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X8Currency offers a safe haven in turbulent crypto times
Let’s face it: cryptocurrencies are unpredictable. On December 22, 2017, the price of Bitcoin fell by 21 percent on a single day. This sort of volatility puts traders and investors, specifically those with little experience in crypto trading, at significant risk. Where to move your assets when crypto prices start plummeting?
Swiss-based platform X8Currency bridges the gap between traditional and crypto economies. With its cryptocurrency X8C, the company attempts to bring to investors, traders and savers a solution that does not only act as a safety net but also provides more utility.
So how is this safety net created? With X8C, instead of withdrawing cash from online exchanges to avoid the risk of their insolvency, an investor can choose to convert his assets to a stable and secure cryptocurrency that is redeemable for each of eight fiat currencies (EUR, USD, JPY, GBP, CAD, AUD, CHF, NZD) and gold.
By diversifying into a number of currencies and gold, X8Currency creates an automatic hedge against fluctuations in any single currency or precious metal.
This diversification process is optimized by Automatic Reserve Management AI technology – a proprietary artificial intelligence system – which chooses the best possible array of fiat and gold in order to provide liquidity and stability for investor funds.
Security, stability, and liquidity
A token like X8C is a great fit for people looking for security, stability, and liquidity – no matter if that investor is a retiree with a savings account or a large corporation.
People with little experience in trading stand to benefit by keeping their savings in X8C because it will provide a hedge against erosion due to foreign currency fluctuations.
For more seasoned investors, the currency can be used to lock in profits using existing exchange mechanisms without having to worry about bubbles
Furthermore, for large financial institutions, X8C offers excellent liquidity, which allows them to safeguard their interests in adverse financial markets. It also provides stable returns and acts as an alternative to traditional investments like bonds and bank deposits.
And finally, businesses can benefit from using X8C as they can finally accept a cryptocurrency without having to worry about volatility. This allows them to safeguard their margins.
How stability is achieved
X8C, the currency token, will be the main product that is on offer but there is also a parallel token called X8X, that is used as a key to issue and exchange X8C tokens. X8X will be based on Ethereum blockchain technology and is ERC-20 compliant.
Investors must hold X8X tokens in order to be eligible to purchase X8C tokens. A total of 100 million X8X tokens will be issued through a Token Generation Event (TGE) but can also be obtained through crypto exchanges.
Adding some stability to a fickle market
X8C contributes to one key part of the crypto market that hasn’t received much attention yet: stability. X8Currency is self-styled as “the ultimate crypto safe haven.”
This token shows that with the right technology and system, cryptocurrencies can be highly versatile assets that can be molded to any use case. Investors will be able to take advantage of the benefits that cryptocurrencies provide while still enjoying the stability of gold and fiat currencies. Adoption will, of course, be the key factor for X8C – but the platform does show great potential.
Investors can purchase X8X with Ethereum (ETH) by getting themselves whitelisted. The Token Generation Event Whitelist is currently open for signups and will close Jan 13, at 12 noon.
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Worldwide interactive kiosks market consumption forecasts from 2016 to 2021 just published
For each region, market size and end users are analyzed as well as segment markets by types, applications and companies. Later, the report focuses on global major leading industry players with information such as company profiles, product picture and specifications, sales, market share and contact information.
The Global Interactive Kiosks Consumption 2016 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Interactive Kiosks market. This report provides a basic overview of the Interactive Kiosks industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure.
And development policies and plans are discussed as well as manufacturing processes and cost structures.
Key Companies profiled in this research report are Kiosk Information Systems, NCR Corp, Slabbkiosks, IBM, Wincor Nixdorf, Embross Group, IER, Phoenix Kiosk, Meridian Kiosks, Redyref Interactive Kiosks, Advantech Co., Ltd, Nexcom International, Asrock, Kontron, Siemens and more are profiled in the terms of product picture, specification, capacity, production, price, cost, gross, revenue, and contact information.
This report states the global Interactive Kiosks market size (volume and value), and the segment markets by regions, types, applications and companies are also discussed. The Interactive Kiosks market analysis is provided for major regions including USA, Europe, China and Japan, and other regions can be added.
What’s more, the Interactive Kiosks industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
Finally, the feasibility of new investment projects is assessed, and overall research conclusions are offered. In a word, the report provides major statistics on the state of the industry and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the market.
