The last week of April — Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as a payment currency The Central African Republic has become the first country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender currency. The National Assembly unanimously adopted the bill to help put the country’s plan for economic recovery and peace-building on track. The minister of digital economy, post services and telecommunications, Gourna Zacko, and…

The impact of Bitcoin mining — During the last five years, the narrative about the Bitcoin mining sector has incredibly shifted from being a terrible industry that was about to consume all energy production of the world and was at the brink of boiling the extinction of the oceans all over the earth, to become a…

No confíes, verifica! — Durante gran parte del siglo XX, antes de la aparición de los medios digitales de pago, el dinero circulaba básicamente en formato físico, en forma de billetes y monedas. Estos son instrumentos al portador, fungibles y de condición anónima. Con solo tenerlos en tu poder se convierten en tu propiedad…

2nd week of April — Intel has announced details for its new bitcoin mining chip The Intel Blockscale ASIC will ship in Q3 2022. The chipmaker will supply customers with only the ASIC ship itself, instead of shipping a fully-fledged mining system as currently common in the industry. …

A matter of not-trusting — For most of the 20th century, before the appearance of digital payment methods, money circulated in physical format, in banknotes and coins. These are bearer instruments, fungible and anonymous. Just by having them in your possession, they become your property, without the need for your name to be written on…

Last week of March — first week of April — US residents can now turn their blood into Bitcoin OctaPharma Plasma, a U.S based pharmaceutical company that collects plasma for life-saving medications, has partnered with Swan Bitcoin and Spade Payment Solutions to allow individuals to get paid in bitcoin for donating plasma. The partnership allows plasma donors to receive $100 of bitcoin for their donations up to twice a…

Una danza de 60 billones de dólares está en marcha, y Bitcoin podría convertirse en uno de los destinos favoritos. — Una danza de 60 billones de dólares está en marcha, y Bitcoin podría convertirse en uno de los destinos favoritos. Los baby boomers, la generación nacida entre 1945 y 1964, son la generación que más riqueza ha acumulado en la historia de la humanidad. Este grupo tiene 10 veces más…

An intergenerational dance of 60 trillion dollars is underway, and this is the amount millennials are getting ready to bank on as they… — An intergenerational dance of 60 trillion dollars is underway, and this is the amount millennials are getting ready to bank on as they start to inherit their parents’ wealth. Baby boomers have been the most successful generation in terms of wealth accumulation. Those born between 1945 and 1964 have amassed…

4th week of March — Malaysian minister proposes government adopting Bitcoin as legal tender Malaysia’s Communication Ministry has proposed to the government that crypto currency such as Bitcoin be adopted as legal transfer, its deputy minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin told Parliament on Monday. If approved this would be the third case of a jurisdiction using Bitcoin as legal tender. US state of New York may ban Bitcoin mining for two years