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Bitcoin
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Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and the Union Budget 2018
Arun Jaitely, the finance minister of India, has formally presented the union budget 2018-19 in the lok Sabha today. While we are in no position to either analyze or comment on most of the schemes or announcements made today we need to clarify the stand the Government has taken on cryptocurrency since most of the…
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Denarium Gives Bitcoin The Perfect Physical Touch
Denairum is a small startup based in Finland but DO NOT underestimate their quality when it comes to minting coins. Their coins are more than a collectors treat. Physical coins don’t have a wide reach, this is a niche limited to collectors and geeks. There are only a handful of companies that mint physical coins…
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KeepKey Bitcoin Safe: Review
Recently, we reviewed the Trezor wallet and after that, we came across Keepkey Bitcoin Safe and decided to review it too. This is similar to the Trezor, but does some tasks in a different way and has a refreshingly better hardware. Contents of the box Right from the box, you feel like you’re opening something precious.…
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Trezor One – Hardware Wallet Review
For most, the best way to store Bitcoins is using free online wallets. But if you’re serious about bitcoins and own a lot of them, it is recommended to store it with you physically. Especially after the MtGox hack. One solution is to store it offline on your computer. But that is still prone to…
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Ledger Wallet: The best cold storage wallet for Bitcoins
I’ve had my fair amount of curiosity with Bitcoins. I’ve tried to unstandardized the block chain model, mined bitcoins and I’ve even traded bitcoins to make a profit out of it. It was just a fascinating hobby for me. Bitcoin was huge and supposed to be the future and at a point of time, it seemed…
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‘BitCoin’ the new fancy word for better marketing?
We all like money. PERIOD. 2013 has been the year of BitCoins. Ever since the value of BitCoins started skyrocketing, it has been receiving too much of attention from the Media causing it’s value to raise even more. The demand for BitCoins has been huge in the market. It is no longer just a tool…
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Indian Government asks people to stay away from Bitcoins and might ban it soon
This week, the Reserve Bank of India, the government organisation responsible for dealing everything with money released an official statement asking its people to stay away from Bitcoins. The reason being, it is decentralised and it can never be tracked. So if anything goes wrong, they won’t be able to help you (which we already…