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Mt Gox registration deadline pushed for another month

Mt. Gox creditors have another month to file for their claims as the registration deadline was pushed back by another month. The registration dates for Mt. Gox creditors have been pushed back by another month . According to the announcement, the deadline has been pushed from March 10 to April 10, allowing creditors to file their claim for another month . Along with the extension for the registration deadline, the distribution deadline has been pushed back by another month as well. The distribution of assets to creditors will now take place starting from Oct. 30 instead of Sept. 30.  The official document cited various circumstances for the shift in deadline s such as the progress by rehabilitation creditors in respect of the Selection and Registration. Creditors have the option of a lump-sum payment, bank remittance, fund transfer service provider, or going through a Cryptocurrency Exchange or custodian. This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becom...

Most blockchain advocates haven't even used Bitcoin

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Bitcoin, the original blockchain, struggles to gain traction among blockchain advocates; an opinion from one of Europe's largest blockchain conferences. Bitcoin (BTC) popularised the term blockchain. Blockchains, or “decentralized and distributed digital ledgers used to record transactions across a network of computers,” have been around for over thirty years, the household name for a blockchain is Bitcoin.  That’s despite the fact that the Genesis block was mined well over 14 years ago when George W. Bush was president and “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas topped the charts–Bitcoin is still top of the blocks. It’s to be expected, then, that most blockchain advocates would have used, understood or a the very least experimented with Bitcoin. Nope. Not so. Speaking with Victoria Gago, co-founder of the European Blockchain Conference. Source: José Val Bal Here’s an example. While MC’ing at the European Blockchain Conference in February, I asked the audience for a show of hands. ...