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MoonLite – A Timely Disruption of the Crippled Crypto Mining Model

Cryptocurrency mining operations have come a long way since the early days when bitcoin first came into the scene. When Satoshi Nakamoto launched the innovation in 2009, his objective was to have a decentralized currency that users could mine from home. True to his dream, early movers used basic CPUs to solve the mathematical puzzles … Continue reading MoonLite – A Timely Disruption of the Crippled Crypto Mining Model

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Cryptocurrency mining operations have come a long way since the early days when bitcoin first came into the scene. When Satoshi Nakamoto launched the innovation in 2009, his objective was to have a decentralized currency that users could mine from home. True to his dream, early movers used basic CPUs to solve the mathematical puzzles required to generate new coins. But this simple mining approach fast became obsolete as miners flocked in and the puzzles became more complex.

Fast forward to the present day and some studies point out that the amount of electricity required for mining in the bitcoin industry alone is sufficient to power small countries like Ireland for an entire year. This massive electric energy consumption arises from the advanced equipment used for mining, the technology as well as the location chosen. This is where the MoonLite project comes in, as it seeks to streamline mining operations in a number of cryptocurrencies to reduce the negative ecological impact of the activity.

The MoonLite model proposes a number of unique approaches that set it apart from the competition and give it a remarkable edge.
 

Smart Mining Solution

 
The MoonLite project plans to start industrial scale mining operations on Bitcoin, Litecoin, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and even Ethereum (depending on prevalent profitability) by August 2018. This choice of currency is in itself a highlight as the project only targets the most stable and profitable opportunities in the crypto industry. In addition to making strategic choices in this regard, the project also aims to implement a smart mining approach that will optimize the potential of the operation.

The development team is working on custom algorithms and Artificial Intelligence models that will lead to the highest possible operational efficiency and create autonomy in the data centers. This customized smart mining solution will also reduce mining costs while increasing the profit margins from the activity. It is also planning to create a team of youthful, tech-savvy individuals to exercise control over this custom system at all times to minimize downtime.
 

Strategic Equipment Sourcing

 
The MoonLite operational plan incorporates a clever equipment sourcing approach that will lead to notable benefits. All of the ASIC equipment that the project requires in order to set up mining operations will be purchased directly from manufacturers. The team has already established a strategic business relationship with three of the biggest mining equipment suppliers namely, Bitmain Technologies, Bit Fury and Pin Idea.

The company will make purchases at scale in order to qualify for high volume discounts. These high volume purchases will also avail the project of high-level support provisions from the manufacturers. And the fact that all equipment will be the property of MoonLite will serve as a hedge against potential failure thus securing a huge chunk of the investment capital.

In addition to this, MoonLite is planning to implement an aggressive equipment replacement program to ensure top performance at all times. The project will have in-house nodes for every currency being mined and will execute its operations in several pools.
 

The Ideal Location

 
The project will set up a number of data centers around the globe and the first location chosen is Iceland. This is one of the world’s most popular data center locations because of its production of green energy. All of the electricity produced in Iceland is 100% clean and green as it comes from wind, geothermal and hydro sources. This fact has contributed to its being a low-tariff region that will allow MoonLite to minimize operational expenses.

Moreover, it has political stability, a developed infrastructure network, low temperatures to keep cooling expenses on the low and VAT exemption on data center equipment.
 

Future Prospects for Moonlite

 
One of the most outstanding benefits of the MoonLite project is that it focuses on an area that few others have dared to venture. There is a significant gap in the current mining model and the early mover status of this project gives it a high likelihood of success. It takes a strategic, technologically advanced and ecologically friendly approach to the concept thus optimizing the efficiency of the model.

The combination of strategies that the project seeks to employ will keep the data centers at the base of the operational costs curve. This will offer a hedge against potential risks such as currency devaluation and an increase in energy tariffs.

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All Best Features in One Platform, Created to Post Photos and to Earn Money!

Hardly can one imagine a single day passing without at least a couple of photos taken… Selfies, photos of dear and near ones, beloved pets, landscapes, interior design, street art and more. Right at this moment, 3 billion smartphones are being used and most of them are high-class devices that can capture high-quality photos. For … Continue reading All Best Features in One Platform, Created to Post Photos and to Earn Money!

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Hardly can one imagine a single day passing without at least a couple of photos taken… Selfies, photos of dear and near ones, beloved pets, landscapes, interior design, street art and more.

Right at this moment, 3 billion smartphones are being used and most of them are high-class devices that can capture high-quality photos. For example, about 47.000 photos are published to Instagram every day. Over 1.2 trillion photos were clicked by smartphone users in 2017 only.

Therefore, all the more shameful is that the authors of visual content who most deserve monetization of their inspiration, creativity, and commitment get almost nothing from posting their works-of-art on social media platforms. In fact, these platforms turn out to get the lion’s share for what they solely host.

