Bitcoin Cash: HolyTransaction shares its position about the fork
Tomorrow is August 1st, the long-awaited date for the Bitcoin-blockchain upgrade. That’s why you are asking us: what’s about HolyTransaction and Bitcoin Cash?
This upgrade, in fact, will cause a hard fork and so the creation of a new chain (and so a new digital currency) called Bitcoin Cash. This will:
- Increase the block size to 8 MB;
- Remove SegWit, a code change that might activate on the bitcoin blockchain by the end of August.
HolyTransaction and Bitcoin Cash
So, our users are asking if HolyTransaction will support Bitcoin Cash within the multicurrency wallet.
HolyTransaction, in fact, would like to announce that should UAHF choose to increase the Bitcoin block size on August 1st, our customer platform will not support the new blockchain or coin on that date.
Due to technical complexities, time and quality assurance needed to implement a second bitcoin ruleset and blockchain we will not support it.
We currently consider Bitcoin Cash as another cryptocurrency, though Bitcoin Cash’s transaction history would be the same as bitcoin’s .
HolyTransaction supports UASF
A few days ago, we shared a blog post in support of UASF or User Activated Soft Fork.
It is a system for the activation of a soft fork that might occur on a specified time enforced by full nodes, a concept that is also called “economic majority”.
In the past years, a UASF was successfully developed to activate the P2SH soft fork (BIP16).
Instead, currently, the UASF is combined with the so-called SegWit activation in the BIP148 proposal.
Click here to read more about UASF.
We know that some users are curious to see what happens with Bitcoin Cash, but we are currently not supporting this altcoin.
Let’s see what happen and happy trading!
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Bitcoin Price Analysis and SegWit
While Bitcoin price is experiencing a new growth after the almost 50% drop from its all-time high, a few analysts of the crypto market suggest that bitcoin price at $4000 is in the air.
And this moment seems to come sooner than expected.
“When added to the professed agreement for major players to work together on the Bitcoin scaling issue starting September – if it becomes a reality, the price could see between $4,000 and $5,000 before the year ends,” said an expert to Cointelegraph.
2017 has been a good year for bitcoin price, as it traded at about $950 back in January and it reached its new all-time high a few months ago in June with a value of $3011: this means that bitcoin price grew of more than 3000% in a six-months period.
Compared to the all-time high we quoted above, the current price decrease is maybe due to the uncertainty around the upcoming SegWit activation that will take place on August 1st, 2017.
For those who are unfamiliar with this, SegWit is a new upgrade to the Bitcoin blockchain that will increase the block size to support more transactions and allow a faster confirmation for transactions.
At the moment, the blockchain supports up to 2000 transactions per block in 10 minutes and SegWit will double this capacity to 4000 transactions.
Also, Segwit2x will increase the size of each block from 1MB to 2MB.
SegWit will be implemented on August 1s, while it is not sure yet if Segwit2x will be implemented too.
That said, the real reason of uncertainty is caused by the hard fork needed to implement SegWit.
This might create two different chains in a similar way to what happened to Ethereum in 2016 with the DAO and Ethereum Classic.
Not a problem for the Bitcoin price
According to many experts in the industry, while this event might create panic sell and uncertainty within the community, will not be a real problem in the next future.
Kumar Gaurav of Cashaa explained to Cointelegraph:
“When looking at 2017 so far, it still has been a good year for Bitcoin, starting just below 1000$ and now standing just below $2,000. Whether and to which extent this overall trend will continue will be seen more clearly after some crucial dates such as 1st August. If 80% of the Bitcoin community adopts the updates all should be fine. It seems most likely this will be reached, as the current signaling of intended support is at 87.8 percent, an increase from 83.28 percent in May. Comparable to when in May, following the New York agreement on SegWit2x, Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $2,160, it can reach new all-time highs after a successful activation as Bitcoin will be more attractive again and bring users of other cryptocurrencies back to Bitcoin.”
Bitcoin-based ICOs
Another reason that might be influenced the price is the growing number of Bitcoin-based ICOs or Initial Coin Offerings.
ICOs managers might have cashed out during those days and this drove the prices because a huge amount of bitcoin appeared on the market.
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Buy Bitcoin Sign appeared at Congress
When Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen testified at the Congress today, one attendee showed a buy bitcoin sign.
