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SHE256 – Women in Blockchain

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A Women in Blockchain event hosted by Blockchain at Berkeley, SHE256’s vision is to empower and motivate women ahead of this disruptive and newly emerging technology, by offering “A unique opportunity to set the culture and tone”, says Sara Reynolds, Executive Director of SHE256, in her bubbly opening statement. Inclusivity, connecting communities and changing the ratio are some of the terms heavily spotlighted throughout the day, offering the audience a true sense of belonging; which is precisely what SHE256 intends to achieve with their mission. Upon arriving at UC Berkeley’s…

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A Quick Guide to $PayByName™ in CoinPayments

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$PayByName™ is a unique CoinPayments feature which is designed to enormously simplify the process of sending and receiving payments via numerous different crypto coins inside the CoinPayments ecosystem and a selection of apps through our partner Netki. The feature offers one chief benefit in that allows the user to send or receive payments without having to copy and paste wallet addresses. Now, if you’re a total newbie to the crypto currency ecosystem, here is what a typical Bitcoin (BTC) wallet address looks like: 3Jpk464Enx4YA58HJHdtT82hwgUfig4geC This is what a typical Ethereum…

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COINFEST 2018

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CoinFest Vancouver: Lightning Edition By: Christina Succurro  On April 6th, 2018 CoinPayments in partnership with Andrew Wagner will be hosting CoinFest, a mini Blockchain expo which aims to be the event equivalent to open source peer-to-peer technology. A local venture founded in 2013 returning for the second year in a row, to our very own Headquarters here in Vancouver BC. CoinFest has consistently provided opportunities for businesses and Crypto enthusiasts to casually connect over pizza and beer with some of the most influential people of the fin-tech world. An educational and…

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NEO

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NEO (NEO): An Open Network for Smart Economy NEO QUICK STATS The 9th largest cryptocurrency, with a total market capitalization of over 3 billion USD, NEO payment processing is available through CoinPayments. Since NEO rebranded from Antshares (ANT) in 2017, it has quickly gained momentum as China’s leading smart contracts platform. A currency inevitably compared to the Ethereum blockchain for their similarities, Neo and Ethereum are both open source, Turing complete platforms specifically designed to host smart contracts, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and dApps, respectively fueled by crypto assets. NEO…

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Official CoinPayments Ripple Theft Statement

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On June 5th, 2017 a Ripple theft occurred on the CoinPayments platform due to an error that allowed a few users to withdraw excessive XRP from hot wallet XRP accounts. Due to the rarity of the circumstances, this issue was difficult to detect. CoinPayments has done a full review of our systems and added additional checks and protections to ensure similar issues do not occur again in the future. This isolated incident was the first of its kind on our platform and affected only ripple wallets which were not taking…

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Is Your Business Ready for Cryptocurrencies?

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5 Ways Cryptocurrencies Can Help Your Business Cryptocurrencies are becoming an increasingly more common form of online payment. Bitcoin is currently the most popular form cryptocurrency in the digital space and a secure and easy way for a business to handle payments — which is why many small businesses have already begun accepting Bitcoin. Here are a few reasons why you should consider accepting Bitcoin or other forms of cryptocurrency for your business: Receive money faster Credit card and debit payments can often be slow to process, meaning you don’t always receive…

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Syscoin (SYS)

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SYSCOIN (SYS): A Decentralized E-Commerce Platform SYSCOIN QUICK STATS CoinPayments offers Syscoin payment processing options that allow merchants to receive, send and store Syscoin. Buyers becoming more aware of the benefits of blockchain technology can be drawn to a new type of buying and selling – a decentralized marketplace offering peer to peer transactions without the middleman. Syscoin claims to offer one of the most advanced e-commerce infrastructures available in the market, where assets, data and digital certificates can be traded securely and efficiently on the blockchain, for minimal network fees…

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Dash Coin (DASH)

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DASH: Digital Cash You Can Spend Anywhere, Anytime, Globally   DASH QUICK STATS On January 18, 2014 a currency by the name of Xcoin (XCO), was released to the crypto market and it would soon be rebranded as a well-known cryptocurrency that we know today as DASH. Dash was built on Bitcoin’s core and it expanded on its code by adding a “2-tier node”. Unlike Bitcoin, whose transactions are published on the blockchain, Dash’s technology intends to have the liquidity and anonymity of cash through PrivateSend and InstantSend, functions performed…

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PURA Payment Processing

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Pura (PURA): The Digital Cash Movement for the Common Good PURA QUICK STATS CoinPayments provides PURA payment processing allowing merchants and buyers to send, store and receive PURA. Pura is a self-regulated, private and secure cryptocurrency derived by the open source Dash code and preceded by Bitcoin. Pura supports the socially responsible way of decentralizing currency by using a layer of masternodes to reach consensus on network changes quickly and transparently. Pura is the first currency in the world that is programmed by protocol design to contribute up to 10%…

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