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Nick Szabo Outlines Bitcoin and Blockchain’s Social Scalability

March 13, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, News, Tech

Nick Szabo, often considered to be a digital currency genius, has an understanding of a wide range of issues in and around the technology industry. Better known as a pioneering researcher for his work in the blockchain and cryptography domain, some suggest that it may even have been Nick who...

Bitcoin May Become the Main Currency for Palestinians

May 15, 2017 by Nuno Menezes at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Tech

Bitcoin or a ‘Palestinian Pound,’ a digital currency inspired by Satoshi Nakamoto’s innovation, could potentially be used to propel the independence and financial sovereignty of Palestine, as Azzam Shawwa announced at a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development meeting over May 9-11. The unstable political and socio-economic situation in the...

Will Blockchain Technology Provide the Solution to Genome Privacy?

May 11, 2017 by Alex Lielacher at Blockchain, News, Tech

Our genomes contain a wide range of valuable information that can help health practitioners to diagnose and prevent illnesses with more precision and effectiveness than ever before. However, there is also the potential for abuse of your genome data if it falls into the wrong hands. Genome privacy is a...

Bitcoin and the March Toward the Abolition of State Control

January 11, 2017 by Farzana Begum at Bitcoin, Commentary, News

Since the birth of bitcoin, this has motivated many aspects of the blockchain on its way to reshaping society and the nation state. Bitcoin separates money and state, reducing the power of central banks. Moreover, bitcoin provides some anonymity to support a perpetual traveler lifestyle, as people begin to protest...