Salaries for blockchain engineers are skyrocketing, now on par with AI experts (CNBC) There’s still a demand for blockchain engineers! Per Salvador Rodriguez (or, at least, the bullet points at the top of his artice): “Blockchain engineers are making between $150,000 and $175,000 in annual salaries on average. Blockchain engineers are the top paid roles in software development, on par with specialists focused on artificial intelligence. Demand for blockchain engineers has increased by 400 percent since late 2017 on Hired, a firm that helps clients recruit tech candidates.” NatWest to become world’s first bank to use blockchain for loan management (TheNextWeb) NatWest plans on using blockchain technology (specifically, R3)…
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The dream of the 1890s is alive in crypto. "I"m so authentic, I get my crypto news printed on newsprint before I read it." (via Pixabay)Must-reads for August 30, 2018: Ethereum’s Lubin talks Tether, EU considers regulations, and more
Here are the crypto stories you should be watching today
Ethereum cofounder defends Tether against manipulation accusations (Yahoo Finance) Tether is often accused of being printed without assets to back and then used as a tool to manipulate bitcoin price. Joe Lubin, who now runs Brooklyn-based Consensys, isn’t a Tether skeptic. “Based on our analysis, which involves just talking to a bunch of people in the space, we do believe that tethers are backed 1 to 1 by U.S. dollars in bank accounts. But it’s still not 100 percent solid in terms of a story from my perspective. I expect may other price-stable tokens will arise and take it place. MakerDAO’s dai is doing incredibly well. It’s a mechanism that…
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Must-reads for August 21, 2018
Here are the crypto stories you should be watching today
Stop worrying about how much energy bitcoin uses (The Conversation) The title of this piece is misleading but that’s the product of editors trying to game social media by getting people to share stories since few people actually read the whole article. University of Pittsburgh researcher Katrina Kelly-Pitou argues, “Rather than discussing the energy consumption of bitcoin generally, people should be discussing the carbon production of bitcoin, and understanding whether certain mining towns are adding to an already large environmental burden.” ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Is Having a Hard Time Winning Over True Believers (Bloomberg) Usage of cryptocurrencies as payments has slumped in the past several months. Transactions involving Bitcoin Cash,…
