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Is Bitcoin still a Safe Haven? The Crypto Community Debates on Twitter Following Global Stock Market Crash
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Is Bitcoin still a Safe Haven? The Crypto Community Debates on Twitter Following Global Stock Market Crash

Is Bitcoin still a safe haven? The Crypto Community takes the debate to Twitter after the biggest stock market crash since 2009.

Liquid Network: The Platform for the Fastest Bitcoin Transactions?
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Liquid Network: The Platform for the Fastest Bitcoin Transactions?

Samson Mow is an entrepreneur and marketing strategist who is currently serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream. In Part 2 of the interview, Samson unmasked the power behind Liquid Network, how Liquid transactions work and c-lightning on Liquid. He also shared the latest initiatives of Blockstream and his personal take of Bitcoin in 2020.

Blockstream Samson Mow on Scalability: Bitcoins are Tanks while Altcoins are Bicycles
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Blockstream Samson Mow on Scalability: Bitcoins are Tanks while Altcoins are Bicycles

Towards the end of 2017, the cryptocurrency market was in a state of delirium. Bitcoin set record price after record price and reached a peak of around $20,000 USD per token. During this market frenzy, a huge issue long-suspected by educated developers was finally revealed—the bitcoin network had become overloaded and was running against the limits of its capacity, unable to scale beyond seven transactions per second.