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Indian Regulators Wary About Bitcoin – The Diplomat

The DiplomatIndian Regulators Wary About BitcoinThe DiplomatThe internal debate over Bitcoin highlights two competing impulses within the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While officials want to foster innovation in the banking sector, they …


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Indian Regulators Wary About Bitcoin
The Diplomat
The internal debate over Bitcoin highlights two competing impulses within the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While officials want to foster innovation in the banking sector, they are wary that such technologies could facilitate cybercrime ...

Announcing Rilcoin ICO

rilcoin icoRecently, Rilcoin is about to declare its Initial Coin Offering cam-paign. The company has set an aim to give new definition to the crypto investment platform by building an industry that can widen up the applications of blockchain to the most considerable extent. Rilcoin is going to be a totally new platform for asset management systems which would provide a fresh perspective to financial in-struments and investment tactics. It will offer individuals to invest in cryptocurrencies supported by Blockchain protection as well as real-world assets which would altogether avail a whole new manner of funding. Investors are allowed to exchange

rilcoin ico

Recently, Rilcoin is about to declare its Initial Coin Offering cam-paign. The company has set an aim to give new definition to the crypto investment platform by building an industry that can widen up the applications of blockchain to the most considerable extent.

Rilcoin is going to be a totally new platform for asset management systems which would provide a fresh perspective to financial in-struments and investment tactics. It will offer individuals to invest in cryptocurrencies supported by Blockchain protection as well as real-world assets which would altogether avail a whole new manner of funding.

Investors are allowed to exchange cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum or any other currency to get Rilcoin to be used within the platform. Rilcoin will be a cryptocurrency based on a technology equivalent to Fiat Currency. Some of the features which won’t be like fiat currency will be made favourable through smart contracts. The flexibility of Rilcoin to include all the benefits of fiat currency makes it a unique one among all the other cryptocurrencies. It is go-ing to be the first cryptocurrency involving qualities of fiat currency.

Giving great importance to customer satisfaction by maintaining an utterly experienced team, Rilcoin would be easy to be understood by even those who don’t have a financial background and can avail great earning leverages getting into a volatile market.

Important Investment Instruments

  • CWF, i.e. “Connect World Funds” is one of the ways intro-duced for investors to buy tokens that indicate real-world in-vestment funds offering to switch in between these funds via exchanging their coins. Rilcoin allows to purchase the new to-kens through Connect World Funds, so now an individual only needs to check out the earned profit amounts.

Rilcoin platform proposes with Crypto-Funds Investments facility to invest in evolving crypto markets providing potential assets’ insights via cryptocurrencies as well as fiat currencies. It is not necessary to spend higher amounts to get higher earn-ings; the platform introduces investors with best of the oppor-tunities.

  • Rilcoin users are also provided with Crowd-Funding facility so that they may perform operations according to the ideas of other in-vestors. It gives leverage for getting knowledge of the economic as well as financial sectors coming from specific forums.

Rilcoin’s ICO

Investors who are going to participate in Rilcoin ICO will be re-warded with Rilcoins.

Currently, there are 30 Million of Rilcoin tokens for this particular level of the project. Each token costs $1.

Rilcoin tokens would represent Rilcoin shares as well as offer in-vestors to purchase services at a more beneficial value in compari-son to other cryptocurrencies. All of the investors will also be al-lowed to own a specific part of the dividends too.

Summary

Name: Rilcoin

Start Date: October 15, 2017; 00:00:00 UTC End Date: January 12, 2018; 00:00:00 UTC

How to be a part of ICO?

Any individual who is interested in participating in Rilcoin ICO can do it via rilcoin.io . One has to fill the form on the official website to further get Rilcoin tokens in his/her associated wallet.

Online Availability

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Currency name: Rilcoin

Official website: http://rilcoin.io/

This is a sponsored press release and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views held by any employees of The Merkle. This is not investment, trading, or gambling advice. Always conduct your own independent research.

Why Bitcoin Cash Isn’t King

falling kingBorn August 1, 2017, Bitcoin Cash is to its proponents what Bitcoin ought to be. As of now, it features 8mb blocks as opposed to one or two. Its transaction time is just under a minute and a half per block, and its fees are low, about seven cents per transaction. However, Bitcoin Cash did not take over Bitcoin after the fork. Let’s look at a few reasons why. 1. Segwit worked Litecoin’s SegWit activation led to adoption and drove prices higher. Perhaps, some traders took wind of this and held Bitcoin despite some negative sentiment. 2. Access and adoption wasn’t

falling king

Born August 1, 2017, Bitcoin Cash is to its proponents what Bitcoin ought to be. As of now, it features 8mb blocks as opposed to one or two. Its transaction time is just under a minute and a half per block, and its fees are low, about seven cents per transaction. However, Bitcoin Cash did not take over Bitcoin after the fork. Let’s look at a few reasons why.

