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Bitcoin Price Rebounds Over 10% But It’s Not Why You Think

The wonderful world of bitcoin is a fascinating online roller coaster ride. What the mainstream calls “volatility” we call a time for “Hodl.” bitcoin price resumed it’s upward volatility on Monday into Tuesday morning, gaining over 10%, and I’m going to tell you why.


bitcoin PRICE GAINS ON WEAKER DOLLAR

bitcoin price rebounded sharply entering the final week of March and it really had nothing to do with bitcoin. The greater economic markets were the key to bitcoin’s success as the U.S. Dollar took a beating yesterday. This was largely in reaction to the health care vote debacle late on Friday afternoon, when President Trump had to pull the new health care proposal of Paul Ryan for not having enough votes to pass.

This occurred too late on Friday for the market to react, so this carried over to Monday morning when the U.S. Dollar reached a four-month low, the Dow Jones dropped to its lowest point since 2011, and the USD crashed compared to every major currency, CNY, Euro, and yes, bitcoin.

The USD’s market weakness means dollars can buy fewer Bitcoins, so bitcoin value increases against the USD, which is what the bitcoin price represents. bitcoin rose from about $950 USD to over $1,060, as of this writing.

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THIS IS HOW IT WORKS FOR YOU

As I went over in a previous article, Why bitcoin Price Will See Huge Gains For The Next 10 Years, one of the main reasons bitcoin is going to gain value over time is the inherent weaknesses in the greater economic market, which is based on debt.

The U.S. Dollar market is the most influential and strongest financial market in the world, and when Janet Yellen raises interest rates by twenty-five basis points, the economy goes into a tailspin. This should show you how weak the other markets are if the U.S. financial system is this fragile. bitcoin price will take advantage most of the time, and there is plenty of economic turmoil coming down the pike.

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Another market condition that should be taken note of is the fall in the value of altcoin Dash, which has fallen more than 10% over the last 36 hours, almost the exact same time bitcoin started to rally. 

Dash and bitcoin clearly have an inverse relationship. As one gains, the other falls, and if people see bitcoin on a run, they pull their Dash to get in on the action. A smart investor will take advantage of these relationships and market forces in the future. Dash being an economic hedge against bitcoin is not a bad place to be. Robin was pretty damn famous in his day, and beyond.

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ONE CHAPTER CLOSES; ANOTHER BEGINS

In an aside, I will no longer be writing articles for Bitcoinist after today. I will be moving back to the United States to build my million-dollar consulting business, Smart Beta Consulting, from this point forward. SBC will focus on bringing high-net-worth individual investors in the U.S. and Canada into the digital currency fold, trading fiat currency for global decentralized currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum.

If you know an avid investor who is looking to get started with bitcoin, feel free to send them over. They can do it. Smart Beta Consulting can help.

In closing, no matter where I roam, you can bet your last Satoshi I will be working to help someone learn more, buy more, and do more with “The Future of Money”. This is what I have been doing for the last three years of my life, and I will continue to do it until I can do it no longer. Thank you for your support of me and Bitcoinist. We all appreciate it and we do this work for you, the bitcoin community.

Take care and I’ll see you on the moon!

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Bitcoin Miners Raked in Over $2 Billion Since 2008

bitcoin miners have earned over $2 Billion in revenue since cryptocurrency was first established in 2008, according to a new study published by the Cambridge Centre For Alternative Finance. 


What is bitcoin Mining?

bitcoin mining refers to the process by which blocks of transactions are created and then appended to the bitcoin blockchain. Each new block contains a few hundred transactions, where each transaction is a payment from one or more bitcoin address to other address or addresses.

The process of creating blocks is called bitcoin mining because there is a reward associated with each new block that is created and appended to the blockchain. Currently, as of 2017, the reward is 12.5 bitcoins. So anyone who creates a new block, and is able to do it faster than anyone else, will be able to claim this reward of 12.5 bitcoins for each block that they create.

This study, written by Dr. Garrick Hileman and Michel Rauchs, has revealed that the total rewards from bitcoin mining since 2008, when bitcoin was founded, have been more than $2 Billion. It should be noted that the mining reward per block halves after every 4 years.

It started at 50 Bitcoins per block in 2008, halved to 25 bitcoins per block in 2012, and then was further halved to 12.5 bitcoins per block in 2016. So, in the past, miners were earning more bitcoins for each new block.

However, with the value of bitcoin touching all-time highs of $1200 per bitcoin, the miners are earning a lot more in dollars at present than they did in the past.

Miners’ Role in Protocol Development

Miners have recently been in the news because there are a number of proposals to change the bitcoin protocol, and they have an important role to play. bitcoin Unlimited is one such proposed change, which seeks to modify the bitcoin protocol and the software that is used to run it.

The bitcoin Core, or the main bitcoin software release, has also proposed a new feature called Segregated Witness, or SegWit for short. Miners have a large role to play in selecting which of these competing new features or proposals are implemented.

In this context, the study found that a majority of miners acknowledge their important role in protocol development.

Key highlights of the study include:

  • 70% of large miners rate their influence on protocol development as high or very high, compared to 51% of small miners.
  • The cryptocurrency mining map shows that publicly known mining facilities are geographically dispersed, but a significant concentration can be observed in certain Chinese provinces.

More Findings From the Study

The study reported a number of other important findings, including an estimate of the total number of bitcoin users in the world. According to this study, there are an estimated 2.9 million to 5.8 million active bitcoin users worldwide. The majority of these users are located in Europe and North America.

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The study also found that 1,876 people are working full time in the cryptocurrency industry. This does not include headcounts from a number of mining companies, so the actual figure may be much larger.

Cambridge Centre For Alternative Finance is affiliated with Cambridge University, United Kingdom. This study by Dr. Garrick Hileman and Michel Rauchs was released a few days ago, under the title of Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study.

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