Yellen appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to talk about the state of the US economy and field questions from committee members. As chief of the US central bank, Yellen also spoke about a recent semi-annual report delivered to Congress by the Fed.
As chief of the US central bank, Yellen also talked about a recent semi-annual report delivered to Congress by the Fed.
While Yellen was expressing her willingness to raise interest rates amidst a healthier economic climate (following years of near-zero rates instituted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis), there was one attendee who captured media coverage because he held up a buy bitcoin sign behind Yellen.
A screenshot of the event was tweeted by CNBC Steve Kopack, and later shared by other people who have been watching Yellen’s testimony.
The identity of the man who held up the buy bitcoin sign is not clear yet.
Yet in a follow-up tweet, Wall Street Journal national economics correspondent Nick Timiraos reported that the individual, along with another, had left the room “after a staffer made some instruction to them.” Video published by Bloomberg shows the two individuals being spoken to by a staffer.
Yellen, who told in 2014 that the Fed “doesn’t have the authority to supervise or regulate bitcoin in any way” – remarked that she believes that the blockchain is an “important technology”.
Thanks to her work, the Fed decided to publish some of its internal researchers into the distributed ledger tech, releasing its first report on the topic back in December.
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Bic Camera: new merchants accept Bitcoin in Japan
A new electronics retailer decided to start accepting bitcoin in Japan as one of the available payment methods in all its shops within the country.
It is Bic Camera that began to accept bitcoin at several shops back in April, and that is now it is looking to expand this payment after seeing huge levels of demand from its customers.
The retailer is taking payments in the digital currency thanks to a partnership with the domestic bitcoin exchange called bitFlyer, so they can convert bitcoin into yen right after the acceptance.
Bic Camera sells a wide range of products, including cameras, computers and home appliances like fridges and washing machines.
News that Bic Camera is accepting bitcoin at more locations came after the Japanese government’s new regulations around digital currencies and the exchange services. Among those, for example, there is a legal definition for bitcoin as a kind of payment instrument and the decision to eliminate bitcoin taxation.
Also, this could be one reason why we might aspect a new growth in the bitcoin price in the next days.
Read more about Bitcoin in Japan here.
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HolyTransaction launches an ICO for Accountless Exchange
HolyTransaction, one of the oldest multicurrency wallet on the cryptocurrency market, announces an ICO to fund Flyp.me, a new accountless exchange.
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Flyp.me is an innovative way to enable anyone to have benefits from an accountless service: no registration is required to exchange the most popular cryptocurrencies in the world.
The exchange empowers worldwide users to trade their digital currencies and tokens while earning a percentage of fees of each trade under the Flyp.me accountless exchange.
PROFITS
Flyp.me allows any FYP token owners to access shares of the profits generated by the platform from fees: a portion of profit fees per trade on the Flyp.me exchange will be distributed to ETH addresses with FYP on a periodical basis.
The purpose of the FYP Tokens is to enable the owners to participate in part of the profits from the fees of the Flyp.me platform and its API by owning FYP Tokens, this will also include the possibility to allow the FYP tokens owners to join the distributed governance model of the Flyp.me platform.
All token owners will receive proportional profits from the platform, and those with a certain minimum of tokens will have additional benefits. All token holders will have the option to propose/vote for features with the stake of their tokens.
FYP Tokens are ERC20-based Ethereum tokens. Each and every FYP Token is equal to each other and has exactly the same qualities, properties, and characteristics. After the ICO period will end, no additional FYP Tokens will be created for any reason whatsoever.
Pre-Sale and ICO
The FYP tokens will be available in two separate rounds, the pre-Sale and the ICO. The pre-Sale period will start on July 10th 2017 at 15.00 UTC and will end the day before the ICO starts (September 6th).
The ICO period will start on September 7th, 2017 at 15.00 UTC and will end on September 21st 2017 at 15.00 UTC.
When Hidden-Hard-Cap is reached, the ICO will end three hours after the Hidden-Hard-Cap threshold is reached.
Token prices and metrics
FYP Tokens will be available for purchase by using Ethereum Smart Contract during the ICO.
During the Pre-Sale, users will be able to use other cryptocurrencies from the Flyp.me Token Sale page or you can query us for a private deposit account if you wish.
