Is Segregated Witness Active? Almost!

SegWit for Litecoin has successfully locked in! A big thank you to the Litecoin/Bitcoin communities, the Litecoin/Bitcoin developers and the miners for making this possible! After activation period 7, SegWit for Litecoin will be active. Check the Status here: http://litecoinblockhalf.com/segwit.php

At the time of this post there are currently 7869 blocks left until SegWit is active.

The Problem With Blockchain Assets

exodusBlockchain assets (also called digital currency or cryptocurrency) are a young, fragmented new frontier. New people buy bitcoin and miss out on exciting, new opportunities. Diversifying means learning about keys, seeds, wallets, blockchains, mining fees, cold storage, and more.

Not only do you give up control of your identity, privacy and money; everything quickly turns overwhelming with too much to learn.

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Storj.io Cloud Services

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Max Keiser talks about the Altcoin Quark with Bill Still

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss factory-farmed citizen consumers who live in mom’s basement, dragging the economy down with them. They also discuss the monoculture of housing bubbles and high interest rate loans in the workplace. In the second half, Max interviews Bill Still about his conversion to crypto-currencies and what role of the NSA spying scandal played in his decision.

The Rise of the ALTCOINS

altcoin-ftw These days, it’s easy to get a little flack for recommending alt coins. Those people tend to think only this new great ‘adoption’ of technology will be only for bitcoin, thats far from the case.

Both namecoin and litecoin have hit new highs in the last 48 hours, sitting ~250% increase. They are starting to get support from those looking for bitcoin alternatives, usually something cheaper.

Namecoin offers something unique to the crypto currency market, a new TLD called ‘.bit’.

Litecoin offers faster transaction times and a higher quantity of coins.

You can purchase bitcoins in 10 minutes or less and convert some into altcoins on popular exchanges like BTC-e, to diversify your crypto wallet.