SELFLLERY is a visual content-rewarding platform. On SELFLLERY a user automatically gets rewards for each like or comment in cryptocurrency YOU token which is based on Ethereum blockchain. YOU tokens can be transferred to Ethereum wallet and managed as wished. SELFLLERY’s motto easily explains the idea: TAKE PHOTO — MAKE MONEY!

The new social platform has several distinctive features that you can’t find anywhere else:

  1. The possibility of creating smart contracts between opinion leaders and advertisers. Whereas previously the fulfillment of the obligations, including final payment, depended only on two parties and their honesty, now it has an unbiased intermediary, a smart contract that forces participants to play fair.
  2. A collection of stock photos for advertisers. Each photo posted on SELFLLERY can be bought and sold, each user can get money for making an interesting photo. Unlike many other platforms, we take only a small fee, which helps us maintain the Reward Fund. All photos are verified, that excludes the opportunity for any fraud.
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  4. And of course, user verification. We use a multi-step identity verification system, so you can be sure that you buy a photo from its author, and those malicious users will be filtered out by the system. No scammers allowed.

You could have seen some of these features in other products, but you have never seen a platform that has it all in one!

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Major Blockchains Are Pretty Much Still Centralized

Researchers wade into the centralization debate, setting out data analysis they think could help shed light on the issue.

Researchers wade into the centralization debate, setting out data analysis they think could help shed light on the issue.

Bitcoin price LIVE: BTC hits $11.5k despite Bank of England’s ‘damning’ remarks – Express.co.uk


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Bitcoin price LIVE: BTC hits $11.5k despite Bank of England’s ‘damning’ remarks
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Cryptocurrency commentators are still mulling over comments from govenor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney who said last week that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin a “failure” and a lottery. He said they exhibit all the “classic hallmarks of bubbles

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Bitcoin price LIVE: BTC hits $11.5k despite Bank of England's 'damning' remarks
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Cryptocurrency commentators are still mulling over comments from govenor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney who said last week that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin a "failure" and a lottery. He said they exhibit all the "classic hallmarks of bubbles ...

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Beware Fintech Firms Bearing Bitcoin – Bloomberg


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Beware Fintech Firms Bearing Bitcoin
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At Square, Jack Dorsey’s team offers a fairytale picture-book, “My First Bitcoin,” which buries all the health warnings right at the bottom. Revolut compares cryptocurrency exchanges to local farms trading “juicy” produce at the town market. Still, if


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Beware Fintech Firms Bearing Bitcoin
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At Square, Jack Dorsey's team offers a fairytale picture-book, "My First Bitcoin," which buries all the health warnings right at the bottom. Revolut compares cryptocurrency exchanges to local farms trading "juicy" produce at the town market. Still, if ...

Cardano Price Technical Analysis – ADA/USD’s Struggle Continues

Key Highlights ADA price made an upside move, but it failed to break the $0.3000 resistance against the US Dollar (tethered). There was a false break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $0.2950 on the hourly chart of the ADA/USD pair (data feed via Bittrex). The pair may decline one more time … Continue reading Cardano Price Technical Analysis – ADA/USD’s Struggle Continues

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Key Highlights

  • ADA price made an upside move, but it failed to break the $0.3000 resistance against the US Dollar (tethered).
  • There was a false break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $0.2950 on the hourly chart of the ADA/USD pair (data feed via Bittrex).
  • The pair may decline one more time and it could retest the $0.2840 support in the near term.

Cardano price is struggling a lot to gain momentum against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ADA/USD failed to break $0.3000 recently and it could retest the $0.2840 support.

Cardano Price Decline

Recently, there was a support base formed near $0.2840 in ADA price against the US Dollar. The price attempted to settle below the $0.2840 level on many occasions, but it failed. As a result, there was a minor upside move above $0.2900. It traded above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $0.3348 high to $0.2822 low. There was also a break above the $0.2950 resistance and a close above the 100 hourly simple moving average.

However, the price failed to break the $0.3000 resistance. Moreover, there was a false break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $0.2950 on the hourly chart of the ADA/USD pair. The pair is now back below the trend line, $0.2950 and the 100 hourly SMA. It seems like the pair was rejected from the $0.3000 level and the 38.2% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $0.3348 high to $0.2822 low. It is currently trading near $0.9000, and it may continue to move down. However, the $0.2840 level is a major support and it won’t be easy for sellers to pierce it.

Cardano Price Technical Analysis ADA USD

In the short-term, there could be more ranging moves above the $0.2840 level in the near term.

Hourly MACD – The MACD for ADA/USD is once again in the bearish zone.

Hourly RSI – The RSI for ADA/USD has just moved below the 50 level.

Major Support Level – $0.2840

Major Resistance Level – $0.3000

 

Charts courtesy – Trading View

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