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#BitcoinForBeirut Seeks Sound Money To Help City’s Explosion Victims

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 4:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On August 4, news of major explosions at the port of Beirut spread around the world, along with astounding videos and images. It quickly became apparent that the damage was extensive and that many in Beirut had been killed, injured or had become casualties of extensive property damage.And the tragedy came at a precipitous time for those in Beirut. A years-long economic crisis and the strains caused by the novel coronavirus in Lebanon have resulted in skyrocketing exchange rates, widespread distrust of banks and a rising interest in alternatives like

Craig Wright Won’t Need to Pay Hodlnaut $60K Until Appeal Is Over, Says Counsel

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 8:56 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) creator, is apparently not required to pay legal fees for a failed libel suit against the Twitter crypto enthusiast known as Hodlonaut.In an Aug. 14 email to Cointelegraph, Wright’s legal representative argued that he is not obliged to pay legal costs in the defamation suit until the Norwegian Supreme Court considers an appeal.The spokesperson said, “Craig has appealed to the Norwegian Supreme Court. Craig’s Norwegian lawyers say that there is no obligation on Craig to pay the costs until that appeal is dealt with.”The

Flipstarter Campaign Launched to Create Viral BCH Videos for Normies

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 12:48 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocate and CEO of BitcoinBCH.com, Hayden Otto, has launched a fundraising campaign to create viral videos promoting BCH to mainstream audiences — after failing to win over crypto converts to the cause.The last video produced by Otto garnered more than 100,000 views across various social platforms. He was also behind a controversial viral video last year showing a Bitcoin double spending exploit of the Binance-backed TravelbyBit payment networkThe campaign aims to raise 650 BCH (nearly $180,000) and has garnered 192.52 BCH (roughly $53,000) in donations already in

Grandmas On Lightning

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2020 1:33 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Is Bitcoin Too Hard To Understand? I’ve spent a huge part of the last three years explaining Bitcoin to general audiences and the most common form of resistance I encounter is: “Bitcoin is too complicated. The masses will never understand it.” It’s a fair argument. Bitcoin is complicated and if you want to reach a competent understanding of the big picture then, at a minimum, you’d better get ready to learn about peer-to-peer networks, cryptography and the history of money. It’s for this reason that I find it bizarre when

OKCoin Awards Latest Developer Grant To Marco Falke

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Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin announced today that the latest contribution from its Open-Source Developer Grant is going to Marco Falke, who has served as a Bitcoin Core maintainer since 2016 and is one of the most active contributors to Bitcoin’s code. “Marco’s work … focuses on making development more efficient,” Elaine Song, a member of OKCoin’s business operations team who is involved with the grant program, told Bitcoin Magazine. “He is the most active contributor to the Bitcoin code since 2017. He is presently dedicated to the improvement of Bitcoin’s test

The Human Rights Foundation Awards Grants to Three More Bitcoin Projects

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The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is issuing grants to three more Bitcoin developers. JoinInbox creator Openoms, Zeus creator Evan Kaloudis and Fully Noded creator Fontaine will be gifted 1 bitcoin each, worth over $11,000 at the time of writing, making for a total of over $33,000. This marks the second round of grants from the Bitcoin Development Fund, HRF’s new fund to support Bitcoin projects. “HRF decided to acknowledge and support these three developers and their projects because they are all focusing on making Bitcoin technology more accessible. Usability is

Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins

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Time Stamp: April 8, 2020 7:07 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On April 5, Italy’s “blood donation day,” the Italian Red Cross constructed an advanced medical post using funds generated through a crypto fundraiser.The Italian Red Cross has raised nearly $32,000 through cryptocurrency donations in less than one month. Roughly $22,000 has been used to finance the construction of the initiative’s first advanced medical post in the town of Castel Gandolfo near Rome. The funds were spent by the initiative to purchase a pneumatic tent that will house the medical post, in addition to other materials. The tent was erected during Italy’s

Bitcoin Supports Italian Red Cross as Coronavirus Fight Continues

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Time Stamp: April 8, 2020 6:14 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The coronavirus pandemic has spread across the world, with over a million confirmed cases already clocked worldwide. However, Italy has been one of the countries hit the hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, and its healthcare system has had some significant luck with using crypto to combat it.AMPs for Medical ReliefEarlier this week, the Italian Red Cross Society announced that it had erected an Advanced Medical Post (AMP) for pre-triage in Castel Gandolfo, a town close to the capital. It set up the AMP in collaboration with the Colli Albani Committee, and

Charities Are Turning to Bitcoin Amid the Global Fight Against Coronavirus

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 2:41 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In the war against the novel coronavirus, cryptocurrencies are emerging as a much-needed tool for charity and fundraising projects. Already there are a number of large nonprofits accepting Bitcoin donations. Plus, some blockchain and crypto firms are contributing medical supplies to hospitals in an attempt to curb the virus, while others are setting up fundraisers and charities that are aimed at helping its victims.As a number of nonprofits continue to accept cryptocurrency donations, they are starting to realize that crypto transactions significantly reduce costs in terms of fees. Here are

Sophisticated Mining Botnet Identified After 2 Years

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 8:03 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Cybersecurity firm, Guardicore Labs, revealed the identification of a malicious crypto-mining botnet that has been operating for nearly two years on April 1.The threat actor, dubbed ‘Vollgar’ based on its mining of the little-known altcoin, Vollar (VSD), targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers — of which Guardicore estimates there are just 500,000 in existence worldwide.However, despite their scarcity, MS-SQL servers offer sizable processing power in addition to typically storing valuable information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.Sophisticated crypto-mining malware network identifiedOnce a server is infected, Vollgar “diligently and

$50K Set To Be Distributed In Indonesia by Huobi Charity

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 8:34 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The charity arm of the Huobi exchange has made an announcement today. This announcement is in regards to the initiative it launched in order to distribute aid in Indonesia as it fights the COVID-19 pandemic.Working Alongside ICAESCCThe Huobi Charity will work in partnership with the Indonesia-China Association of Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation, or ICAESCC. This partnership will distribute aid to the country through the medical supply donation, monetary contributions, as well as the use of blockchain technology to help healthcare organizations.As an immediate measure, Huobi Charity will donate an