGecko: Buy, Sell or Hold

Just got dumped?We all know the feeling: you read an article promising wonders, getting all pumped up and then…Well, the one thing that nerds...

The Role and Future of Altcoins

Just the name “altcoin” evokes a sense of disdain–altcoin, as in “alternative to Bitcoin,” a copycat late to the scene. Why do we persist...

Live Tracking of All Things Bitcoin and Altcoin with Blockstreet

There is a new digital currency app in town and it is giving ZeroBlock a run for the money. A California startup, Blockstreet has...