Blockchain and cryptocurrency are quite interdisciplinary subjects. Unbounded Capital’s forecast for the future of blockchain is that projects seeking to exploit these perceived legal loopholes will fail while those leveraging blockchain to deliver value to their business will thrive.
Could Coordinated Law Enforcement Actions Send BTC to Zero?
Can Law Enforcement Censor Blockchain Networks? Explore how Cryptocurrency/blockchain networks are being used to facilitate billions of dollars of criminal exchange and how, the US Government, have already seized cryptocurrency proceeds of crime and can continue to do so by legally compelling large miners to comply.
Bitcoin SV for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) of Norway?
Bitcoin SV (BSV) is being considered as a viable option for the central bank to issue its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on. BSV, next to Ethereum, as blockchains under consideration for use as the backbone of a CBDC, and that it has been regularly suggested as an option by technology experts.
Why the Lightning Network Doesn’t Work
The Lightning Network (LN) is a 2nd layer payment protocol for Bitcoin’s perceived scaling problem. In this article we will outline the technical issues with scaling this network, legal reasons why widespread adoption is incredibly unlikely, and how the proposed solutions end up implemented as centralized solutions relying on trusted 3rd parties, the very entity Bitcoin was created with intent to remove from peer-to-peer transactions.
Why the Ethereum Foundation is correct in warning: “Don’t expect scale post merge”
Ethereum’s well-documented problem with its high gas fees is still significant as it costs at minimum upwards of a few dollars to mint a transaction into the ethereum main chain network, with it sometimes costing significantly more when the network is in demand. Even post merge, we agree with the Ethereum Foundation: it will likely that it will remain the least efficient blockchain and way of processing transactions in the world.