What?!... Bitcoin is the first widely used financial system for which all the necessary data to validate the system status can be cryptographically verified by anyone. However, it accomplishes this feat

There is a very clear trend that has manifested over the last few months, which I believe to be deleterious to the future of the project - I talk, of course, of the exodus of posters from the bitshares

After following the steps outlined in this chapter, you will have succeeded in exchanging your Steem Dollars for fiat money, without using a centralized bitcoin exchange. Introduction If you have been

As of last week, smartcoins have been added to the list of supported altcoins in #bitsquare. Unfortunately, there is a very important detail that was left out, and that is the lack of price feed for any

As I tried to warn you noobs (George Torwell reference) some weeks ago, the insolvent banks in the Eurozone (and elsewhere) continue to up the game, this time by charging YOU for holding YOUR money. See

Was introducing a friend to #steemit, and after explaining all the stuff about different passwords and actually registering the account, for the life of me, I could not find where to change the different

If you have forty minutes to spare, this might be the most interesting interview you listen to this week .. Introduction As a long-time reader/listener of The Dollar Vigilante (podcast here), I was excited

In part two of the series, we learned more about Bitsquare and how it can help you get in and out of the #cryptocurrency ecosystem without going through a centralized bitcoin exchange. We also learned

A huge shout out to @manfredkarrer who made this possible. Here is a screenshot of the latest version with Smartcoins support visible: 90% of the earnings from this post will be sent directly to

If you have an Android phone, it is time to update your system! Security firm Check Point has recently disclosed four security flaws that allow an attacker to completely take over your Android phone. All

I propose that we use this bitshares forum thread to organize any and all worthy tutorials that have anything to do with #bitshares. When newly interested steemit users ask about Bitshares, we can point

There is a danger lurking that most steemians are still not taking seriously. I urge you to take action and not become another statistic.. If you still routinely use centralized bitcoin exchanges to sell

The author of Bitsquare has disclosed that #bitusd support in #bitsquare will be added in the very short term. I have replied in that thread and suggested that other smartcoins be added as well, to cater

As reported on reddit, there is a fake bitcoin wallet application that right now ranks #2 on the Apple Store, when you search for "bitcoin wallet". It is designed to steal your funds! Be very

Yesterday, in a post about decentralized trading, I alluded to the fact that the password you should choose to protect the #bitsquare application should be long and random. Essentially the same tips that

Joining the ranks of people scammed by centralized exchanges is perfectly avoidable. In this series, I will show you how.. Notice The images in this article are appearing way too small on my display, but

This post is going to be very different than the stuff I usually write about. This week I was unable to do much writing for steemit. There is a good reason behind that, and for your amusement, I would

Introduction Blocktrades has been with the #bitshares ecosystem for a long time. Since the underlying technology (#bitshares and #steemit) is pretty much the same, they were well positioned to get in on

Today I would like to take the time to introduce a wonderful (but still with rough edges) piece of software, called Bitsquare. In a later post, we will cover how to actually operate the software. For now,

(This article is mostly aimed at readers who have not yet become part of the steemit community. For a much smaller and easier to read post, which explains how to achieve the same (albeit with less privacy