Why Is Bitcoin More Expensive On P2P Exchanges?
Today millions of dollars worth of bitcoin are bought and sold on markets worldwide; in the last ten years, we’ve seen massive leaps forward in the efficiency of secondary fiat to bitcoin markets and the ability to clear transactions between bitcoin and any fiat currency. Despite the improvement in access to capital markets, these large […]
Buy Bitcoin With An FNB eWallet
It’s no secret that your Rands aren’t going as far as they used to. Despite interest rates from savings accounts and government bonds, very few South Africans can admit to not feeling the pinch when it comes to their spending and maintaining a certain standard of living year after year. The purchasing power of the […]
What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?
The bitcoin network we know and use today brings to the table a lot of unique properties you won’t find in other payment networks. It is the first and only decentralised network that is fully verifiable with very little computing power needed to do so, but with that comes a trade-off. Bitcoin can only process […]
How To Protect Yourself Against Chain Analysis
On-chain analysis refers to the surveillance of the data recorded on the bitcoin blockchain. While there is nothing special about reviewing and verifying on-chain data, anyone with a full node can do that in a pseudo-anonymous fashion. On-chain analysis metrics were first used to give traders and investors a bird’s eye view of the bitcoin […]
Can Bitcoin Transactions Be Censored?
Ever since payments became digital, we’ve seen an increase in the ability to censor transactions; financial institutions and payment intermediaries shut down accounts or inhibit transactions daily. As custodians of other people’s funds, these platforms require the ability to reverse transactions, as they custody funds and take the risk of moving them; when fraud occurs, […]
Bitcoin App: Jam
Bitcoin is built on a public and pseudonymous blockchain, which grants strong privacy to users who remain inside the network. Privacy on bitcoin is not guaranteed by default, and because privacy is optional, many bitcoiners have used it in a way that has limited their ability to remain private. In a perfect world, we would […]
What Is An LSAT?
Every year the internet absorbs more of the value transfer of the world; eCommerce has exploded today billions of people worldwide purchase physical or digital goods and services online without a second thought. This rapid growth has only been limited by the fiat banking system that clearly cannot keep up with all the possible business […]
How To View Non-KYC Bitcoin Offers Via Telegram
Acquiring non-KYC bitcoin can be a laborious task; you have to check up on various platforms, review the order book, and filter by the payment method they accept and the size of the orders available. It’s time-consuming, and liquidity isn’t always available to perform specific orders. It’s part of the many reasons why people avoid […]
How To Buy Non-KYC Bitcoin On The Lightning Network
Bitcoin and its ever-expanding ecosystem are all about taking back control over your finances. You can have as much or as little control as you like, and you can scale it up or down as you learn and become more comfortable with the technology. One of the biggest improvements to bitcoin has been the launch […]
Why KYC Is A Danger To You
Moving into the digital age, those of us in the banking system has had to deal with more encroachment on privacy and limitations on our access to our money and other financial products and services. We are used t using these captured on-ramps and have normalised their processes. Even now, with bitcoin, it’s getting harder […]