Lars Nordmark, Author at Toshi Times

Bought my first Bitcoin in 2013, but when Ethereum was released in 2015 I decided to make cryptocurrency my biggest focus in life since I realized what impact smart contracts will have on society. It has since then been my biggest passion in life and it usually takes up most of my waking hours. I like to program and have followed and interacted with what happens in blockchain pretty much constantly during this time, and spent countless hours researching this amazing technology. I believe this is why I have a good technical understanding of all the different blockchains and its concepts, which is something I try to do my best to spread while working at Toshi Times.

Lars Nordmark

Institutional Money is Coming to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies in 2019

The price of Bitcoin came to a halt during 2018, but as we are heading into a new year, it seems that 2019 will be the year when institutional investors will enter the market, leading to an increase in price. One of these is Mike Novogratz, who is a billionaire and a big investor and believer in cryptocurrency. He sees Q1 and Q2 2019 as a period where institutions will…

Bitcoin maximalist Francis Pouliot says 2019 will be Big for Bitcoin

Bitcoin maximalist Francis Pouliot is Bullish on Bitcoins Price in 2019

Francis Pouliot, a Bitcoin maximalist and co-founder of Bull Bitcoin, says that in 2019, the demand for Bitcoins fundamental value as a store of value will increase. He believes that by people building on Bitcoin and thus adding to the value proposition of Bitcoin, the price of Bitcoin will help in price recovery. The price of Bitcoin, which has continued to fall from around $6000 in the summer is right…

YouTube, Twitch, and Wikipedia Content Creators Can Now Accept Tips In Ripple

Coil, a browsing extension similar to the defunct tipping service Changetip, now allows their users to tip content creators on YouTube, Twitch and Wikipedia. The idea behind Coil is that users sign up for a fixed monthly subscription, and when they visit a website that supports Coil payments through their API called Web Monetization, Coil will donate a small amount of money to the content creator in real-time. Coil is…

The Opportunities Of 1000x Returns In Crypto Is Gone, Says Vitalik Buterin

In an interview by Bloomberg during a blockchain conference in Hong Kong, the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, said that the ability for the blockchain industry to do incredible growth is probably gone. Vitalik base this conclusion on the fact that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has become more mainstream. “If you talk to the average educated person at this point, they probably have heard of blockchain at least once. There…