An Indian government-supported blockchain summit is drawing many policy makers with the aim to speed up the development of cryptocurrency regulation in the country. Among expected participants are officials from the Indian Ministry of Finance and the panel currently tasked with drafting the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Also read: Indian Supreme Court Moves Crypto Hearing, Community […] The post Indian Blockchain Summit Draws Policy Makers to Speed up Cryptocurrency Regulation appeared first on Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/indian-blockchain-summit-cryptocurrency-regulation/

Russia’s stance on cryptocurrency remains unclear after the Minister of Justice this week announced that there is still no need to formalize crypto-related legislation. This is because digital assets cannot be used as a means of payment, it asserts, because the constitution forbids it.  Also Read: Over 50 Bitcoin ATMs Operate Legally in Russia, Study Finds  […] The post Russia’s Minister of Justice: Cryptocurrencies Don’t Need to Be Legally Defined Yet appeared first on Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/russias-minister-of-justice-cryptocurrencies-dont-need-to-be-legally-defined-yet/

Welcome to the Notes for Clubhouse call: Feb-6-2019 To get to the Call..... Click "Mining Clubhouse!" voice channel in PiMP Discord! Last meeting's notes: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/6023/2019-01-30-more-mimble-for-your-wimble-grin-beam-talk-new-sapphire-cards-some-bug-fixes-gputool-3-ideas-helpme3-preview-coming-soon Welcome/Intros (intro thread: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/1465/please-introduce-yourself-here/ ) Attendance: DocDrydenn Geo Lily Louis melt Sequal Agenda: Check out our new discord community channels - anyone may post - #gaming #hardware-equipment and #crypto-news! helpme3 vs minerfarm agent having an agent monitoring and calling a script for threshold - like watchdog services. we already data gather and allow profiles to miner.farm. event handling would be in the minerfarm agent - and be recognized by mf. custom event handlers - that can be pushed just like configurations reboot on condition - is a great expansion https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/6131/sec-commissioner-suggests-excessive-crypto-regulation-hurts-growth Regulation is just like computer security... There is always the balance between productivity and security. More security means more time spent dealing with security on both sides. Security needs ? Has nothing to do specifically with crypto, more like bad actors getting caught. The feds can recognize the crimes. Hardware corner 1660Ti - anyone gonna buy these? will they be a good price point for hash/watt? No Raytracing - seems like a retreat and that it was released early or hype feature? Coin/Algos (Prices/Mining Profits/Difficulty) Support Team: mining GRIN now even on nvidia throws CUDA errors and the NVIDIA driver is crashing and bringing the rig to needing a reboot. Miner.Farm: PIMP OS news: Q: Is setting voltages on AMD cards via gputool a useful feature? v2.9.x Public Release ETA mid-Feb Newest video drivers and Linux packages (including CUDA 10) Including the newer firmware blobs. v3.0 Dev Team is working hard on the back-end and new PiMP tools. (select Beta Team testing of the PiMP tools will be happening) This is the design prototype - NOW is the time! to give design input All of the tools are going to be looking like pimpup3 soon. Being able to separate all the services across the resources they need, was a real feather in our cap! Links Q&A Lily, did you enjoy the work on miner.farm 3? It was great to roll out the fixes to all the problems and bugs we wanted to fix and what people asked us to do or fix. It was an enormous amount of work - and designing the entire project and infrastructure The changeover happened at the complete wrong time and we had a heck of a weekend but it's been pretty great overall! Anyone attending crypto meetups/conventions? Please provide your known working OC settings. Wrap Up Missed the call? Listen to the podcast at https://getpimp.org/pimppodcast/ We are also on iTunes / Apple Podcast, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS Feed, and Blubrry Podcasts! Please like/follow/ do something quick, easy, and free to help support pimp and get the word out - our social media links are here: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/188/follow-pimp-on-social-media-subscribe-to-the-podcast-in-your-favorite-app-other-crypto-forums-and-more The PiMP Family is always looking for new Beta Team members. Apply now at https://getpimp.org/beta Get first-hand knowlege of PiMP OS - Jump into the PiMP OS Discord channel and ask away. We're here to help. Join us on our forums at https://forum.getpimp.org Thank you for your support!

There’s something about Bitcoin that stirs up strong emotions in people. Libertarians love it. Anarchists adore it. Cypherpunks crave it. But not all of the emotions Bitcoin engenders are positive. Bankers fear it, politicians distrust it, environmentalists resent it, and a few people, why, they veritably hate it. Also read: 30 People Who Were Really […] The post 3 People Who Hate Bitcoin With a Passion appeared first on Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/3-people-who-hate-bitcoin-with-a-passion/

Since its inception, the bitcoin cash (BCH) light client Badger Wallet has become one of the most versatile BCH platforms. Over the last few weeks, Badger developers have added a slew of new features including Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) support and integration with projects like Satoshi Dice and Sideshift.io. Also Read: Bitcoin’s Social Contract Must Be […] The post BCH-Powered Badger Wallet Now Connects to a Variety of Blockchain Apps appeared first on Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/bch-powered-badger-wallet-now-connects-to-a-variety-of-blockchain-apps/

Interest in token sales has dropped dramatically over the past 10 months, with investment falling almost 95 percent. Nevertheless, according to a new study, the ICO market is still significantly larger than two years ago. Also read: Localbitcoins to Introduce New User Verification Rules Startups Raised Less Than $300 Million in January Investment in startups […] The post ICO Investments Fall 95% in 10 Months appeared first on Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/ico-investments-fall-95-in-10-months/

Over the last few years, infighting and different visions has led to significant divides within the Bitcoin community, weakening the network effects no matter which chain you support. With all the arguments about scaling, privacy, consensus changes and the various forks, it is amazing that these public networks are still thriving. Nevertheless, the people who […] The post Bitcoin’s Social Contract Must Be Resilient to the Whims of Future Generations appeared first on Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoins-social-contract-must-be-resilient-to-the-whims-of-future-generations/