1. Segwit worked

Litecoin’s SegWit activation led to adoption and drove prices higher. Perhaps, some traders took wind of this and held Bitcoin despite some negative sentiment.

2. Access and adoption wasn’t wide

Not everyone that knew about the fork took advantage of it. Some kept their coins on Coinbase or another online wallet or exchange that did not divvy up a fork dividend.

3. The retailers weren’t ready

The old credo, “Build it and they will come” did not not apply. Retailers and restaurants that accepted Bitcoin just weren’t there leaving Bitcoin Cash without the killer app it could have used.

4. Name recognition

When it comes to cryptocurrencies, anything new comes with both speculation and, perhaps, a bit of paranoia. No one knew what would happen with either coin after the fork. But SegWit had proven to work with Litecoin. And the market loves predictability, especially when it comes to an event such as the integration of optimizing software.

5. No easily recognizable utility or network

The chant for bigger blocks has been sounding to a crescendo for the past couple of years, and SegWit proponents’ negation of this has kept pace. The lay user of bitcoin never really understood what the fight was truly about, and can hardly tell the difference between the two.

 

Bitcoin is expecting another fork in November. However, after the first fork (Aug 1), speculators and traders have learned that staying along for the ride with Bitcoin for the forked coin may prove profitable. Especially if they can ride the storm for both coins.

There was a palpability for fear in the market as a lot of altcoins saw their growth slowly decline. Traders were jumping ship to bitcoin. Who can blame them? Bitcoin is now cruising past five thousand and nearing six as of the time of writing. On the other hand, we watched altcoins suffer this past week. Bitcoin Cash has caught itself in a balancing act., as its supporters have to maintain a code that will lead to profitability for miners in order to ensure the long term success of the cryptocurrency.

Lisbon Will Host an Event about Blockchain, the Technology behind Bitcoin

The impact of the changes that Blockchain is causing in our society is equivalent to the emergence of the Internet. Its most representative initiative, Bitcoin, is revolutionizing the global monetary system – and it’s just the beginning. Wh…

The impact of the changes that Blockchain is causing in our society is equivalent to the emergence of the Internet. Its most representative initiative, Bitcoin, is revolutionizing the global monetary system – and it’s just the beginning. When something of this magnitude arises, the professionals who will conduct these disruptions need to have a place … Continue reading Lisbon Will Host an Event about Blockchain, the Technology behind Bitcoin

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Here’s Another Reason Why Bitcoin Could Soon Hit $6000 – Fortune


Fortune

Here’s Another Reason Why Bitcoin Could Soon Hit $6000
Fortune
It took less than a month for bitcoin investors to shake off China’s cryptocurrency crack down and Wall Street naysayers. On Friday, the price of bitcoin jumped within striking distance of $6,000 as optimism surrounding the cryptocurrency reignited
Bitcoin hits new high on rumors China will allow crypto tradingVICE News
One bitcoin is now worth more than $5100, a record highQuartz

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Fortune

Here's Another Reason Why Bitcoin Could Soon Hit $6000
Fortune
It took less than a month for bitcoin investors to shake off China's cryptocurrency crack down and Wall Street naysayers. On Friday, the price of bitcoin jumped within striking distance of $6,000 as optimism surrounding the cryptocurrency reignited ...
Bitcoin hits new high on rumors China will allow crypto tradingVICE News
One bitcoin is now worth more than $5100, a record highQuartz

all 10 news articles »

This Is Digital Gaming’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

MOSCOW—Each year, global gamers spend more than $100 billion USD, and countless hours of gameplay, to purchase and earn digital goods. But what does that sizable investment amount to once they switch to a different game? In most cases, nothing. That’s …

MOSCOW—Each year, global gamers spend more than $100 billion USD, and countless hours of gameplay, to purchase and earn digital goods. But what does that sizable investment amount to once they switch to a different game? In most cases, nothing. That’s because there is currently no secure, transparent and liquid platform where gamers can buy, … Continue reading This Is Digital Gaming’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

