Bitcoin

Author: Stilgar This is the fourth part of our series "What is Bitcoin?". You can read the previous parts here, here and here. In the last part of the series, we posed the main problem that blockchain technology solves in the field of digital currencies - "double spend". But what would the so-called "double spend" attack actually look like...

Author: Stilgar This is the third part of our series "What is Bitcoin?". You can read the previous part, which explains the cryptography behind cryptocurrencies, here. Suppose we want to make electronic cash and we are armed with cryptography. The first, most natural idea is to have a bank and everyone has an account there. With …

Author: Stilgar This article aims to introduce non-programmers to how Bitcoin works on a technical level. How is it possible that there is no central server and no one controls it? Although the explanation is simplified, this is not a text with inaccurate metaphors, but a serious description with mathematics. Although …

What is Bitcoin? What is it for? What problem does it solve? What is this “cryptocurrency” anyway? And why does humanity care about something like this? Thirteen years after its creation, Bitcoin (and along with it other cryptocurrencies) remains a mystery to the average person. Even many specialists and experts in the fields of computer science, …

The national plan under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility is a major topic of discussion in both the new Bulgarian parliament and the excited post-election public sphere. The facility is just one part of the €750 billion Next Generation EU package (nearly half in the form of loans) born out of the pandemic, …

TEAM · 35. Meme stocks and cryptomania - how is 2021 starting? 02:30 – How are the predictions we made in the previous episode going? 04:50 – How is the bull market in cryptocurrencies developing? What is the significance of Tesla's investment in Bitcoin? 15:50 – Mistakes when looking for the best time to invest in …

TEAM · 33. A new rise in the markets - is it justified? 0:24 – Start 0:45 – The US elections and their impact on the markets 09:15 – News about successful developments of vaccines for Covid-19 and the reaction of the markets 13:40 – Do the markets remain overvalued? 20:00 – When will we see inflation? …

As a result of these developments, alternative investment strategies such as the "Permanent Portfolio" performed quite well. The average yield of Universal Pension Funds in Bulgaria remained relatively stable. Bitcoin suffered a relatively bad month, despite its widespread perception as a "safe haven asset". The yield curve remained inverted in the US - how long will it …

00:23 - Introduction to the topics in the episode and our special guest Blagovest Belev from BlockChain.BG, with whom we will talk about investments in cryptocurrencies. 01:10 - How has the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund performed recently? 03:15 - Financial news from Bulgaria 19:00 - Macro and Markets - global news ...

For over a year now, we at EKIP have been conducting a very interesting experiment. With the launch of the Virtual Pension Fund last year, we set ourselves the goal of illustrating what we mean when we talk about alternatives to the current pension system in Bulgaria. A system that, as you may know, we criticize extremely harshly. Because …