Bitspark: Unbanking The Banked with Bitshares In part one we announced our plans to switch to Bitshares from Bitcoin as the alternative cryptocurrency for our remittance business and the reasoning as to why. In this part I hope to follow up with the questions from readers relating to how this…
Today we announce that Bitspark will be switching to the Bitshares Blockchain from Bitcoin because it is better suited for the company’s business. That is not to say it is better for everything, but for remittances we see it has some clear advantages. The new payment method will be…
On August 1 2017, the Bitcoin network will be undergoing a contentious upgrade which, if it does not reach consensus among mining pool operators could result in a chain split. For an overview we would recommend you read this or for more detailed analysis, this. As you are aware, Bitspark…
Tajikistan is a developing country which heavily relies on remittances. Until 2014, the share of remittances made up around 43 percent of the national GDP roughly US$ 4 billion a year, which has sharply declined to 20-25 percent in the subsequent years due to the global recession and the depreciation…
Today we at Bitspark are launching our services to the African continent with Nigeria as the first destination on the list and to start with a bang, our rates are 14.4% than the global FX markets used by every competitor. As the largest economy and population on the continent,…