You can use the Token Sale page or your HolyTransaction Wallet, otherwise, be prepared to sign with the private keys of the address you sent your funds from to prove your ownership.
The final conversion rate from ETH to FYP Tokens will be published on the Flyp.me website as the presale begins.
During the Pre-Sale, FYP Tokens will be offered with a preferred ratio and with a minimum of 21% bonus to HolyTransaction registered users.
The total (100%) of FYP Tokens created will consist of the sum of the Pre-Sale ones plus the ICO ones and the ones assigned to the Flyp.me Platform itself. The percentage of the FYP Tokens assigned to the Flyp.me Platform is variable (as detailed below) and depends on reaching the Soft-Cap or Hidden-Hard-Cap at the end of the ICO period or not.
Benefits of FYP Tokens
Each and every FYP Token participates in the net fee profits generated by the Flyp.me Platform.
50% of the Flyp.me Platform total net fees’ profits will be periodically sent to the addresses that hold the FYP Tokens.
Once the FYP Tokens are distributed, you will be free to transfer and exchange them. On the more, by being able to sign with your holding keys, you will receive some additional benefits.
Being the owner of a certain number of FYP Tokens (exact number to be later disclosed), will enable the FYP Token owner to benefit from additional features of the Flyp.me Platform that will be better defined and implemented in future stages. Such features include, for example, the ability to vote, to submit proposals and so on.
Read more about Flyp.me and FYP tokens on our official channel on Bitcoin talk or on the official Flyp.me website.
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Bitcoin Meetup in Rome with Riccardo Casatta and more
On July 10th, a new Bitcoin meetup will be organized in Rome thanks to the Blockchain Education Network Italia.
This bitcoin meetup aims at spreading the word about the blockchain and being a meeting place for all the enthusiasts of the distributed ledger and digital currencies.
The evening will host different meetings with two major experts in the industry:
- Riccardo Casatta, CEO at Eternity Wall will present his new project called Open Timestamp;
- Simone Bronzini, CTO at Chainside will make an introduction about Segwit (Segregated Witness).
After their speeches, there will be a pitch with a few startups that work in the industry and free networking with pizza and beer for free.
The event is free, but in order to have access you need to register yourself on Eventbrite here:
https://www.eventbrite.it/
Click here to read more about this bitcoin meetup: https://www.meetup.com/
This event is sponsored by HolyTransaction.
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Japan eliminates Bitcoin Taxation; Rise in Price expected
Japan government officially eliminates bitcoin taxation after it recognized as legal method of payment a few months ago.
Consumption taxes on the sale of bitcoin will come into effect on July 1st.
According to a Deloitte’s report entitled “Japan: Inbound Tax Alert, 2017 Tax Reform Proposals,” digital currencies including Bitcoin will be exempt from the 8% consumption tax in Japan.
Deloitte’s report explains:
“The supply of virtual currency will be exempt from Japanese Consumption Tax (“JCT”). Currently, virtual currencies such as Bitcoin do not fall under the category of exempt sales, and as a result, the sale of virtual currencies in Japan have been treated as taxable for JCT purposes. Following the enactment of the amended Fund Settlement Law in May 2016, which newly defined “virtual currency” as a means of settlement, the sale of virtual currency as defined under the new Fund Settlement Law will be exempt from JCT. This change will apply to sales/purchase transactions performed in Japan on or after 1 July 2017.”
Bitcoin Industry in Japan
Back in March, the Japanese National Diet approved the tax reform proposed by Deloitte. The bill, which came into effect on July 1st will drastically increase bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading activities within the Japanese digital currency exchanges.
The bill will probably increase bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading activities within the Japanese digital currency exchanges.
On April 1, the Japanese government officially recognized Bitcoin as a legal payment method and currency.
The Japanese Bitcoin exchange industry is well regulated with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) systems. AML policies are very strict in Japan and South Korea, and it is difficult for traders to take advantage of utilizing digital currencies to move large amounts outside of Japan.
Price growth because of bitcoin taxation
Although it could be a coincidence- since Japan has proposed the end of Bitcoin taxation, Bitcoin price increased from around $2,450 to $2,570.
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Kazakhstan’s Central Bank to use Blockchain for Debt Notes
The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced it is looking to test blockchain technology in order to sell short-term debt notes.
