It has become rather evident that embedding cryptocurrency mining scripts in web pages can be a very lucrative business. The Pirate Bay recently experimented with such a script to potentially replace its ad revenue model. However, this technology can also be used for far more nefarious purposes. uBlock Origin, one of the world’s most famous ad blockers, has built in a feature that blocks these mining scripts altogether. Web-based Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts are odd The concept of mining cryptocurrency using a web browser makes very little sense to the average person. It only gets more confusing when one realizes he or she is not mining for
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Pick n Pay Double Take? The Supermarket Chain Isn’t Accepting Bitcoin, It Tested It
South Africa’s second-largest supermarket chain tested bitcoin payments earlier this year, but is thus far declining to roll out a broader option.
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Pick n Pay Double Take? The Supermarket Chain Isn’t Accepting Bitcoin, It Tested It
South Africa’s second-largest supermarket chain tested bitcoin payments earlier this year, but is thus far declining to roll out a broader option.
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Bitcoin Price Watch; Here’s Our Take On The Day’s Action
That’s another session done out of Europe in our bitcoin price trading efforts and what else can we say other than what a day! Things are moving incredibly fast right now and it’s getting tough to stay on top of the market from a fundamental perspective. Price is being pushed all over the place by … Continue reading Bitcoin Price Watch; Here’s Our Take On The Day’s Action
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Correction Not a Crash: Bitcoin Price Eyes $3,000 as Traders Take Profits
Bitcoin’s price may be down, but there’s not enough evidence to suggest a crash is ahead, chart analysis projects.
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How Ethbet Plans to Take Over the Dicing Industry
There’s a new player in the world of dicing: Ethbet will be the first decentralized cryptocurrency gambling platform that allows players to bet with no house edge in a peer-to-peer manner. The highly anticipated Ethbet crowdsale is set to begin on September 10th, giving its eager supporters a chance to invest in what could become the most successful dicing project in the history of cryptocurrencies. Ethbet uses a novel technique of pairing up different players to bet directly against each other. Because players bet against each other instead of against a house, the need for a costly house edge is
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Opus Just Broke 100,000 Listeners, With $500K Raised So Far, Can They Take on Spotify?
Ethereum and other related blockchain technologies are shattering industries ranging from Finance to Computing. With executives in the FinTech industry scrambling to understand how Blockchain technologies work, are other industries safe from the disruptive nature of Blockchain? Music producer, Mark Papai is no stranger to the billion a year music industry. As Papai said: “The greatest challenge I have found is the inability for rising artists to monetize their work”. The music industry today is fragmented, abusive and generally inefficient. Giants such as Spotify take a significant cut of the profits, while platforms such as Tidal restricts artists to exclusive releases that
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