The Intrepid Report Issue #29
By: Julien Breteau
Tags: Newsletter, Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain

The Intrepid Report Issue #29

JP Morgan sued, Europe comes together, the Intrepid story, and more…

The latest news & insights from the Crypto & Blockchain world

Here are the highlights from this week’s Intrepid Report: JP Morgan gets hit with a lawsuit over blocked credit card crypto purchases and 22 European nations come together with a blockchain partnership. We’re sharing our thoughts on what blockchain can do for governments, and we cover crypto mining rigs, and understanding hard forks. We also share the Intrepid Ventures story and what’s driving our growing company. Check it out below.

Key news highlights. What’s going on in the world of Blockchain?

JP Morgan Sued Over Fees for Cryptocurrency Purchases

JP Morgan Chase & Co has been hit with a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court accusing it of charging surprise fees when it stopped letting customers buy cryptocurrency with credit cards in late January and began treating the purchases as cash advances.

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22 European Nations Come Together with Blockchain Partnership

The partnership sees European nations joining forces to cooperate on blockchain regulation and education. A promising sign for both the blockchain world, and consumers and businesses as regulators in Europe continue to foster innovation.

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Buterin Proposes ‘Minimal Sharding Protocol’ For Immediate Development

Sharding has been pitched as a means to help blockchains scale up their capacity in order to be able to process many transactions by many users. While the Ethereum network has faced challenges related to high transaction volumes, the platform is as functional as it is today in large part because it is still a relatively niche technology. In its current form, it would very likely be unable to service the number of users that would rely on it in a post-mainstream adoption scenario.

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The latest insights, thoughts, and analysis from the Intrepid Team

Understanding Blockchain in Government

With Europe forging ahead with plans to facilitate the creation of blockchain applications for the public and private sectors, it’s a good opportunity to bring back into the limelight our insights on what blockchain can do for governments.

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Articles, white papers, ebooks, and more

What Is an ASIC Miner and Is It The Future of Cryptocurrency?

This one is a little technical but insightful nonetheless. It’s a comprehensive introduction to ASIC miners. If you’ve ever been curious to learn more about mining rigs, this is for you.

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Understanding Hard Forks in Cryptocurrency

A hardfork is a change to a blockchain protocol that makes previously invalid blocks/transactions valid, and therefore requires all users to upgrade. Here’s a guide to what hardforks are, how hardforks are created, and what happens afterwards.

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Updates on what we’re up to and our upcoming events

The Intrepid Ventures Story & Community

As we gear up to launch Metabase, our very own blockchain platform, we thought it a good time give you some insight into what drives our growing company and how we plan to change the game in 2018 and beyond.

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