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The Bitcoin reward halving

There’s a lot of excitement and confusion about Bitcoin’s upcoming reward halving and the implication on Bitcoin users. What is the reward halving? When Bitcoin transactions are transmitted to the Bitcoin network, they are grouped together in blocks which are…

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NetProphet: Michael Jordaan & Marcus Swanepoel

Below is an interview with Michael Jordaan and our CEO, Marcus Swanepoel, conducted by Kieno Kammies at NetProphet 2016. They discuss the the evolution of banking, the future of finance, Bitcoin and making the move from “suit to startup”. Michael Jordaan…

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What is MMM Global?

The large and growing international Ponzi scheme, known as MMM Global has piqued the interest of governments, regulators and sadly individuals, primarily those from developing nations. Here’s some insight on the scam, also known as MMM Global, MMM South Africa,…

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How to buy Ether (Ethereum) with Bitcoin

At Luno, we’re banking on Bitcoin making it big one day (or continue to make it big). Enough so that we now exclusively take our trading revenue in Bitcoin. That said, there has been a large amount of interest in Ethereum –an…

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Beyond the Blockchain

Why Bitcoin 3.0 really is Bitcoin 1.0 Over the past few months we’ve been bombarded with calls and visits from many leading financial institutions and other large global businesses, typically with the same questions: “Can you please explain to us…

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Taking Bitcoin Mainstream in 2016

At BitX we love using Bitcoin and we can see the clear advantages it has over other forms of money. Given the traction and use cases we are seeing across the markets we operate in, we also believe it’s only…

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Earn Bitcoin by referring friends & family to Luno

This article may be out of date. See our latest update on Promotions here: Earn free Bitcoin Users can now earn Bitcoin by referring their friends and family to Luno.   What you need to do Simply log into your…

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Adding, renaming and switching between addresses

We’ve added the ability for users to add extra Bitcoin receiving addresses, switch between and rename them. This way you could, for instance, provide someone –like a supplier– with an address which you can call “business” and someone else –like a friend–…

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Introduction to the basic concepts of FALCON

At Luno we’re constantly trying to think of innovative and practical ways to bring the power of cryptocurrency to everyone. Based on feedback from a number of multinational institutions, small businesses, Bitcoin companies and regulators, we embarked on developing a system…

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