Table of Contents:
1 Industry Overview of Interactive Kiosks
2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
3 Global Market Size (Volume and Value), Sales and Sale Price Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
4 USA Market Size (Volume and Value), Sales, Sale Price and End Users Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
5 Europe Market Size (Volume and Value), Sales, Sale Price and End Users Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
6 China Market Size (Volume and Value), Sales, Sale Price and End Users Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
7 Japan Market Size (Volume and Value), Sales, Sale Price and End Users Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
8 Major Companies Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
9 Global Production Analysis of Interactive Kiosks by Regions
10 Global and Major Regions Market Size (Volume and Value) Forecast of Interactive Kiosks
11 Marketing Trader or Distributor Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
12 New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis of Interactive Kiosks
13 Conclusion of the Global Interactive Kiosks Consumption 2016 Market Research Report
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Everything you need to know from what coins to buy, to how to start investing today.
Due to my previous post on How to mine Ethereum, I’ve been receiving numerous requests to write about why, what and how to invest in cryptocurrencies. There’s a lot to talk about so let’s dive right in!
Why
It’s no secret that cryptocurrency (and blockchain) is one of the hottest topics in 2017-2018. There are many great articles explaining why to invest in them, so I’ll keep this part short.
Today, the process of moving money across businesses, customers, governments works through a number of intermediaries and middlemen. Bitcoin came about as a means to cut the middleman by creating a new currency which didn’t involve any monetary institutions and avoid the unnecessary interchange fees. So the Bitcoin architecture (blockchain) and “altcoins” (Bitcoin alternatives), can disrupt many of these intermediaries and act as a layer similar to the central banks — which addresses the big headache of not holding any liabilities.
The general view on Wall Street is that the crypto market as a whole is significantly overvalued, with many arguing that bitcoin has no intrinsic value and thus cannot be evaluated.
However, there have been many signs lately of legitimacy, that signal a positive growth in the upcoming year.
For example, The launching of bitcoin futures on CBOE and CME (and Nasdaq later this year) has been considered as a major achievement in bringing cryptocurrency to the mainstream. This will allow investors to have plenty of options to bet on bitcoin using more traditional financial vehicles.
In addition, China’s largest Bitcoin exchange (prior to the cryptocurrency trading ban imposed by the local government) is reallocating to Japan and South Korea, the second largest cryptocurrency market in the world. The emergence of large-scale cryptocurrency exchanges will lead to an exponential growth rate of local cryptocurrency markets in both Japan and South Korea.
While Bitcoin is currently receiving most of the public’s attention, it has no underlining business model that drives it. Moreover, as the price of Bitcoin rises, so does the mining difficulty and therefore the reward miners receive. This means that it will take longer and become more expensive to make transactions using Bitcoin as the price rises, which makes it an unreliable asset.
Many however, see it as digital gold, since it’s a gateway to buying most of the alternative cryptocurrencies. To buy bitcoin, consider using Coinbase orBinance.
Today, bitcoin accounts for less than 40% of the total market share for cryptocurrency, down from roughly 90% at the start of 2017.
Personally, I believe that cryptocurrencies must solve a problem and there needs to be an underling business model and clear vision, in order to succeed in the long term. Investors are beginning to understand that and are rapidly turning to altcoins (cryptocurrencies alternative to Bitcoin).
Here are five examples of highly successful altcoins to invest in:
Ripple is currently the second largest cryptocurrency (after Bitcoin) in the world. It acts as a payment network, RippleNet, and a cryptocurrency, Ripple XRP. The platform makes it easy to transfer almost any currency to almost any other currency in the world in no longer than four seconds.
Currently, Ripple is focused on working with banks and other institutions in a bid to offer an efficient and cost-effective way of sending real-time payments around the world.
Using Ripple, if one wanted to transfer currency directly from China to the USA, they can trade CNY to XRP, (Ripples currency), and then send XRP to the recipient who will have an online Ripple wallet or a bank in the USA. From there, they can trade the XRP back into USD.
As you can see below, Ripple has surged by over 1,100% in just the last month!
Ripple price and market cap
Ethereum is currently the third largest cryptocurrency in the world. It is an open software platform that enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications. The advantage of Ethereum over Bitcoin, is that it can support many different types of decentralized applications.
