GDPR & Blockchain
Paris Ethereum conference EthCC: the good, the great, and the fantastic
The EthCC 2019 Paris conference just closed its doors. From the 5th to the 7th of march, it attracted hundreds of Ethereum developers from all over the world who came to discuss the current status and future progress of the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole. Coinhouse was...
Dascoin: a pyramid-shaped blockchain
Lately, we’ve been approached at several occasions by people that were into DasCoin. Facing a growing demand and as we had never heard of it, Coinhouse decided to investigate. It didn’t take many clics to activate almost all of our red flags. Thus, we felt...
Mining cryptoassets can still be profitable, but not for you
While Bitcoin is still in a downtrend since its all-time-high of december 2017 (-68%), the hashrate, which is the indicator of the amount of computing power securing the network, kept increasing consistently to reach 50 EH/s today (that’s 50 billion billions hashes...
What if my wallet generated an existing Bitcoin address?
In order to use the Bitcoin network, a wallet is needed. It can take the form of an application on a computer or phone, or that of a hardware wallet such as the Ledger Wallet Nano S. By the decentralized nature of the Bitcoin network, or most cryptocurrencies, the...
Bitcoin studied through the monetarism prism
Foreword of the author Marc Zeller: This article is about cryptocurrencies through the focus of the Quantity Theory of Money and potential mid-term and long-term effects in this environment only. The purpose is not financial advice. Doing your own research...
The European Parliament gives a first definition of “virtual currencies”
The member states of the European Union will start applying directive 2018/843 by the end of the month. For the first time, it gives a definition of what cryptoassets are. They refer to them as “virtual currencies”. This is a major milestone as it provides a legal...
New model for fundraising projects, without ICOs
Prelude from the author Marc Zeller: This article draws upon my experience at VariabL.io (VCT); the Binance Coin model, and, to a lesser extent, the Stellar (XLM) projet. 2017 was a lively and hectic year for the Blockchain ecosystem as a whole, but even more so in...