Bitcoin Cash fork may kill Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash fork may kill Bitcoin

If you haven’t been paying attention to Bitcoin (BTCUSD) lately, I can’t blame you, but the cryptocurrency made news yesterday as the cost of a Bitcoin dropped below $6000 for the first time since 2017.Bitcoin lost more than 10% of its value in less than...
When Exchanges Crash: Coinbase’s 17-hour outage

When Exchanges Crash: Coinbase’s 17-hour outage

Coinbase, the U.S. exchange for Bitcoin ($BTC), Bitcoin Cash ($BCH), Ethereum ($ETH), Ethereum Classic ($ETC) and Litecoin ($LTC), crashed on the evening of Thursday, August 9, 2018 at about 5:37 p.m. PDT and stayed down for 17 hours. Irk was, of course, mid-trade....
What does HODL mean?

What does HODL mean?

Originally posted August 8, 2018. Last Updated May 22, 2021 What does HODL mean? In December 2013, early in Bitcoin’s trading life, a very excited (some say inebriated) Bitcoin trader made the typo “HODL” instead of “HOLD” when exclaiming...
What is a Bitcoin?

What is a Bitcoin?

Originally posted August 8, 2018. Last Updated July 4, 2023. What is a Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency allegedly created by someone named Satoshi Nakamoto (no one actually knows who this person is). S/he created an incredibly complicated formula (or...