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Bitcoin, the first digital currency based on blockchain was introduced in the year 2008. However, the first real-world transaction took…

When you enter the Bitcoin world for the first time, you will soon start to hear about different animals, such as whales, bears and bulls…

LocalBitcoins held a live webinar a few weeks ago where our Community and Partnerships Manager Vladislav Alimpiev talked about the best…

The first block of the Bitcoin blockchain, known as the genesis block, was mined exactly 12 years ago on January 3, 2009. Since then, over…

Peer-to-peer and Bitcoin

Is Bitcoin bigger than banks and nations?

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LocalBitcoins held a live Christmas webinar last Saturday where our Community and Partnerships Manager Vladislav Alimpiev talked about the…

A brief history of Bitcoin for businesses and two brave trailblazers

It’s December 2020 and “King Crypto” Bitcoin is back in the game. After nearly three years of price struggle, Bitcoin price skyrocketed in…

LocalBitcoins is holding its second live webinar on Saturday, 19 December at 2 pm UTC time (4 pm Helsinki time).

Bitcoin is an extremely interesting asset, both from a speculative perspective and investment approach. It has unique characteristics…

LocalBitcoins is the world’s largest peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace. Through LocalBitcoins, you can trade and invest in Bitcoin and get…

The Bitcoin bull run is here. How to benefit the most from it? Besides trading and holding, if you have a large following on social media…

The internet is an endless source of information for Bitcoiners. Whether you want to trade, follow the markets, read the latest news…

Trading and investing in Bitcoin is not easy. Besides being the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is also famous for being…

The first part of this article series discussed Bitcoin and social sustainability on a macro level. This article focuses on the micro…

Buying and selling Bitcoin peer-to-peer has big advantages: staying true to the spirit of Bitcoin, you are dealing with people instead of…

Having a good reputation is important when trading on LocalBitcoins. If other users can trust you, you can trade more and benefit the most…

Whether you need to cash out some of your bitcoins or you are buying and selling bitcoins regularly, doing it peer-to-peer makes the…

With the advent of quantum computing, there have been concerns that this breakthrough technology could be a danger to Bitcoin and the…

Last month LocalBitcoins’ Community and Partnerships Manager Vladislav Alimpiev gave a free webinar about security. You can watch the…

Before you develop the question in your mind any further, the short answer is NO! It’s never too late to invest in Bitcoin, although you…

In 1992, the late and great Hal Finney, one of the earliest Bitcoin developers, stated: “The computer can be used as a tool to liberate…