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Is Bitcoin worth nothing? Maybe! But that's not stopping it.

Not a single person can tell you what the price of Bitcoin will be tomorrow, in a month, or in ten years. Not the Core development team that's (sort-of) directing the course for the booming cryptocurrency, not those ubiquitous ads that claim you could be earning millions on crypto,...

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The $80 billion question: Why are Bitcoin and Ethereum ...

A little over two months ago, Bitcoin achieved a symbolic milestone: After an intensive period of growth, the price of one Bitcoin surpassed the price of an ounce of gold . 

That seems like ancient history. The price of Bitcoin has nearly doubled since then and the cryptocurrency is currently trading at about $2,200. Bitcoin's cousin Ethereum is trading at about $180, its price increasing by a...

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transaction fees of Bitcoin - Mashable

A Bitcoin logo is seen inside a sushi restaurant in central Tokyo, Japan. But that sushi might cost you a hefty sum in transaction fees.

Image: FRANCK ROBICHON/EPA/REX/Shutterstock

By Stan Schroeder

2017-08-28 11:36:04 UTC

And this is actually quite cheap compared to a...

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Bitcoin consumes a ton of energy, but it's not as bad as ...

By Stan Schroeder

2017-12-01 16:14:31 UTC

Bitcoin mining consumes a lot of energy. Every once in a while, someone compares this to another random metric -- say, the energy consumption of Ireland -- and it induces a collective gasp. How can this thing be sustainable?

Well, it probably isn't. But, long-term, it might not be that big of a deal.

SEE ALSO: Bitcoin's little brother Ethereum is at an...

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A List of 5 Million 'Gmail Passwords' Leaked, But There's ...

It might be time to change some of your passwords -- again. But if you've used a Gmail password that's unique from other accounts, you might not have to worry.

A list of almost 5 million combinations of Gmail addresses and passwords was posted online on Tuesday. But the passwords seem to be old, and they don't appear to actually belong to Gmail accounts. Instead, it seems that many of the...

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Related topics : bitcoin security forum gmail dump / list of all bitcoin addresses / all used bitcoin addresses