Ethereum is reportedly switching from a proof of work to a proof-of-stake framework later this year. The goal of this change is to reduce the electricity Ethereum requires to reach agreement on the state of transactions and contracts on the network. Take in mind, that this could lead to a significant increase in Ethereum price.
Ethereum has surged by over 11,000% in the last year alone.
Ethereum price and market cap
Cardano has a smaller profile than the more prominent altcoins, but its recent acceleration suggests investors are beginning to notice its unique value proposition. The platform seeks to deliver a more advanced smart contract by prioritizing scientific research and development. It is currently the only crypto currency using a proof of stake algorithm validated by the academic community.
Though appearing novel, Cardano has actually been around for a few years. It was created by Charles Hoskinson, a co-founder of Ethereum. It’s therefore little surprise that the platform’s proof of stake algorithm — called Ouroboros — is attempting to go above and beyond ether.
Since Novemeber 2017, the price has grown by over 400% and is estimated to double that this year.
Cardano price and market cap
NEO is called by many as the “Ethereum of China”. While this comparison is justified thanks to the similarity in structure and some offerings, NEO is far more advanced than Ethereum. Having been developed after Ethereum, NEO’s developers had the time to learn from Ethereum’s mistakes and make a better platform.
NEO’s smart contract is also superior to Ethereum’s as it is more scalable, guarantees more security and is more user-friendly. NEO is the next generation smart contracts platform and this coupled with the huge home market in China will make NEO one of the biggest currencies in 2018.
Not surprisingly, NEO has grown by over 9,000% in the last year alone! To learn more about NEO click here.
NEO market cap and price
Dash is a cryptocurrency alternative to Bitcoin. Its proprietary technologies InstantSend and PrivateSend allow the users to send transactions in a very quick and absolutely anonymous manner, respectively. This is a stark contrast to Bitcoin, whose network can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours to confirm a transaction.
Another major feature is an autonomous governance system, which allows the Dash network to allocate resources for the development and marketing of the coin by voting on proposals. A proposal can be created and introduced to the network by any person.
As seen below, Dash is on its way to new highs and has already grown by over 300% in the last few months.
To purchase these altcoins, I highly recommend using the exchange Binance due to their variety of tokens, security and are currently the last of few legitimate exchanges to accept new registrations.
How
First, you’ll need to buy Bitcoin (Coinbase or xCoins). Once you own Bitcoin, you can then purchase altcoins in exchange for it with one of many exchanges (Binance).
It’s important to pick a well known exchange by its security, user experience, variety of altcoins, speed and reliability.
There have been some cases of hacks to unsecured exchanges which led to millions of stolen Bitcoins.
Make sure to add a second layer verification to your logins such as SMS verification or Google Authenticator. This will increase your security by forcing to log in with your phone, and not just with a regular password.
Due to the overwhelming surge in popularity, some exchanges have temporarily suspended new user registrations to allow for an infrastructure upgrade. Here are some popular and highly recommended exchanges:
Despite being very tempting to get into daily trading due to the constant highs and lows of coin prices, I due warn you — if you don’t have professional trading experience, stick to HODLing (Hold on for dear life).
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Why Warren Buffett Is Right About Bitcoin (Investors, Take Note) CREDIT: Getty Images
Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Jim Cramer all have the same advice regarding Bitcoin: Stay away.
In fact, Buffett has even gone on record, stating, "I can say with almost certainty that [cryptocurrencies] will come to a bad ending...we'll never have a position in them."
Unfortunately, these sages of investment wisdom are being attacked by their more contemporary counterparts, who believe -- as many hopeful "investors" do -- that blockchain and its cryptocurrencies are the greatest thing since the invention of the mundane wheel.
Back in October, one such founder of a cryptographic ledger company (whatever that means) wrote an open letter to Jamie Dimon -- CEO of JPMorgan Chase -- in which the author intelligently spelled out his distilled and perhaps controversial definition of what blockchain means (and what it doesn't mean).
I say "controversial" because his view on cryptocurrencies was more simplistic than usual, curtly defined as solely a "new asset class that enables decentralized applications."
Decentralized applications, he explained, are simply traditional applications -- like banking, file storage or payment processing -- that don't need a trusted, regulated intermediary (like a Bank of America, Dropbox or Visa).
