SynCurrency: What Comes After Bitcoin?
July 2nd, 2013
Via Pacific Standard, an article on some of the cryptocurrencies vying to revolutionize our outdated banking system: Bitcoin, a digital currency launched by the pseudonymous programmer Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, hit a peak trading value of $266 per coin in April 2013, the biggest point in a bubble that would burst soon after. The cryptocurrency, […]
Read more »Station Casinos Gauging Interest In Fantasy Sports Gambling
July 2nd, 2013
Via VegasChatter, a look at the potential of fantasy sports gambling: Fantasy football is a multi-billion dollar business. Gambling is a multi-billion dollar business. What do you get when you put the two together? Something that will become a multi-multi-billion dollar business, perhaps. We tipped you off to expect more gambling on football last […]
Read more »Bitcoin Payments Could Quickly Become Competitive Wedge In Online Gaming
July 2nd, 2013
Via Forbes, an article on bitcoin’s potential role in online gaming: Have you ever wondered why new technology tends to be exploited in the adult entertainment and online gambling industries first? An ultra-competitive market environment and a willingness to try anything in the quest for traffic and profits has made these two industries technology’s early […]
Read more »SynCurrency: The Crypto-Currency Ecosystem – A Taxonomy Of Alt-Coins, Meta-Coins And Blockchain-Riders
July 2nd, 2013
Via the O’Reilly Radar, a look at the entire crypto-currency ecosystem: Just like the IP protocol, bitcoin is the culmination of several important advancements, all combining to form a paradigm-changing innovation. The Internet Protocol was not just an arrangement of headers and payload. It also represented the triumph of packet-switching, layered protocols and distributed routing […]
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