There are many books on the subject of cryptocurrency and blockchain, but none has as many positive reviews as "The Internet of Money". It was released at the end of 2019 and explains not only how Bitcoin works, but also why it works. The book contains many short stories that are written like a kind
A British investment advisor is calling for the government to ban crypto transactions. He published a petition for this, hoping to trigger a chain reaction and stop the rise in cryptocurrency. The investment advisor explained that the currency had no intrinsic value and thus posed a destabilizing threat to the economy. He also believes he
On Thursday, Bitcoin, the oldest and best-known cryptocurrency, continued its record chase accompanied by strong price fluctuations - and exceeded the 40,000 US dollar mark for the first time. Previously, the record levels of 20,000 dollars (mid-December) and 30,000 dollars (beginning of January) had fallen within a few weeks.
Synthetic assets is one of the most interesting fields of application in the field of decentralised financial services (DeFi). It is slowly becoming more and more competitive. So now two new projects are about to bring scalability and a wider range of services to the market. Trading platforms for synthetic assets often have problems in
Many teachers currently use programmes to organise learning content. On such platforms, students find tasks created by teachers. The problem is, however, how isolated the work in them is: Each teacher sets up his or her own courses and tasks for his or her subjects and classes. There are no cross-curricular and cross-teaching staff relationships
The IHK Munich has developed a block chain solution for authentication of digital documents, which will be used for certificates in the future. In cooperation with the Bavarian Ministry of Digital Affairs, a blockchain-based web application for digital proof of document authenticity has now been published. This provides companies with a tool that can be
Fetch.ai, a company specializing in artificial intelligence, and the block chain company Datarella have announced a joint "Smart City" project in Munich. The aim is to reduce CO2 emissions in Munich. The "multi-agent system" based on block chain technology in combination with artificial intelligence is designed to optimize the traffic flow around the building. This
ASIC Mining are so-called chips that have been designed for a specific application and cannot be reprogrammed. Therefore the chips are very small, simply constructed, consume little power and are very fast. The advantage therefore is that you can place several dozen to hundred pieces on circuit boards and they are very efficient due to
A decentralized data exchange protocol is to be set up for Deutsche Bank - as stated in a supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The Berlin-based blockchain company BigchainDB GmbH is to be commissioned for this. According to the German Central Bank, the company's Ocean Protocol, which is rather unknown in the
People often associate the Blockchain with the term climate sinners. This is probably due to the huge energy hunger of Bitcoin mini-computers. They convert electricity into heat with each computing unit. According to analyses by the University of Cambridge, the Bitcoin network consumes more energy than all households in Switzerland combined. Since the mining computers
