Bitcoin (BTC)

If you deal with bitcoin, to stay in the game, you have to be very vigilant. The value of bitcoin fluctuates often. You have to know when to trade if you are trading in bitcoin, or to know when to buy or sell. If you don’t stay vigilant when trading with bitcoin, you may lose everything.

Self-sovereign identity and identity management

Today, there are three major problems with how we transact online today: users have low privacy, fraud prevention efforts cost businesses a lot of money, and password-based authentication leads to frequent data breaches. Will the blockchain-based self-sovereign Identity rectify these?

Living in the time governed by technological advancements and innovations

By Wirba Brice Divine Ransinyuy. [email protected] Editor note: Title has been slightly updated It is difficult to be living in this world without being influenced by technological advancements. The human has now the challenge to get itself along with these technologicals as they are designed for own good. They are there to render life quite […]

Blockchain and conflict minerals

African is well known for its mineral wealth many of which is rare, expensive, and in high demand. However, Africa is also well known for civil strife especially in areas where these minerals are found. One mineral that was recently classified as a conflict mineral is tantalum.

Wrong concept of Venezuela’s Petro in order of cryptocurrency

Venezuela is facing the worst financial crisis of its time. President Nicolas Maduro is fighting the government’s fight against drugs, food and drug shortages, rising crime and damage to public services and the health care system.

The Idea behind Bitcoins

By Lumai Mubanga. [email protected] In my previous article, I pointed out that bitcoins have been inspired by the ideals of the Cypherpunks and libertarians. However, who were the Cypherpunks and what where the central ideals that influenced the creation of Bitcoins? According to the Wikipedia, they are activists advocating widespread use of strong cryptography and […]

The birth of monero (XMR)

This article will explore the early attempts made in search of transaction anonymity, what protocols supported that designs as well as how Monero forked to be what it is today.

Why the rapid growth of blockchain in Asia Pacific region

The Asian Pacific region is one unique region in the world that has witnessed the rapid growth of blockchain application. Perhaps only next to Europe and the US, it has surpassed Latin America and Africa combined.

What impact is blockchain technology having already on the world?

By Wirba Brice Divine Ransinyuy. [email protected] When Blockchain technology made its apparition, many people doubted its prevalence and thus did not understand the importance of blockchain technology neither the viability of blockchain technology applications nor their potential benefits. As time went on, things turned around and people starting seeing and understanding the potentials and benefits […]

The Bitcoin bubble and altcoins

The crypto space has seen an increase in alternative Cryptocurrencies besides the Bitcoin. Why was the phrase “Bitcoin bubble” coined? What are altcoins and what value do they bring to the ever widening crypto space?