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

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…

Blockchain Records Can Now Be Used As Legal Evidence In China

According to the Supreme People’s Court of China, blockchain records can now be legally used as evidence in their internet courts. In an announcement on September 6th, the Supreme People’s Court states that if the data submitted in the court by the involved parties can prove the authenticity through digital signatures, trusted timestamps, a hash value or blockchain technology, the internet courts will accept such evidence. As for the verification…

Russian Law Enforcement Seized 22 Bitcoin ATMs Across the Country, Following China’s Model?

Russian police have seized 22 Bitcoin ATMs across Russia. The order was carried out on behalf of the Prosecutor’s Office for the Central Bank of Russia, and the owner of the ATMs, RBFpro, had all of their 22 Bitcoins ATMs seized. In an article on RBC, the head of BBFprom, Artem Bedarev, said that the law enforcement officials are interested in how the ATMs operate and things such as the…

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