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Inspeer, Inspiring through Peer to Peer, Announces Its ICO, Scheduled for November 6, 2017

With the rapid advancement of blockchain technology and a fundamental shift away from traditional lenders being the dominant intermediary in the lending industry, peer to peer lending is gaining momentum as the next evolution in the financial services …

With the rapid advancement of blockchain technology and a fundamental shift away from traditional lenders being the dominant intermediary in the lending industry, peer to peer lending is gaining momentum as the next evolution in the financial services sector. Inspeer is one of very few organizations who recognized the additional utilities of both blockchain and … Continue reading Inspeer, Inspiring through Peer to Peer, Announces Its ICO, Scheduled for November 6, 2017

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Nordic Law Firm Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments – Bitcoin News (press release)


Bitcoin News (press release)

Nordic Law Firm Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin News (press release)
A Finland-based law firm, Nordic Law, made an announcement Thursday they would begin accepting bitcoin payments for legal services rendered. Specializing in business and law, the firm recognized their clients’ needs for leveraging alternative forms of …

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Bitcoin News (press release)

Nordic Law Firm Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin News (press release)
A Finland-based law firm, Nordic Law, made an announcement Thursday they would begin accepting bitcoin payments for legal services rendered. Specializing in business and law, the firm recognized their clients' needs for leveraging alternative forms of ...

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Silberpfeil – Tokens Backed by Real-world Assets

silberpfeilWhile cryptocurrencies began largely as experiments in the cryptography and technology space, the rise of ICO’s has attracted the attention of many companies who are seeking to utilize blockchain technology in new and novel ways. Silberpfeil is one of those taking a novel approach by introducing a new token, AMG, which is backed on a roughly one to one ratio with the company’s energy drinks. The advantage of their strategy is primarily based on their existing business as a purveyor of energy drinks throughout Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Turkey, with expansion plans already slated for as many as 23 countries.

silberpfeil

While cryptocurrencies began largely as experiments in the cryptography and technology space, the rise of ICO’s has attracted the attention of many companies who are seeking to utilize blockchain technology in new and novel ways. Silberpfeil is one of those taking a novel approach by introducing a new token, AMG, which is backed on a roughly one to one ratio with the company’s energy drinks. The advantage of their strategy is primarily based on their existing business as a purveyor of energy drinks throughout Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Turkey, with expansion plans already slated for as many as 23 countries.

Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article.

Silberpfeil’s name is derived from “Silver Arrow,” a popular name for AMG Mercedes race cars, which are actually partnered with the brand and have allowed the logo to be shown on their cans. The crowdsale is being held by Aranell AG, which is also an established company in Switzerland. According to the white paper, the main objective of the fundraising is the organization of marketing events to raise the recognition of the Silberpfeil brand all over the world and expand distribution markets. Eighty percent of the funds raised will be spent on marketing, both online and offline, as well as social network advertising, sports and event sponsorship. The white paper also accounts for production and other costs entailed in the manufacturing of the company’s energy drinks.

The company’s AMD tokens can be converted to SILBERPFEIL products or exchanged for token bonuses. Each ERC20-based AMD token is backed up by one can of the company’s beverage, with an indicative median unit price of roughly 1.8Euros. This could be a particularly profitable strategy for retail businesses, who may be able to purchase large quantities of the beverage at significantly reduced prices, by participating in early rounds of the fundraising. Token holders get a bonus from each can sold, therefore, with increasing volume, there will be concurrently increased profit. Retail shops may also pay the company for their drink in AMD tokens, receiving a discount for doing so. In order to diversify their product range and secure their brand against potential regulatory risks, they also produce other beverages including oxygen infused water and tea.

Silberpfeil also has significant plans to encourage franchisees.  The main point of purchasing a franchise is access to the company’s special branded refrigerators, which are typically 800USD.  By participating in the crowdsale, partners could receive up to a 25% discount. The company also intends to develop a mobile app which will allow consumers to locate beverages at local retailers, making use of geolocation services.  The crowdsale intends to raise a minimum of $10 million USD, with roughly 75% of tokens on offer at the token sale period, and another 20% held by the company.

The company plans to reach a total market capitalization of 1 billion dollars within 3 years, as detailed in their roadmap. While certainly ambitious, Silberpfeil has done a significant degree of financial analysis and is extrapolating from their existing sales to reach these projections. With energy drinks continuing to expand their share of the beverage market at an exponential rate, Silberpfeil hopes to lead the industry into the future.

