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Digital Gold v. Legos – Can just Bitcoin or Ethereum do it all

Source Node: https://ambcrypto.com/digital-gold-v-legos-can-just-bitcoin-or-ethereum-do-it-all/
Time Stamp: September 16, 2021 3:42 AM - Modified On: September 16, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin v. Ethereum – The elephant in the room of most Bitcoin and altcoin analyses. During a recent episode of the Unchained podcast, host Laura Shin let the author of The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, Vijay Boyapati, and Ethereum Foundation Researcher Justin Drake take a stab at the question. Needless to say, it was the latest chapter in the debate between Bitcoin and Ethereum maximalists. According to Boyapati, Bitcoin was right to give importance to backwards compatibility, when compared to changing protocols or issuance volumes – as Ethereum has done.

Curve Finance Launches Ethereum Swapping Liquidity Pool

Source Node: https://beincrypto.com/curve-finance-launches-ethereum-swapping-liquidity-pool/
Time Stamp: December 21, 2020 2:54 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Decentralized finance protocol Curve Finance has launched a new pool for Ethereum and synthetic Ethereum (sETH) swaps and liquidity provision. The pool allows liquidity farmers to deposit Ethereum and synthetic Ethereum in order to earn additional yields. sETH is essentially a soft peg of standard ETH, designed to stay as close in value as possible, though it often trades slightly lower which allows for arbitrage opportunities. The newly launched pool contained 65% ETH and 35% sETH at the time of press, worth a combined estimated total of around $155,000 at

Yearn Finance’s YFI Token Hits Five Figures, Closing in on BTC Price

Source Node: https://beincrypto.com/yearn-finances-yfi-token-hits-five-figures-closing-in-on-btc-price/
Time Stamp: August 19, 2020 3:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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As DeFi tokens continue to lead crypto markets ever higher, some such as Yearn Finance’s YFI token are making monumental gains, but is it all for the whales only? With a very limited supply of just 30,000 tokens, demand for YFI is palpable. A single token now costs almost as much as one BTC and it does not seem to be slowing down. The high-flying token is the basis of the Ethereum-based DeFi yield aggregator Yearn.Finance, which allows users to maximize returns and earn interest on crypto collateral while saving

Ham to Improve on Yam With Latest DeFi Experiment

Source Node: https://beincrypto.com/ham-to-improve-on-yam-with-latest-defi-experiment/
Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 1:13 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Yam yield farming frenzy that took DeFi by storm last week highlighted a number of elements that could have been improved with the launch. A new offering called Ham aims to right the wrongs and improve on Yam with a truly community-driven project. There were several flaws with the Yam launch, but the ultimate reason was that it had to be rescued by whales. This pretty much negates any progress made on the path to becoming a truly democratic and community-governed monetary system. A migration plan proposed late last

Gold Tokens Reach Milestone Market Cap; Does This Pose a Threat to Bitcoin?

Source Node: https://bitcoinist.com/gold-tokens-reach-milestone-market-cap-does-this-pose-a-threat-to-bitcoin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gold-tokens-reach-milestone-market-cap-does-this-pose-a-threat-to-bitcoin
Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 11:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin and gold have been rising in tandem, as the dollar has been falling. It has also driven the growth of the market cap of digital gold tokens, backed by the precious metal commodity, to record highs. What exactly has caused this rapid growth in market cap, and does this pose any threat against Bitcoin? Market Cap of Commodity-Backed Gold Tokens Soars 1000% In 2020 Bitcoin and gold share several key similarities, such as supply scarcity. Bitcoin’s benefits soon begin to outweigh the precious metal, especially in terms of storage

Bitcoin Codebase Preserved for 1,000 Years in Archive Under Arctic Ice

Source Node: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-codebase-preserved-for-1-000-years-in-archive-under-arctic-ice
Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 6:55 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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A snapshot of the Bitcoin codebase will be encoded onto film reels and stored for a thousand years under the arctic ice in Svalbard, Norway. The move is part of the GitHub Archive Program, with a mission to preserve open-source software, for future generations to learn about the culture of today.GitHub has partnered with institutions such as the Software Heritage Foundation, Arctic World Archive, and Oxford University’s Bodleian Library to ensure the long-term preservation of code, which could otherwise be abandoned, forgotten or lost.With the ephemeral nature of much of