But while the world regales in the use of these regulation-less systems and imagines what the bright future holds for blockchain technology, no one is talking about the underlying assumption that could be the downfall of both our society and economy as we know it.
We already know the worst thing about Bitcoin, and we ignore it at our own peril.
We all know what Bitcoin is being used for: subversive activity in the dark web on sites like The Silk Road. Although that's not 100 percent of its use, all crypto assets lends perfectly well to illegal activity.
Why? Because its entire existence is predicated on a decentralized application. It's designed to be used outside of the bounds of any regulation, by people who deliberately want to be "off the grid."
While the author of the aforementioned paper calls this "miraculous," I call it scary, because to support the use of these crypto assets is to support the wholesale migration of transactions away from trusted, regulated and legal facilitators and toward several lines of code.
Would you invest in a completely deregulated world?
While everyone races toward blockchain, I wonder how we should sociologically value our movement away from banks, legal systems and other pillars of our society. After all, with blockchain, we would need none of these checks and balances, because the whole point of blockchain is its indisputability.
Then, the question is, what happens to these institutions? Do they all go away? Do we become a society that relies solely on a chain of coded transactions and come to consensus that we can all live "off the grid?"
If we all want to be off the grid, does that mean we don't need institutions? Governments? Legal systems to settle the uncertainty that will presumably no longer exist?
Now, supporters of blockchain (who aren't internet drug dealers) might argue that our current "regulated" system is broken. That the insiders (descendants of the Illuminati or Masons, perhaps) aren't regulating our highest institutions at all, but are bilking them for their own profits.
Case in point: The 2008 financial crisis, which was regulated by everyone and prevented by no one.
And you know what? These people would be correct to point to any number of situations and say that our financial and government institutions -- just to start with -- would be much better off if we remove the moral hazard that inherently applies whenever we appoint human beings to direct them.
The trouble is that blockchain isn't reform; it's heretic to the way in which we've come to define "trust" in our society -- not based on the people who run our systems, but on the way in which the systems are built in the first place (with humans, by humans, for humans).
No matter where you stand, this is the beginning of a huge trend -- it just might not be as good as we all hope.
Here's the fundamental truth that nobody is talking about: If we agree that blockchain is the future, we must also agree that human-regulated institutions are useless, and that means we throw away some of the most inherent pieces of our society.
Surely the black-market criminals are celebrating, as are the anarchists. For the rest of us, I'm not sure how we can justify putting our trust in the hands of a system intrinsically designed to derail our most stable and fundamental institutions.
Then again, I've seen The Terminator and The Matrix. Perhaps this is the first step towards decentralizing our freedom as well.
There is a slight difference between how to buy bitcoins and where to buy them. How to is all about the wallet and exchanges and the typical sources. Where to buy bitcoins digs a little deeper into some of the alternatives to exchanges and setting up your own shop that takes bitcoins.
Some larger areas have bitcoin ATMs. The prices are comparable to exchanges. This is a convenient process. Looking at the prices for the middle of November 2017, these are the prices at a bitcoin ATM in the United States. The dollars are US dollars. 0.01 costs $90.80. 0.001 costs $9.08.
Another source for bitcoins is eBay. A typical posting reads something like this, “0.001 bitcoin to your wallet. Pay with Paypal.” The seller wants a selfie of you holding your passport or driver’s license so they can compare your face to the ID and your name with the Paypal account. This 0.01 bitcoin costs $19.99. This is on a day when a bitcoin is selling for $8.
Another eBay seller is offering 0.01 bitcoin for $95. This seller has the same rule about the selfie with ID and matching the name with the Paypal account. On the market, 0.01 bitcoin is selling for $80.
If you are at the beginning of understanding bitcoins, be careful. Another seller is selling a gold plated physical bitcoin in a protective acrylic case for $11. The seller makes it clear that it is a commemorative coin. That’s a good thing because there is no such thing as a real physical bitcoin. However, someone not very knowledgeable about bitcoins might think that they are actual coins.
If you start accepting bitcoin for a service you offer or when you sell your car, you will become part of the movement toward having people become more familiar with using bitcoin.
When it comes to spending bitcoin, more stores are accepting them. Overstock, Intuit, Microsoft, and DISH network accept bitcoin as a payment method. eGifter sells more than 200 different gift cards accepting bitcoin as payment for the card. There is no additional fee for paying with bitcoin.
