Topic: [ANN][NOTE]DNotes - Celebrating DNotes 3rd Birthday - Forum Now Open - page 58. (Read 814539 times)

From the standpoint of the small business owners, this is a very unfortunate practice of better financed big companies. It is a deliberate way to stifle and retard competition; hence innovation.  

Happy Valentines Day to you all.

Happy Valentines Day all!!!

Digital Currency Weekly Recap 2-14-2016

Business School Interest in Cryptocurrency Prompts Partnerships, Curriculum Additions.
Ripple Founder Legal Dispute Ends with Settlement.
Decred Launched by Former Bitcoin Developers.
CryptoWoo Payment System Launches.
Coin Center Raises More than $1 Million for Lobbying Efforts.
Emercoin Partnership with OpenLedger Designed to Create New Synergies.
February Challenge Contest from DigiByte.

http://dcebrief.com/digital-currency-weekly-recap-2-14-2016/

The patent wars continue:


Wall Street Is Trying to Beat Silicon Valley at Its Own Game

Banks race to beat the patent trolls—and Silicon Valley.

"The biggest U.S. banks, including Bank of America, and payments networks such as MasterCard are applying for more patents than ever before on everything from mobile wallets to blockchain ledgers similar to those used for the digital currency bitcoin. Banks and payments companies were awarded 1,192 patents over the past three years, 36 percent more than the prior three-year period, according to researcher Envision IP."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-11/disrupting-banks-go-see-what-they-re-doing-at-the-patent-office

Happy Valentines Day everyone! 

Great! Thanks Mark. Most of the exchanges take a bit to catch up with PoloniEx, but we absolutely encourage everyone to utilize all the exchanges.

Ta, Dnotes. And I can now 'pack the gap' on Cryptopia a little 'cause the spike brought me a pinch of Bitcoin. Low volumes are a reality sometimes, but low volumes with 30% buy-sell splits aren't attractive to merchants.

Another bump in price, looks like DNotes is picking back up again. I need to grab a few more while the getting is good.

This one is worth a read from Jim Harper, formerly on the Global Policy Counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation. It is a different perspective on the blocksize debate. Why Bitcoin Governance is a Competition (And That's a Good Thing)

In this article, Harper discusses the challenges of applying traditional open-source development practices to a blockchain world, and why he believes the ongoing scaling debate, while heated, will be stronger as a result.

A bit too much to quote out of context, but worth the lengthy read.

Great article. Almost feel like moving to Dublin to setup shop for DNotes.

Nice volume and good uptrend. Good to see some support.

Someone was anxious to get their hands on DNotes (Poloniex). I don't worry about the price, but it's always nice to see 'up'. 

Ireland is set to benefit from government support of Bitcoin and fintech:


Dublin Is A Great Hub For FinTech and Bitcoin Innovation

Dublin, Ireland, is attracting a lot of attention in recent months. Not only is the city seeing a healthy influx of startups and FinTech companies, but the number of events taking place in the region is on the rise as well. keeping in mind how Dublin wants to focus primarily on FinTech and Bitcoin, this can be very good news for digital currency development as well.

Dublin Bets Big on FinTech And Bitcoin

Positioning itself as one of the most prominent cities in the FinTech world today, Dublin is on the right track to becoming a major hub in the next few years. European startups are looking for a new home, rather than focusing all of their attention on London. Even though that latter is the financial capital of the world, there is a lot of competition as well.

One of the main reasons for this growth is the support from the Irish government. Unlike other European countries where governments are not exactly boosting innovative efforts, Enterprise Ireland is putting a ton of effort into attracting startups and entrepreneurs across Europe. It is important to keep in mind these efforts are about more than just having startups open a new office in Dublin, but having their founders and entrepreneurs relocate as well.

Support from the government is just one driving factor for the growth in innovation in Dublin though, as various other facilitators play a major role as well. Companies such as Google are running various programs for Irish entrepreneurs, and they have expanded the Google Tech Hub Network to Dublin as well in August of 2015.

Just companies and entrepreneurs are only making up part of the FinTech and Bitcoin ecosystem in the region, though. With a growth in the number of local events and conferences, a lot of people are travelling through Dublin around the clock. Putting together hundreds of bright minds will spur future innovation in the payment industry, which can only be seen as a positive thing.

Last but not last, Dublin has been pretty successful in using its advantages over other European cities. Its proximity to London is very beneficial to those companies and entrepreneurs looking for additional funding, and also brings a lot of expertise in the financial sector to the table.

Additionally, hiring is rather expensive due to a favorable regulatory ecosystem, and with a multitude of IT companies, there are plenty of coders to go around. FinTech, Bitcoin, and the blockchain will all benefit from this booming startup and events scene in Dublin over the next few years; that much is certain.

http://themerkle.com/news/dublin-is-a-great-hub-for-fintech-and-bitcoin-innovation/

Blockchain Weekly Recap 2-13-2016

IBM’s Wolpert: Collaboration Needed to Bring Blockchain to Market.
Microsoft Goal: Azure Platform Open to All Comers.
UK Mutual Fund Houses Unite to Explore Blockchain.
ASX Financial Update Outlines Blockchain Strategy.
Nasdaq Uses Blockchain to Enable Remote Shareholder Voting.
KB Kookmin Pursuing new Blockchain Payment and Remittance Service.

http://dcebrief.com/blockchain-weekly-recap-2-13-2016/

He is confusing Bitcoin development with a Money Services Business and cited general FinCEN compliance laws. The developers are not issuing nor exchanging digital currency. I don't see any evidence here that development of a decentralized digital currency falls into these requirements.

Unfortunately, the drama will continue and put a damper on Bitcoin progress.

It seems to me that rampant P&D is back in full force as reflected in CoinMarketCap.

http://www.riddellwilliams.com/blog/articles/post/hard-fork-conspiracy-treacherous



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PoloniEx is great! It is good for me to be able to experience the heavy load issues combined with internet connectivity issues for the bot.

We luuurv Poloniex, but it is strangely 'clunky' at times.

EDIT:

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