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Bitcoin.com Mining Is For Everyone

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Bitcoin.com Pool is proud to be part of history, as one of the first pools to mine Bitcoin Cash on the day of the hard fork (1st August 2017). We were also the first pool to offer Bitcoin Cash cloud mining contracts with auto-profit switching. We firmly support Satoshi’s vision of on-chain scaling, and Bitcoin Cash follows that vision.

Highest Paying PPS Pool on the Market

We are the highest paying PPS (Pay Per Share) pool on the market. Whether you have your own mining hardware or you would like to purchase a cloud mining contract, you can join our pool and enjoy our high payouts.

Today is the first anniversary of the Bitcoin Cash hard fork. To celebrate, we released lifetime cloud mining contracts at our lowest daily fee ever at $0.14 per TH/s! These contracts are now available for purchase at https://pool.bitcoin.com

I see our pool being a major influence in Bitcoin Cash protocol development, as we gain a larger share of the global mining power.

We hope to see you mining with us soon!

By Shaun Cong, Head of Mining Operations

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Bitcoin.com News: Every Day, 24 Hours, Global Coverage

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Bitcoin.com’s news operation is on a roll and we are growing as fast as we can hire. We’ve managed to create a readership in the millions and we’ve built a desk of ten full-time journalists producing daily editorial content, supported by additional production and technical staff.

News 24/7, 365 Days a Year, Correspondents Spread Over the Globe

We publish a comprehensive news feed covering all news relevant to the Bitcoin user, covering main industry news as well as consumer-level “news you can use” (practical stuff), including handy DIY tips, links to useful tools, and unbiased reviews and opinions revolving around Bitcoin. Simple logic and real-world examples are preferred before technical jargon and personal rants.

Our readership is truly global, with just below 30% of our traffic originating from the US, a little more than 30% from the EU and the rest (40%) mainly from Asia (with India in top). Lately a few countries in Africa have started contributing to our traffic too.

Our editorial policy is informed by logic and based on the Satoshi whitepaper.

Bitcoin.com News: Every Day, 24 Hours, Global Coverage
We strive to produce a balanced news feed taking all sides into account.

First lesson in journalism (and in quantum physics) – is that there is more than one truth: it’s subjective, it depends on the observer’s point of view. News is not “negative” or “positive”, it preferably just depicts reality. Single posts may “seem” negative or positive, but it’s really the full news flow covering all aspects of the Bitcoin landscape that keep our readers well-informed.

We avoid campaign journalism and pay our full-time exclusive reporters well so they can stay independent. For us it’s important to stay neutral and balanced and report on all relevant news, regardless of industry ties.

Just the Beginning

We do not publish unsolicited or sponsored articles from 3rd parties (as we have our own team of exclusive full-time reporters). We do not insert SEO-targeted links or partake in other editorial cooperation. Our news posts aren’t for sale.

We usually do not cover pre-launch stage projects or promises of future success. We get numerous requests to cover startups in beta mode, ICOs, infographics, new partnerships, equity investments, token pre-sales, crowdfunds, altcoins, untested blockchains, VC conferences and the like, but we’re focused on real-world Bitcoin-related news, targeting the general Bitcoin user (you!) rather than any specific industry.

Target publishing frequency: 90 min. Our targets are ambitious and when we deliver at full capacity we publish a new post every 90 minutes on average. That’s upwards of 18 news posts per day, sometimes even more. And our readers seem to appreciate that frequency. Peak traffic has put us above 10 million page views per month, with numbers differing over seasons depending on market sentiment, and our lively comment fields show people care about our content.

Bitcoin.com News: Every Day, 24 Hours, Global Coverage
If there is anything you’d like us to know send an email to editor@bitcoin.com. We get an avalanche of incoming messages daily, and we read them all, but apologize that we cannot always reply.

We also serve industries relating to Bitcoin, helping companies reach out through our PR and ad packages in a multitude of channels with a growing number of subscribers (to name a few: we reach 300,000+ plus on Twitter, 80,000+ on Telegram and we’ve signed up more than 250,000 notification subscribers – and our newsletter reaches tens of thousands too).

This is only the beginning for our news service. We are going to introduce new features and formats over the coming year and expect our strong growth to continue.

By Nanok Bie, Editor-in-Chief

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Bitcoin.com Gaming Plans To Go Global

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As we approach the one-year anniversary for Bitcoin Cash, the Games team is filled with energy as we reflect back on the many exciting changes that have taken place in our community. Development on the Bitcoin Cash network is taking off and the usability of Bitcoin Cash services and applications is getting better and better with improvements across the ecosystem almost every single day.

Don’t Forget to Cut Loose and Have Fun

Using Bitcoin Cash as censorship-resistant borderless digital money is our goal, and while most people tend to think of online and brick-and-mortar payment solutions as the key to this vision, we can’t forget to cut loose and have some fun once in a while too!