One of the reasons for brick and mortar store to be slow in adopting bitcoin as a payment type is the volatility of bitcoin. There were fears of selling an item one day and having bitcoin plummet the next day. This could cut into the store’s profit margin. Another factor is that every transaction requires verification and this can take up to 30 minutes.
If you purchase bitcoin and keep it in your wallet, it is very easy to convert it into cash or withdraw it to your bank account. An exchange such as coinbase is connected to your bank account and that is one way to withdraw money into your bank account. This is a way of using your bitcoin currency while you wait for more businesses to accept it as payment.
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A bitcoin wallet is software that connects you to the bitcoin network. This is the first step in acquiring bitcoin. You know how it is when you send someone an email. You have to have an email address, a password, and a way of connecting to the network. It can be webmail or a program such as Thunderbird or Outlook.
You open up your email program and send an email to someone, using the email address that they gave you. The email is sent using your email address. If someone gets your password, they can log into your email account and send out messages pretending they are you.
With bitcoin, you also need software to connect to the network. Your wallet is the software that allows you to connect to the bitcoin network. You have a public key and a private key instead of an email address and a password. You have to protect your private key because if anyone gets access to your wallet, they can clean it out. Think of it as leaving a tangible wallet stuffed with cash out where anyone can pick it up and empty it.
You can have a hot wallet or a cold wallet. A hot wallet is connected to the internet. It can be sitting on your computer, tablet, or phone. A cold wallet is kept offline. It gives a whole new meaning to cold storage. All it means is that it cannot be accessed on the internet.
Your wallet is a node on the bitcoin network. It can be a full node or a lightweight node. A full node loads every bitcoin transaction to your wallet. At bitcoin.org, the latest bitcoin core information is available. This is the entire history of all bitcoin transactions to date. As of November 2017, it is big – 145 gigabytes. Some people have reported that it took several days to download the full node. It also takes up a lot of space on your computer. It would not fit on a phone.
A lightweight node is also referred to as an SPV wallet or node. SPV stands for simplified payment verification. In this mode, you download only a part of the bitcoin core. It is still connected to the full node but it receives just the transactions that are necessary and that are relevant to your node.
You can also have an online wallet, a wallet in the cloud. Often bitcoin exchanges, those places where you can set up an account and buy or sell bitcoins, have wallets where you can store your bitcoins as you accumulate them. When you buy bitcoin on an exchange, you may want to leave some bitcoin cash in the wallet on the exchange and transfer some to another one of your wallets.
Paper wallets are also popular. You can print out your public and private keys and a QR code and store that piece of paper as if it were cash. With the QR code, it is easy to scan in and use online. The security depends on how well you store this valuable piece of paper.
If you have several wallets, it is easy to transfer your bitcoin from one to the other. Some users keep a lightweight wallet on their phone for easy and quick transactions. Typically, they keep it like pocket change, keeping just enough to have walking around funds.
They may keep some in a hot wallet on their home computer as well. They store the majority of their bitcoins in a cold wallet. When it comes to a cold wallet, it is possible to store your wallet on a USB stick. If you have a lot of bitcoin, you might want to consider a hardware wallet that encrypts the information. If someone gets your USB stick, it is possible that they can take your bitcoins. With a secure encrypted hardware cold wallet, that is not so easy.
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Vitalik Buterin Releases Revolutionary New DAICO Model for ICOs
Vitalik Buterin, the creator of the Ethereum Network, recently proposed a new method for decentralized fundraising called the “DAICO”. Incorporating elements of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, the new model is designed to minimize the complexity and risk associated with ICOs.
Buterin outlined the new model in a post on the Ethereum Research Forum entitled “Explanation of DAICOs”. In the exposition, the Russian-Canadian programmer outlines a new model that integrates characteristics of DAOs into ICOs to create a new model he refers to as the “DAICO”.
The post includes a diagram that breaks down the benefits of bringing DAO elements into an ICO, including the ability to leverage crowd wisdom, the distrust of centralized teams, and the ability to spread funding over time. The DAICO model also incorporates the single-project approach of the ICO model along with a lack of a 51% attack risk.
Improving the ICO Model
Buterin’s proposed model could greatly improve the traditional structure of an ICO and eliminate the risk of resources being used in an inappropriate manner by ICO creators for personal gain. The “DAO” in “DAOICO” refers to a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is governed by a smart contract.
