Two New Sidechains Proposals Could Change Bitcoin's DNA (The Cryptoverse #142)
On today's episode of The Cryptoverse: A long-proposed bitcoin feature called 'sidechains' may soon take a big step forward thanks to a pair of proposals.
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There have been four noteworthy bubbles in bitcoin’s life when the price exploded after rising slowly. Being speculative in nature, the bubble may soon burst, sending the price crashing down before settling at a range above the pre-bubble level.
But what is a bubble? And how do we know if we are in one?
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Currently, there are 705 cryptocurrencies out in the wild being traded every single day. For seven years, Bitcoin has remained the top gun of all the various altcoins within the industry, and there are many reasons why this is the case. Let’s take a look at why there’s a good chance this will continue for a while.
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There has been a lot of talk about investors looking to Bitcoin as a safe haven for their investment portfolio. Safe haven markets are very small and hard to get into. Bitcoin may not fit that bill as perfectly as some people think it does.
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Bitcoin remains the most widely used cryptocurrency, so for many online vendors it's a good alternative to the U.S. dollar. Microsoft, CheapAir and other big retail names have already jumped on the Bitcoin bandwagon, with many more to follow.
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SophosLabs has published a report on how hackers are distributing a new mining malware across the web. The Mal/Miner-C malware hijacks a computer and allows malicious individuals to mine Monero with the victim’s processing power.
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On November 11-13, the popular blockchain-based social media platform Steemit will hold its first public event in Amsterdam. The conference is expected to host over 200 participants and is organized by Roeland Landegent, a Steem developer and entrepreneur.
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- Do you ever wonder how I acquired the knickname 'The Marketing Monk'?
- Do you ever wonder why I'm so passionate about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchains?
- Are you aware of my personal mission 'To lead people to freedom through education and awareness' that is the motivating force behind everything that i do?
A couple of days ago @dantheman aka Dan Larimer [posted the most wonderful essay on Steemit](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@dantheman/why-do-we-fight-to-change-the-world) which beautifully articulates why someone like me, deeply into meditation and spiritual growth, has studied economics so intensively.
Right now, western civilization [looks almost exactly like the Roman Empire right before it collapsed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7rdCYCQ_U). We are at the 11th hour, and unless the mental framework people are using to live their lives changes, history is going to repeat itself.
So here is my gift to Dan and to the community. For those who are not readers, here is Dan's beautiful essay narrated as audio for today's episode of The Cryptoverse.
And don't worry, we'll be back to our regular programming tomorrow. I just felt the need to bring this masterpiece to as wide an audience as possible.
And finally, now is the time to become acquainted with the movie [V for Vendetta](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/). If you have never seen this movie and would like to see where we are heading, I invite you to watch it (twice).
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On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:
Although there isn't a timeline yet, ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin today suggested that the platform's developers may have to hard fork to once again solve pressing network problems. If pursued, the move would come less than three months after ethereum last executed a hard fork in a controversial bid to return funds to investors in The DAO.
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On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:
Iceland's Pirate Party has tripled its seats in the 63-seat parliament, election results show and the Bitcoin Core team has released its version 0.13.1 update.
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[The Original Article On Bitcoin.com](https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-0-13-1-released-segwit/)
[Live Status of Unconfirmation Transactions on the Bitcoin Network](https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions)
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