Bitcoin Cash Games today offers players eight exciting video casino games to play with their Bitcoin Cash, including slots, blackjack, roulette, video poker and more. Progressive Bonuses and Triple Jackpot payouts provide a thrilling game play experience, and many Players have already won HUGE BCH payouts in our provably-fair games!  

In the coming months we will be adding even more games to our premier gambling property, including new video casino games like baccarat, fun and unique experiences like the upcoming “Low Rider” game, and even some player-vs-player games (I’ll let the suspense build on that one…).  

Bitcoin.com Gaming Plans To Go Global

We also want to put an emphasis on improvement and internationalization of our Player experience to create exciting experiences for our fans in Latin America, Asia, and beyond.  We want to reach new Players around the world who may be unfamiliar with online gaming, or have a preference to learn, play, and have fun in their own language. So, hang in there, Bitcoin Cash gamers!  We’re coming to your country soon!

The Games team at Bitcoin.com is growing fast to make all of this possible. We’re assembling an A-team of top gaming talent in marketing, design, engineering, and customer service.  If you have talent and passion for online gaming and realizing Satoshi’s original vision for peer-to-peer electronic cash, please let us know!

Happy Birthday, BCH!

By Dennis Jarvis, Games Product Manager

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Developer Platform Takes App Building To Next Level

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Last August 1st (2017) Bitcoin Cash was created in an effort to preserve Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision of peer-to-peer electronic cash. The pace of innovation is moving at light speed and in just one short year, the Bitcoin Cash blockchain has seen an explosion of creative energy. Bitcoin.com’s developer platform was created to channel that energy and to empower developers to change the world with Bitcoin Cash.

Happy 1st Birthday to BCH from the Bitcoin.com Developer Platform!

Our Vision: From day one our vision has been to empower developers to change the world with Bitcoin Cash. Our goal is to be the go-to source of knowledge and developer tools for BCH developers all over the Earth. We aim to empower developers to go from hobbyist to professional – step-by-step and to go from idea to app 10x faster than the competition.

Our Platform: Developer.bitcoin.com consists of 2 parts. The first, is a knowledge base to help both beginners and old pros to hone and sharpen their blockchain development skills. We recognize that the demand for great blockchain engineers far exceeds the supply so we created blog posts, tutorials, livestreams and more to help grow the quality and quantity of great engineering talent.

Mastering Bitcoin Cash is the master course you need to gain a deep and intuitive understanding of the entire blockchain. Our tutorials show actual examples of how to build on our development platform with code samples to help bootstrap your project.

Our Insights Blog features articles from teams who have built and shipped game-changing apps using our tools. The blog articles highlight their work while also showing how they leveraged our tools to go from app to idea. Our Human Interface Guidelines aims to be a formal recommendation for how developers and designers can best leverage this amazing technology.

The second part of our new platform is our development tools built around the popular BITBOX Javascript SDK which has been downloaded 37,000+ times from 100+ countries. BITBOX is a fully featured framework which works from the command line, client and server. It supports Crypto, Mnemonics, HDNodes, ECPairs, Addresses, Transactions and much more. It’s powerful and intuitive APIs will have you creating world class applications.

Big Plans for the Future

Our GUI is your own Bitcoin Cash blockchain to configure however you choose. It’s created from scratch each time you restart, doesn’t connect to the real network and only consists of transactions and blocks which you create locally so it’s quick and responsive. It also can convert between legacy, cash addresses, privkeyWIF, extended public and extended private keys. It can also sign and verify messages to prove ownership of keys.

Our REST API is the Bitcoin Cash JSON RPC over HTTP. Fully integrated with BITBOX, developers can GET and POST to a mainnet or testnet BCH full node with no further setup. REST isn’t limited to working with BITBOX. Developers from any language or framework can read or write from the chain with our powerful REST API which is now doing over 300K requests per day

Our Future: We know that once you’ve created an amazing app with our developer tools, you need to deploy and scale on demand. You need an ecosystem of add-ons for data, monitoring, logging, metrics, testing and more, all built with BITBOX. Our soon to be released Cloud will give you the ability to take your work around the world quickly and at scale.

After you’ve deployed your app and you have users you need to monetize. Our Market aims to give developers a path to monetization via paid downloads, streaming media, in-app purchases, tokens and more.

Summary: Developer.bitcoin.com was created with the intention of empowering developers to change the world with Bitcoin Cash. We intend to be the go-to source of knowledge and tooling for BCH developers all over the world. We’ll give you the knowledge you need to go from hobbyist to professional step-by-step and the tools you need to go from idea to app 10x faster than the competition.

We want to thank everyone in the Bitcoin Cash community for an amazing first year. We’ve accomplished far more than many thought was possible and we’re just getting started. We look forward to working with each and every one of you to change the world with Bitcoin Cash.