By leveraging the beneficial aspects of the DAO model, Buterin argues that the cost of using Ethereum could be greatly reduced while at the same time placing a stronger emphasis on developer results:
A DAICO contract is published by a single development team that wishes to raise funds for a project. The DAICO contract starts off in ‘contribution mode,’ specifying a mechanism by which anyone can contribute ETH to the contract, and get tokens in exchange. This could be a capped sale, an uncapped sale, a Dutch auction, an interactive coin offering, a KYC’d sale with dynamic per-person caps, or whatever other mechanism the team chooses. Once the contribution period ends, the ability to contribute ETH stops and the initial token balances are set; from there on the tokens can become tradeable.
Game-theoretic Security Approach
In his post, Buterin admits that votes of any kind are susceptible to manipulation to some degree, but argues that merging the structures of ICOs and DAOs could dramatically reduce the threat of manipulation.
Should a 51% attack increase the tap of a DAOICO, the developers behind the project would be able to simply lower the tap again. Referencing developers who are “spending funds on lambos instead of real work,” Buterin states that investors would be able to collectively refuse to raise the tap – or even collectively “vote to self-destruct”.
Buterin’s new model follows recent Twitter posts in which the Ethereum creator vented his frustration with the current state of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, stating that he “WILL leave” if immaturity and mania continue to plague the Ethereum community.
In addition to publishing the new DAICO model, Buterin also announced subsidies of between US$50,000 and US$1 million to reward any work that contributes to solving the ongoing scalability issue present in the cryptocurrency environment.
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USB Bitcoin miners are available to buy, but they don’t really generate any significant profits.
They’re a good choice if you just want to fool around with Bitcoin mining and miners like the Antminer S9, S7, S5, Antminer R4, SP20, and Avalon6 are too expensive for you.
You should buy one to learn how mining works, but other than that don’t expect much! If you are serious about making profit then check out better Bitcoin mining hardware.
You can always check the profitability of a USB miner using our mining calculator.
Don’t Get Confused
There is USB Bitcoin mining hardware, which mines bitcoins.
Both are USB type devices that have completely separate functions!
Bitcoin USB Miners Comparison
ASICMiner Block Erupter USB 330MH/s Sapphire Miner
The Sapphire Block Erupters were the first Bitcoin USB miners. They have 330 MH/s of hash power which would net you less than $0.01 per month.
It may be a good choice just to see how mining works, but like with most USB miners: do not expect to turn a profit.
GekkoScience Compac USB Stick Bitcoin Miner
The GekkoScience miners is just slightly better than the original block erupters.
It will net you about $0.15 per month, which is more than a dollar per year! The company claims that the device runs completely silent. It works with just one USB port.
Avalon Nano 3
The Avalon Nano 3 is a 3.6 GH/s miner, which will earn you about $1 per year. No fan is required and it just plugs into your USB port on any computer.
Bitmain Antrouter R1 Wifi Solo Bitcoin Miner
The Bitmain AntRouter isn’t exactly a USB miner, but it is similar. It’s low cost, but with that you get a low GH/s at just 5.5 GH/s which is a little over $1 per year.
The plus side is it works as a wireless router, so you can do some mining while providing internet for all your devices.
21 Bitcoin Computer
The 21 Bitcoin Computer isn’t the typical USB Bitcoin miner. It does, however, plugin to your computer via USB. In terms of $ / hash rate, it’s not a very good choice.
But since it’s still technically a USB miner we have included it in this list.
If you’re not impressed, we don’t blame you! USB Bitcoin mining was only profitable when Bitcoin was in its early years. If you just want bitcoins then invest in serious mining hardware or just buy bitcoins.
More Bitcoin Mining Hardware ASICs (None-USB)
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What is Bitcoin?Bitcoin isn’t actually a coin. Nor is it a piece of paper or anything physical you can hold or put in your pocket. It has no bank or regulator. It’s a computer code that exists on the internet on a thing called the blockchain, a ledger of transactions. Anonymity originally made bitcoin and other digital currencies popular for illegal activities, especially on the internet. But retailers gradually warmed to accepting bitcoin, and there are even bitcoin ATMs. Online trading sites allow people to buy and sell it in fractions of a whole, meaning ordinary people don’t have to plunk down a big bundle of money all at once to get a piece of the action.
