Author Archives: Bobby (ironhammer5)

Piggycoin interview: Bringing kids into cryptos

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As a parent who is involved in the cryptocurrency scene myself, Piggycoin is something I’ve been watching. They aim to become an introductory coin for the younger ones out there — who might one day be using cryptocurrency as part of their daily routine. I spoke with João, who is the founder of Piggycoin, to find out more about what they’re ...

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Mintcoin removes PoW to fix potential security issues

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The Mintcoin team has today released a mandatory wallet update which removes proof-of-work from the coin entirely, meaning Mintcoin is now 100% proof-of-stake. The 1.7 wallet update needs to be installed before the block 220,000, and was pushed out as a means to protect against a potential security flaw that was pointed out on the BitcoinTalk forums recently. Due to ...

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Cryptonator Chrome Plugin: Easily convert currency values in your browser

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If there’s been a time when you’re browsing the web and you’ve seen a number of a certain cryptocurrency mentioned. You wonder how much that would be in FIAT. Cryptonator is a website that allows you to easily calculate conversions between Crypto/FIAT, FIAT/Crypto and even Crypto/Crypto — with over 300 cryptocurrencies included. And now they’ve released a Chrome plugin, so ...

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Review: HashCows’ Mintcoin paying multipool

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Multipools that switch between mining the most profitable coins are fairly common, trading these coins and paying miners the proportionate amount of Bitcoin. Just recently, a few Proof-of-Stake coin have started doing the same thing in order to offer miners a way to still mine their coin. It also means there are repeated large buys of coins that can help ...

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PODCOIN: A coin for the podcasting community

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Tipping content creators is something that I believe can change the internet. That’s why PODCOIN is of interest to me, it aims to become the “unofficial currency of the digital broadcast community”. That’s not all it can be used for though, of course — as PODCOIN Co-creator Brian Schmidt pointed out when I spoke with him earlier to learn a ...

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Giveaway: 500,000 Appcoin to be won!

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We’re partnering up with the Appcoin development team in order to giveaway a whole bunch of Appcoins. There’s a total of 500,000 APP to be won, split into 500 prizes of 1,000 APP each. Appcoin is a recently launched cryptocurrency that aims to provide payment options for mobile applications. We did an interview with CEO Peter, check it out for ...

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