2017
was a great year for Bitcoin.
Not exact matches
This
year has
been great for Bitcoin and Bitcoiners — we hope you
were among them, too.
As well as
bitcoin did last
year, though, ripple (XRP - USD) did even better, and many investors in the space
are taking a closer look at the
bitcoin alternative as a way to diversify their cryptocurrency exposure or look
for even
greater potential gains.
For many
years, the
Bitcoin community has
been locked in what
is known as the
great scaling debate.
Nick Colas stated on Wednesday that he had
been following the
bitcoin price graph for the last four years and he feels that 2018 will experience greater volatility in the background of Bitcoin soaring past 1600 % in the curren
bitcoin price graph
for the last four
years and he feels that 2018 will experience
greater volatility in the background of
Bitcoin soaring past 1600 % in the curren
Bitcoin soaring past 1600 % in the current
year.
Overall, this has
been one of the
greatest weeks
for cryptocurrencies this
year as institutional money starts flowing into
Bitcoin along with a renewed interest from investors around the world.
Last
year, the total amount of funding
for FinTech
was 10 times
greater than the $ 300m
bitcoin startups received from investors.
This
year has
been a tumultuous
year for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies thus far — but a
great year, overall.
«Since the publication of the original
Bitcoin paper 8
years ago, practically every cost quoted in this document has
been reduced by a factor
greater than 10 — The cost of long - term data storage
is already anticipated to
be divided by 3 by 2020 — The bandwidth cost
is also expected to decrease by 30 % per
year for the coming
years as well,» the terabyte block size paper reveals.