To buy it, you have to get a so-called digital wallet to store your coins and then link to a place where you can buy them. Coinbase is one such site. It’s an app where you create an account and link it to your bank and then use it to buy, sell and store coins. There is a transaction fee. Banks and financial companies have taken a keen interest in the blockchain concept, seeing uses for it in securities settlement, payments and other transactions far beyond tracking a digital token. But bitcoin has some obvious problems, extreme price volatility being just one.
Futures industry participants, including major banks that clear securities transactions, have warned about the risks to the system if the bitcoin price collapses and people trading bitcoin futures get hit with margin calls. And if the origins of bitcoin aren’t sketchy enough — created by a shadowy and unverified person or persons going by the name Satoshi Nakamoto — sites where it has been trading and where people store their coins in virtual wallets have been subject to hacking and theft.
Just this week some $70 million of bitcoin was stolen from a site called NiceHash, and the previously best-known exchange, Mt. Gox, collapsed in 2014 after 850,000 bitcoins, then-worth $450 million, went missing. No less than JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and billionaire investor Warren Buffet have called it, respectively, a fraud and a mirage. Though on Friday, Dimon told CNBC he was open to the use of cryptocurrencies if properly controlled and regulated.
Bitcoin bulls point to its scarcity value as a reason it will have staying power. Only 21 million bitcoins will be in existence. To “find” them, people do something called mining, which means using a computer and a lot of electricity to solve math problems that unlock bitcoins as a reward. By devoting resources to developing blockchain technology, banks have legitimized it, but the question is whether bitcoin will last.
Thomas Peterffy, the CEO of Interactive Brokers and a pioneer in the markets in his own right, is allowing his brokerage customers to trade the futures starting Monday, with a big 50 percent margin and hefty $5 per-contract fee. “I’m extremely curious. This is an amazing thing,” he said on CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Thursday.
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Ukraine Is Creating Official Group For Cryptocurrency Regulation
REGULATING CRYPTOCURRENCIES
As cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular and widespread, many governments worldwide are introducing regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and exchanges. In 2017 the whole cryptocurrency market experienced an explosive growth rate which drew a lot of attention from governments and financial institutions.
According to a recent statement by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine urged the government to implement proper regulatory measures for cryptocurrencies in Ukraine. The National Bank of Ukraine is mainly concerned by the fact that cryptocurrencies can be used for criminal activities like drug and weapons trafficking. The statement mentions that a working group will be launched, which will consist of representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine, Ministry of Finance and various other security agencies in order to create such a regulatory framework. The proposal would also give law agencies more access to websites and platforms that deal with cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
UKRAINE’S OWN CRYPTOCURRENCY
Many countries have already experimented with the idea of creating fiat-based cryptocurrencies. A couple of weeks ago EU officials denied the possibility that the Eurozone would introduce its own cryptocurrency. Russia and Venezuela already started experimenting with their own fiat-based cryptocurrencies. The statement by the NSDCU also mentions that the National Bank of Ukraine is considering to create its own cryptocurrency.
Analysts believe that Ukraine’s own cryptocurrency would aim to curb the popularity of Bitcoin and altcoins in Ukraine and give authorities and regulators more financial control. The new regulations would also allow Ukranian authorities to properly tax any income that was archived through cryptocurrency trading, investing or mining.
What are your thoughts on the regulatory proposal by the Ukranian authorities? Do you think that it will benefit cryptocurrency users in the country? Let us know in the comments below!
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Transneft says its computers were used for mining cryptocurrency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Computers at Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) have been used for the unauthorized manufacture, or “mining”, of the cryptocurrency Monero, a vice-president of the Russian pipeline operator said.
“Incidents where the company’s hardware was used to manufacture crypto-currency have been found. It could have a negative impact on the productivity of our processing capacity,” Transneft Vice-president Vladimir Rushailo told a company meeting. He did not elaborate.
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin enable individuals to transfer value to each other and pay for goods and services bypassing banks and the mainstream financial system.
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, topped $17,000 this week to hit an all-time high and an almost 20-fold increase this year. BTC=BTSP. Monero a rival to Bitcoin.
Russian authorities have repeatedly said they will control and supervise the market for virtual currencies.
Russia’s central bank has said there were risks that cryptocurrencies could be used for money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
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