Scaling Bitcoin Releases This Year’s Program and a New Developer Bootcamp

Today, Scaling Bitcoin, the international engineering conference focused on Bitcoin and blockchain research, released its program for the 2017 edition. The conference, to be held in Stanford, California, in the first weekend of November, will also i…

Scaling Bitcoin Just Released This Year’s Program and a New Developer Bootcamp

Today, Scaling Bitcoin, the international engineering conference focused on Bitcoin and blockchain research, released its program for the 2017 edition. The conference, to be held in Stanford, California, in the first weekend of November, will also introduce a new side event this year: Bitcoin Edge, a bootcamp for starting Bitcoin developers.

“The program is extremely interesting because it delivers cutting edge research on different blockchain scalability approaches, fungibility, consensus, data propagation, alternative techniques for handling blockchains and many other topics,” said Anton Yemelyanov, chair of the Scaling Bitcoin Planning Committee.

Scaling Bitcoin Stanford

After events in Montreal, Hong Kong and Milan, the fourth edition of the Scaling Bitcoin conference is taking place at Stanford University on November 4 and 5 of this year.

Where the first two editions of Scaling Bitcoin were mainly focused on scaling and scalability, the third edition broadened the scope of the conference to include a more diverse set of topics. This trend will continue in Stanford, where talks will range from highly technical topics concerning privacy and fungibility, to fee markets and fee estimation, censorship resistance and more.

“Bitcoin is the origin of all distributed ledger technology,” said Yemelyanov. “Scaling Bitcoin has been fortunate to act as a vehicle for bringing the audience technologies such as Segregated Witness and MimbleWimble, all of which have been adopted or incorporated into various blockchain projects. We hope that other material presented by our participants will be of similar value and help the industry advance the research and development of blockchains.”

Yemelyanov added that another key goal for Scaling Bitcoin conferences is to bring engineers and other technical minds together in a physical space where they can discuss their work in person.

“It is through collaboration where a lot of ideas are born and have potential of becoming reality,” he said.

Bitcoin Edge Dev++

In addition to the conference itself, Scaling Bitcoin is also introducing a two-day technical bootcamp for experienced developers getting into Bitcoin: Bitcoin Edge.

This nonprofit initiative is an effort to help scale the development capacity of the industry, Yemelyanov explained:

“One of the approaches of helping the industry scale is to scale the much needed development capacity of the industry. There is a clear talent deficit and we are trying to help all industry participants by running a nonprofit workshop that will allow developers to gain complete understanding of primitives that comprise Bitcoin and blockchains in general and be able to start working in this field.”

Bitcoin Edge will be led by well-known Bitcoin developers and academics Anditto Heristyo, Ethan Heilman, John Newbery, Karl-Johan Alm, Nicolas Dorier, Thaddeus Dryja and Jimmy Song. They’ll introduce participants to a range of technical Bitcoin-related topics, including Elliptic Curve cryptography, transaction structures, difficulty calculation and adjustments, and much more.

This workshop will take place on the November 2 and 3. For more information on the Bitcoin Edge initiative, visit bitcoinedge.org.

See here for the full Scaling Bitcoin Stanford program.

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These charts show how quickly bitcoin is growing – CNBC


CNBC

These charts show how quickly bitcoin is growing
CNBC
Bitcoin has climbed from below $1,000 this year to a record above $5,800, showing how quickly investor interest in the digital currency has increased. The number of digital currency storage “wallets” from Blockchain.info has nearly doubled from last
Here’s Another Reason Why Bitcoin Could Soon Hit $6000Fortune
Bitcoin’s Price Keeps Rising, But Is $6000 in Reach?CoinDesk
Bitcoin races past $5000 to a new all-time highNew York Post
CNNMoney –Inverse
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CNBC

These charts show how quickly bitcoin is growing
CNBC
Bitcoin has climbed from below $1,000 this year to a record above $5,800, showing how quickly investor interest in the digital currency has increased. The number of digital currency storage "wallets" from Blockchain.info has nearly doubled from last ...
Here's Another Reason Why Bitcoin Could Soon Hit $6000Fortune
Bitcoin's Price Keeps Rising, But Is $6000 in Reach?CoinDesk
Bitcoin races past $5000 to a new all-time highNew York Post
CNNMoney -Inverse
all 33 news articles »