BlogHide Resteemsfiremonkey (37)in coronavirus • 5 years agoBat derived material for traditional chinese medicine may have caused the coronavirus pandemicResearchers have proposed horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) as the most likely source for SARS-CoV-2 as it shares 96% of its genetic material with a known coronavirus harboured in these…firemonkey (37)in climate • 6 years agoClimategate, a critical manifesto on proposed CO2 reductionsAt www.climategate.nl you can read a manifesto that is very critical about the climate agreement as agreed by Dutch politics. I broadly agree with this climate manifesto. I do think however that…firemonkey (37)in cryptocurrencies • 6 years agoWhy is Metaverse doing so well?About 10 months ago I discovered the cryptocurrency Metaverse(ETP). I published a post on Steemit and I bought a few ETP on Bitfinex. Like most cryptocurrencies this appeared to be a bad…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoSeven reasons why I think that David Kleiman was Satoshi NakamotoWho was Satoshi Nakamoto? On you can read the following introduction: “While we may not know who he was, we know what he did. He was the inventor of the Bitcoin protocol, publishing a paper via…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoThe mastodons of the financial world appear to be bitcoin illiteratesGovernments, banks and other financial institutions have long ignored the bitcoin. Because in 2017 the bitcoin gained 1500% in value they are suddenly realising that bitcoin may become a serious…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoHow to determine the correct bitcoin transaction feeWith the current volume of unconfirmed transactions and the increasing transaction fees it is sometimes difficult to determine the required transaction fee. If you use the default value of your…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoAll Visa bitcoin debitcards from XAPO, BitPay, Bitwala, Cryptopay, Wirex, and TenX have been deactivated todayToday my XAPO bitcoin debitcard has been deactivated without any prior warning. XAPO was using the services of Gibraltar based company WaveCrest. This morning I received below email from…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoWarning: New Segwit2x fork is possible scamIn order to solve the bitcoin scaling problems on May 23 2017 the so called New York Agreement was published: . A large group of stakeholders decided to accept Segwit in August and to double the…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoWhy bitcoin is not a bubbleI see that some people now compare the growth in value of the bitcoin with the dot.com bubble on the stock markets and the tulip mania of a little longer ago. These are comparisons that, in my view…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoDramatic drop of the BTC hashrateThe total hashrate for BTC has dropped with more than 50%. Mining BCH has become more profitable. I see that major miners have reduced their mining effort and some like BTC.TOP have stopped…firemonkey (37)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoWhat is currently happening with Metaverse?Metaverse (ETP) is a cryptocurrency that is created by ViewFin. ViewFin (www.viewfin.com) is one of the leading blockchain companies in China. I didn't know about Metaverse until yesterday.…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoThe impact of the September 4 official Chinese ICO statement on bitcoinOn September 4, 2017 the People's Bank of China together with six other Chinese departments released a public statement on regulation policies for ICO projects. The initial conclusion was that China…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoChina is closing down all cryptocurrency exchangesThe last couple of days there have been rumours that China was going to close down all cryptocurrency exchanges. The rumours where called unconfirmed and some considered it to be market…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoWrong information on Blockchain.infoYesterday I noticed some strange behaviour in the Blockchain.info charts with information on the bitcoin transactions waiting to be comfirmed: The drop around 11:30 cannot be explained because…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin still has a problemIn my previous post ( I signaled a problem with bitcoin. Some major miners had switched from mining BTC to mining BCC leaving the BTC blockchain with insufficient hashing power to process all…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin has a problemMiners rapidly shift from BTC blockchain to BCC/BCH blockchain. Currently every minute about two new blocks are added to the BitcoinCash blockchain. The anonymous miner is still mining but in the…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoBitcoin Cash market manipulationWhat is currently happening with Bitcoin Cash? To me it is clear that the Bitcoin Cash market is being manipulated by a big player. Until now the mining of Bitcoin Cash has been done by a big…firemonkey (37)in bitcoin • 7 years agoAntpool seems to do some mining with a max blocksize of 10kBThe number of transactions waiting to be processed currently is more than 50000. I see that Antpool has created several 9kB blocks in the past few days. Why is Antpool mining blocks with only a few…firemonkey (37)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoIOTA, a very interesting new cryptocurrencyIOTA is currently the rising star among the cryptocurrencies. I have been looking into the interesting technology behind IOTA. Although I am not an expert on cryptology it seems to me that the…firemonkey (37)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInefficiencies in the Bitcoincash marketBitcoincash is currently traded for well above USD 300 on the Kraken exchange. On other exchanges the exchange rate is around USD 250. Why do people buy BCC/BCH at such a high price at the Kraken…
