Tag: Debate

The History of the Bitter Debate Over Ethereum’s ProgPoW

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The Ethereum (ETH) community has recently been engaged in a bitter debate sparked by a proposed mining algorithm change. Dubbed ProgPoW, the proposal would invalidate all currently existing ASICs to only allow mining Ethereum with a GPU. While ProgPoW was born in 2018, it has seen alternate periods of stasis and active discussion during the two years of development. The latest round of debates was sparked by what, to some, seemed like a sudden reintroduction of ProgPoW into the Ethereum roadmap. During the Feb. 21 Dev call, Ethereum Improvement Proposal…

Market Analysts Naeem Aslam and Ian Balina Debate Coronavirus and Crypto

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In today’s crypto market discussion, Cointelegraph is joined by crypto analyst Naeem Aslam, and the CEO of Tokenmetrics Ian Balina to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the cryptocurrency markets.  Will the economic impacts of the coronavirus leave people flocking to cryptocurrencies as a safe haven? Naeem Aslam is skeptical of Bitcoin’s purported ‘safe haven’ status, emphasizing that Bitcoin is a haven from central bank monetary policy, and not infectious diseases: “I think when we talk about Bitcoin as a safe haven asset, we’re really talking about in relation…

BCH Funding Debate: Developers Plan to Launch IFP-Free Version of Bitcoin ABC

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On February 19, a group of well known software developers announced the launch of a new Bitcoin Cash full node with the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) removed from the codebase. The news was announced on the read.cash platform by the developer Freetrader who told the public that strong demand from businesses, miners, mining pools, and developers invoked the team to create a “minimally-altered client based on Bitcoin ABC.” Also Read: BCH Funding Debate: Btc.top Founder Suggests 2/3 Hash Vote and 6-Month Evaluation Developers Announce a Bitcoin ABC Node Is in…

Watch Chartist Dan McDermitt Debate Analyst Ronnie Moas on Why Trading Can Beat Hodling

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This week, technical analyst Dan McDermitt of The Chart Guys educational platform debates Standpoint Research founder Ronnie Moas on trading versus holding. Can traders really outperform a simple buy and hold Bitcoin investment strategy? McDermitt sees trading as a profitable route. “Had I just bought and held, I would be doing a lot more poorly than my current trading,” he said. McDermitt said trading over the past two and a half years has netted him between 3,000% and 5,000% in profits, whereas simply buying and holding Ethereum would have only…

The Democratic Debate Was Mike Bloomberg’s Instagram vs. Reality Moment

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Mike Bloomberg pays people to make him look cool on social media. But it seems no amount of money could have helped him look cool on Nevada’s Democratic debate stage last night. While Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders took the former NYC mayor apart, analysts and celebrities praised the senators and panned Bloomberg. Mike Bloomberg must be desperate to look cool. His campaign is paying 500 “digital deputies” over a million dollars to post memes about him. They’re also required to text all their friends about Bloomberg once a week.…

Trump’s Bitter Twitter Blast Proves Bloomberg Actually Won the Democratic Debate

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Mike Bloomberg struggled to defend himself in the democratic debate. When the rest of the candidates attacked Bloomberg, it proved he’s become a real threat. Donald Trump’s nervous tweet about Bloomberg following the debate shows that he sees him as a threat. Wednesday was a tough night for Mike Bloomberg as he took the stage for his first-ever Presidential debate. His opponents, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Joe Biden had a rare bonding moment that night as they joined forces to pile on Mr. Bloomberg. He…

Trump’s Bitter Twitter Blast Proves Bloomberg Actually Won the Democratic Debate

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Mike Bloomberg struggled to defend himself in the democratic debate. When the rest of the candidates attacked Bloomberg, it proved he’s become a real threat. Donald Trump’s nervous tweet about Bloomberg following the debate shows that he sees him as a threat. Wednesday was a tough night for Mike Bloomberg as he took the stage for his first-ever Presidential debate. His opponents, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Joe Biden had a rare bonding moment that night as they joined forces to pile on Mr. Bloomberg. He…

CoinDesk’s New Opinion Section: The Future of the Financial System Is Up for Debate

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Announcing CoinDesk’s new opinion section, a place for discussions on the future of money and all the interesting questions that surround crypto and blockchain as ideas.  Starting today, CoinDesk will be publishing daily columnists such as Preston Byrne, Jill Carlson, Nic Carter, HASU, Stephanie Hurder, Jeff Dorman, JP Koning, Yorke Rhodes, Byrne Hobart, William Mougayar, Leah Callon-Butler, Lex Sokolin, Kevin Kelly, Ajit Tripathi and James Cooper. Wherever you stand on bitcoin as an actual payment system, or whether you think additive X-for-blockchain business ideas went too far, you have to…

Watch Spencer Bogart and Jacob Canfield Debate if Bitcoin Will Top $20,000 in 2020

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In this week’s crypto market update, Spencer Bogart from Blockchain Capital and Jacob Canfield from Signal Profits debate whether Bitcoin will top it’s all time high this year and if the halving is already priced in. Will all this talk of the halving finally convince host Giovanni Pigni to buy his first Bitcoin? Bogart explains the thinking behind Blockchain Capital’s predictions that major exchanges will be forced to deslist privacy coins, and that most development will end up concentrated on just one to four major blockchains. “Most of the innovation…

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? US-Iran Tensions Rekindle Debate

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Bitcoin’s recent price jump after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general has rekindled a long-running debate among investors: whether it will work as a safe-haven asset like gold in times of heightened geopolitical and economic turmoil.  The cryptocurrency changed hands around $7,500 on Monday, up about 10 percent since Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a lethal drone strike authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. stocks fell on the news as investors worried the conflict between the two nations might escalate into a prolonged and…