CryptoSoup

CryptoSoup

A mixture of views and news on crypto currencies, distributed ledger technology and a small side order of cryptography.


MiracleTele - urgent update - financial troubles and staff losses.

10 Sep 2019 1 minute read 1 comment Tomatosoup

MiracleTele, the token-backed mobile telecoms operator has been sending some strange emails to its members over the past few weeks, including claims that the CEO had disapeared. It was hard to tell exactly what was going on.  A new message today aler...

Bentalefin.com - Scam or a changing business model?

23 Jul 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

Cloud mining sites have a bad reputation, somewhat deservedly as many have been nothing more than Ponzi schemes.  However despite knowing that, to satisfy my curiosity, I made a list of a few to try. After dropping a those that wanted way too much pe...

Immediate profit on TELE from MiracleTelecom, or HODL?

15 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

As MiracleTele works nears the end of its ICO it has today emailed its community with an offer to buy back TELE tokens at €0.20/token. That could be a great deal if you got free tokens, but you have to sell your entire holding.  The full email follow...

Big changes for Electroneum - new blockchain, NGO partnerships, reduced block reward.

13 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

Electroneum (ETN) has forked to a new blockchain model that they call Proof of Responsibility. A model that they say makes them: One of the few cryptocurrencies that is insusceptible to 51% attack More scalable and commercially viabable Able to have...

You can buy stock in this brewery using crypto.

5 Jul 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Tomatosoup

Headline grabbing Scottish brewery BrewDog announced yesterday that its latest crowdfunding round, known as “Equity for Punks” has been extended into April 2020, and that it will accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Ethereum, Litecoin, OmiseGO,...

Bitcoin rise = coin faucets demise?

27 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

Back in the old days, around 2010, there were Bitcoin faucets like this which 'dripped' 5 BTC a day. Coin faucets? A coin faucet is a web app that gives visitors crypto currency, usually in exchange for viewing a few adverts. Originally these sites...