In an official statement published today, the Kazakhstan central bank revealed its plan to launch a new mobile app that to sell the short-term debt notes to investors– denominated in amounts worth 100 tenges (the national fiat currency) – without relying on third-party brokers.
At the moment, this app is being tested within the bank, and its launch is expected by the end of 2017.
In the long term, the Kazakhstan bank commented that the app could be used to make initial public offerings (IPOs) easier.
Also, the financial institution explains it wants to work with the country’s banking industry on possible future versions and uses.
“In this area, the project will continue to search for additional solutions, including the involvement of commercial banks,” the statement explained.
The Central Bank explained that it has been looking at the distributed ledger for potential applications since 2016.
A few months ago, regional news source called Tengri News reported that officials were studying possible blockchain use cases, especially those focused on payments.
Read more about blockchain-related projects developed by banks.
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Syscoin Wallet: HolyTransaction adds this new cryptocurrency
Do you want to open a Syscoin wallet?
You are in the right place, as we at HolyTransaction decided to add this digital currency among the 15 crypto available on our multicurrency wallet.
So, from now on you can store Syscoin on Holytransaction, transfer them to any other wallet, and make crypto-to-crypto transfers from/to Syscoin, and ten more cryptocurrency’s networks.
All HolyTransaction customers can create a new address for their own Syscoin Wallet and use the user-friendly HolyTransaction Wallet platform to send and receive transactions or to instantly convert them to any other cryptocurrency we currently support.
Syscoin Wallet features
Just like Bitcoin and all the other supported digital currencies, you can now:
- Send Syscoin to any address, even to addresses of other cryptocurrencies with instant conversion on the fly;
- Receive transactions;
- Exchange Syscoin with any supported coins;
- Make instant transactions between HT users;
- Get real time exchange rates on the website;
- Set OTP for additional protection.
If you are not able to see your newest Syscoin Wallet, you just need to click on the “plus” button on the top right of the balance page, once you successfully login into your own wallet.
What is Syscoin?
Syscoin (SYS) is a digital currency that allows low-cost transactions (our fee is per transaction) and provides businesses a safe infrastructure for trading goods, assets, digital certificates, and data.
Syscoin’s value derived from the decentralized services it provides on the blockchain, a decentralized system of record hosted by a series of “nodes” on the Syscoin network.
Syscoin 1.0 was the first decentralized marketplace and a script algorithm altcoin based on Litecoin. The original whitepaper[3] included Decentralized Marketplace Creation, Decentralized Smart Contracts and Documents, Decentralized Certificate Issuance and Transfer and Decentralized Data Storage and Retrieval. Some of these services were available upon launch but only accessible through a command-line interface.
The original whitepaper included:
- Decentralized Marketplace Creation,
- Decentralized Smart Contracts and Documents,
- Decentralized Certificate Issuance and Transfer
- Decentralized Data Storage and Retrieval.
Syscoin presale began on July 19, 2014. Back at that time, the ICO price was .00000518 BTC/SYS and it raised 1500 BTC.
So, do you want to open your Syscoin wallet? Click here.
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Blockchain passports to be used in Dubai
A new project related to blockchain passports is being developed by the Dubai government and the English startup called ObjectTech with the main objective of improving security for the Emirate’s airport.
A few days ago, ObjectTech announced that it is working together with the Dubai Immigration and Visas Department to create blockchain passports to potentially eliminate manual checks at Dubai International airport.
This system exploits biometric verification and blockchain technology in order and it will use a “pre-approved and entirely digitized passport” in order to easily and safely authorize travelers’ entrance into the Emirates.
Also, thanks to blockchain passports, people will be identified through a 3D scan via a short tunnel while they walk from the aircraft to claim their baggage.
Thanks to the use of a distributed ledger technology (it’s still unclear what blockchain will be used), ObjectTech explained that passports will contain a feature called self-sovereign identity for privacy protection, which it allows travelers to control which parties can view their info.
Co-founder and CEO of ObjectTech, Paul Ferris, wrote a blog post where he explains that the company aims at making the border process quicker and safer, and also giving passengers full control of their digital data. A pilot program is anticipated to be ready by 2020, although a detailed project timeline remains unclear.
A pilot program will be ready by 2020.
Dubai is not new to this kind of projects. A few months ago, in fact, Dubai government revealed its idea to solve immigration issues with the blockchain.
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