By Gabriel Cardona, Senior Software Engineer

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2.5 Million Bitcoin.com Wallets Is Just the Beginning

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Summer 2018 is shaping up nicely for Bitcoin.com. Over the last few months, we’ve been through the Bitcoin Cash upgrade from 8 MB to a huge 32 MB, grown in people power and stress tested the system.

But, our crazy-skilled developer team over in Tokyo, Japan are celebrating for another reason this July. They just totaled a massive 2.5 million Bitcoin.com wallets created in just under a year. Albeit, a small percentage of that number may be the wallets the team created to buy Friday night beers with BCH -in the multiple establishments that accept bitcoin cash in Tokyo. But, that in itself is a pretty tremendous feat too — Don’t you think?

This incredibly huge achievement comes prior to the one year anniversary of the Bitcoin network fork on August 1st, and under one year since the launch of the wallet on August 25, 2017. As a team, we like to celebrate every win, and 2.5 million feels right.

Thanks to the support from our solid global team, pioneers in the industry and the entire Bitcoin Cash community, our wallet is rapidly becoming a household name. If you’ve used it, then you know why. The Bitcoin.com wallet is super easy to use and quicker to set up than it is even to download. A user can pay for goods and services with the wallet instantly.

See it in action in Roger Ver’s Vlog below:

Obviously, we’re a little biased, as a team, our sweat and blood is poured into each product. But the Bitcoin.com wallet really is so much more than just a basic cryptocurrency wallet. It connects people, businesses, and entire communities.

Alfonso Rocha, wallet product manager at Bitcoin.com excitedly gave us his response to the big news:

“We are so pleased that 2.5 million wallets have been created. It just shows how many people find our wallet useful and proves that it’s the best place to use and store their bitcoin cash. People trust us,” Rocha noted.

We are also continuously working every day to make sure we have the best wallet out there. The quality of what we produce is as important to us as it is to our customers.

Like every good product, the wallet is a continuous work in process. The Tokyo team works tirelessly to ensure the wallet app is running like it should. Each update of the application, contains a new surprise feature added for our users to enjoy.

2.5 Million Bitcoin.com Wallets Is Just the Beginning

Increase the security of your funds by sharing wallets with multi-sig technology, or effortlessly change cryptocurrencies using the integrated Shapeshift API.

The Bitcoin.com wallet can be used on multiple sites to buy goods, flights, food and yes, even beer. Downloading the wallet stands you as an early adopter, ready to question the system and free yourself from the current economy.

Join the movement — Download your first Bitcoin.com wallet now. Top it up at free.bitcoin.com! And feel good, you’re helping to change the world.

Images via Shutterstock, and the Bitcoin.com Wallet

 

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The Cryptocurrency Market is Alive and Well — Not Dying!

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The cryptocurrency markets have been in “dire straits” the last few months. I want to remind everyone this kind of activity is expected and it is happening for several reasons. It does not mean “crypto is dying,” like the FUDsters tend to repeat ad nauseum.

Also read: The New Crypto Aristocracy has Arrived with Peace and Anarchy [Read more…] about The Cryptocurrency Market is Alive and Well — Not Dying!

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Poor Communication Undermines the Bitcoin Ecosystem

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Many people in the bitcoin ecosystem suffer from poor communication skills. Their inability to intelligently and compassionately convey an idea is intensified by the current scaling debate. I have experienced this issue first-hand since I am on the front lines of Bitcoin.com. Let me tell you a story and explain the consequences of this lack of coherent communication. [Read more…] about Poor Communication Undermines the Bitcoin Ecosystem

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The New Crypto Aristocracy has Arrived with Peace and Anarchy

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The New Crypto ‘aristocracy’ is here. These cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and technologists have arrived with peace and anarchy. Not bombs and blood anarchy, but the loving variety. They are fundamentally altering the landscape of economics, business, and society. They have brought plenty disruptive new toys, inventions, and business models. Imagine a scene that looks like Silicon Valley geek meets individualist anarchist meets Etsy-wielding soccer mom.   [Read more…] about The New Crypto Aristocracy has Arrived with Peace and Anarchy

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Mongolia’s Crypto Nation Conference Builds a Bitcoin Future: Interview with Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt

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Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt, CEO of Ard Financial, hosted a conference on the benefits and potential of bitcoin in Mongolia. Yes, Mongolia. The landlocked nation with a small population managed to attract over a thousand attendees, getting beyond just talk and debate — a new three-year fund was created to help make their ambitious goals a reality.   [Read more…] about Mongolia’s Crypto Nation Conference Builds a Bitcoin Future: Interview with Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt

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The Cryptocurrency Wild West is Healthy for the Marketplace

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The Cryptocurrency markets are like the wild west. That is what people say. However, they mention this fact as if it were bad news. They use “wild west” pejoratively and condescendingly. They view a wild west market as untamed, chaotic, and destructive. I say cryptocurrencies markets are destructive, but it is a kind of creative destruction. It is destructive evolution, and it is healthy and sober.  [Read more…] about The Cryptocurrency Wild West is Healthy for the Marketplace

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