Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency with an immutable ledger.

Peter Van Valkenburgh Deconstructs Claims Made by Nouriel Roubini about Bitcoin’s Scalability

Peter Van Valkenburgh Discusses Bitcoin with Senator Pat Toomey & Nouriel Roubini
October 12, 2018 @ 1:49 pm
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) asks Peter Van Valkenburgh about the scalability of Bitcoin and the underlying Blockchain technology and whether or not Bitcoin can exceed 5 transactions per second. Peter Van Valkenburgh speaks about batching, smart contracts, application layers being built on top of the Bitcoin protocol, specifically mentioning Lightning Network payment channels for microtransactions. […]

Macro Trader Mike Novogratz Promotes Bitcoin on CNBC’s Fast Money

December 1, 2017 @ 12:38 pm
Macro trader and “hyper-bull”, Mike Novogratz promotes Bitcoin on CNBC’s “Fast Money” suggesting cryptocurrency’s market could grow to $2 trillion USD by the end of 2018, a 600% increase. Definitely worth a watch, Mike Novogratz makes interesting points about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, explaining how access to cryptos has improved and how Bitcoin’s market compares to […]