(Note: I wrote this last Tuesday, but held off publishing because no exchanges actually allowed Litecoin Cash (LCC) deposits, making this process pointless. There is now one exchange allowing LCC deposits and trades (see step 3 of the article), so it’s finally possible to unload your LCC by following this guide.) This past Sunday, the […]
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Bitcoin: it’s over 9000 (dollars)!
November 26th, 2017 
CryptoBadger With Bitcoin’s price currently hovering around $9,400 on Coinbase, it’s time for the obligatory “it’s over 9000” post. Bitcoin’s value has been increasing steadily over the past 48 hours, hitting new all-time highs nearly hourly—and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down. Let’s all pause and remember that one bitcoin cost a mere ~$700 just […]
Bitcoin’s SegWit2x fork postponed indefinitely
November 9th, 2017 CryptoBadger With only a week to go before its planned implementation, yesterday’s announcement that Bitcoin’s planned SegWit2x fork is being shelved indefinitely came as somewhat of a surprise. Ultimately this is good news. Bitcoin is already confusing enough to the average individual without another fork caused by lack of community consensus added to the mix—especially in […]
Ethereum’s Byzantium hard fork is imminent
October 15th, 2017 CryptoBadger Just a quick heads up that the Ethereum network will experience a planned hard fork at some point early tomorrow. A few of you have emailed me with questions about what you need to do to prepare, and the short answer is that no action is immediately necessary if you’re primarily worried about the continued […]
Burger King creates their own “Whoppercoin” cryptocurrency in Russia
August 26th, 2017 CryptoBadger If you’re looking for evidence that pretty much everyone is jumping onto the cryptocurrency bandwagon, look no further—Burger Kings in Russia are now offering customers promotional “Whoppercoins” with the purchase of every Whopper. Yes, really. The Whoppercoin tokens were reportedly issued using the Waves Platform, and the value of each token isn’t yet clear—though speculation […]
Amazon Alexa: now with more CryptoBadger!
August 22nd, 2017 CryptoBadger If you have an Amazon Echo or other Alexa-enabled device, you can now use it to ask CryptoBadger to fetch the latest cryptocurrency prices. Just say “Alexa, enable CryptoBadger skill” to install my simple plugin, and then you can say things like “Alexa, ask CryptoBadger: what’s the current Bitcoin price?” Prices come from Coinbase, and […]
Asus to release mining motherboard with 19 PCIe slots
August 22nd, 2017 CryptoBadger Asus has announced plans to release a motherboard aimed squarely at cryptocurrency miners. The new mainboard will be dubbed the B250 Expert Mining and features a whopping 19 PCIe slots. In addition to theoretical support for up to 19 GPUs, the board features a unique power setup and diagnostic tools designed to make troubleshooting initial […]
PSA for Bitcoin holders: it’s a good time to extract your forked Bitcoin Cash!
August 20th, 2017 CryptoBadger If you were holding any bitcoin in a private wallet on August 1st, an equivalent amount of Bitcoin Cash (BCC/BCH) was created under your control during the hard fork. You don’t need to rush to do anything to claim or secure it—assuming you control the private keys to your BTC, those same keys will access […]
New AMD Vega GPUs yield disappointing mining performance out of the box
August 15th, 2017 CryptoBadger Reviews of AMD’s new Vega GPUs are starting to become available from reputable sources, and early mining test results don’t look great. Tom’s Hardware posted a first look of a Radeon RX 64 Vega (8GB) card yesterday, and only managed to hit 30.9 MH/sec on the latest version of Claymore’s miner. That’s comparable to performance […]
Bitcoin soars past $4000 to new all-time high
August 12th, 2017 CryptoBadger Bitcoin is currently trading at over $4,100 on Coinbase and most other major exchanges, after climbing nearly $500 over the past 24 hours. The current price represents a ~600% increase compared to just one year ago! The relatively uneventful hard fork on August 1st, combined with the recent consensus to lock in SegWit (which paves the […]
