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Taproot is designed to increase Bitcoin's fungibility, improve the functionality of smart contracts, and improve privacy by making all transactions appear the same to external blockchain observers. origin »
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What is the Schnorr signatures scheme — the new MuSig standard that hopes to improve Bitcoin’s transactions?
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Since 2009, only one cryptocurrency has been able to save its face. It has never been hacked, its founder… The post Keeping Satoshi Nakamoto’s Dream Alive: Nagezeni and Rootstock to Improve Bitcoin appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-11-1 16:32 | |
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Since Bitcoin’s inception in the financial world it has given birth to a new field of ideas and solutions to be explored by many for the issues that are globally met right now. Mostly and tremendously in the currency industry.
2018-9-16 12:26 | |
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Japanese Fintech heavyweight SBI Holdings plans to launch a Ripple-powered mobile payment application called MoneyTap. In a tweet shared with his followers, Takashi Okita, CEO of SBI Ripple Asia shared the web page of the new payment application, which promises to offer "easy bank transfer application" without fees.
2018-9-15 22:03 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-15 20:21 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: Open source Aidos Kuneen (ADK) project is joining efforts to improve cryptocurrency exchange services for credible crypto projects. ADK are offering 5% share in its upcoming bank network to any credible top 20 cryptocurrency exchange to create a more honest and transparent experience.
2018-9-14 08:33 | |
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A handful of projects brought their tech to life this week, introducing new payment systems and coins to the industry’s offerings. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network makes headway for the dev community, and one of crypto’s older and more respected exchanges (arguably) takes a step against the space’s principles.
2018-9-11 17:57 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-9-7 00:27 | |
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IBM has launched a blockchain-based payment system called Blockchain World Wire. According to IBM, the new payment network uses digital currency on Stellar's blockchain to "clear and settle cross-border payments" in near real time.
2018-9-6 23:49 | |
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Caspian, a full-stack crypto asset management firm dedicated to institutional investors, recently announced the addition of two new members to its advisory board, who will be joining the company and will be bringing their experiences to improve Caspian’s resources.
2018-9-4 22:04 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has sent officials to Japan, the UK, and Switzerland to study cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings from each of the three countries’ financial regulators.
2018-9-4 16:05 | |
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Online Bitcoin casino giant Bitcasino, achieved a great feat in its quest to improve the customer experience of its teeming users. The leading online casino initiated the integration of a Telegram social media login and cryptocurrency SOC login, which is a first in the industry.
2018-9-1 23:51 | |
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The Unified Developer Platform run by Modex Platform will allow early-bird developers to earn MODEX tokens. It has announced that the first 1,000 developers to join the platform will receive 1,000 MODEX tokens each.
2018-8-30 14:40 | |
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Ripple XRP and Stellar XLM are currency exchange and remittance networks. By using a common ledger that is managed by an independent network of validation servers that constantly check transaction records, these exchanges don’t rely on the heavy computer processing power and energy that systems like Bitcoin do.
2018-8-28 00:30 | |
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One of the key tradeoffs in blockchain design is whether to build more functionality into base-layer blockchains themselves (“layer 1”), or to build it into protocols that live on top of the blockchain, and can be created and modified without changing the blockchain itself (“layer 2”).
2018-8-28 04:03 | |
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The World Bank and Australia's largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, have issued a public bond exclusively through the blockchain. The $100 million AUD ($73.
2018-8-25 23:16 | |
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JD. com has created an open blockchain platform to ensure that customers are able to create and enjoy their own blockchain solutions. This Beijing-headquartered e-commerce organization wants to improve transparency, effectiveness and security of their customers’ operations.
2018-8-24 16:45 | |
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Even though Bitcoin and Litecoin are two popular and appealing cryptocurrencies, there is a growing need for additional developers. BlockFuse aims to lower the barriers to entry when it comes to developing applications for both of these ecosystems.
2018-8-23 00:00 | |
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Some of the crypto industry’s biggest exchanges are joining with the Winklevosses in an effort to bring self-regulation to a market that many perceive to be fly-by-night and unstructured.
2018-8-22 23:39 | |
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Социальная инвестиционная платформа eToro объявила о партнерстве с семью футбольными клубами английской премьер-лиги. It’s official. We’re bringing bitcoin to football :) eToro has launched landmark partnerships with 7 Premier League clubs all paid using #bitcoin.
2018-8-21 16:47 | |
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The South African Revenue Service is working to improve the tracking of cryptocurrency traders and their transactions in order to verify if they are paying taxes. According to its Commissioner, the agency is exploring ways to better identify those that are profiting from trading digital assets and check if they are evading taxation.
2018-8-19 17:40 | |
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The QTUM network emerged in 2017 as an exciting blockchain that took elements of both Bitcoin and Ethereum to build theoretical synergy. However, as its price hit all time lows in the past week, questions regarding network performance and its ability to improve upon competitor solutions emerge. The climb back to the top may be a challenging one.
2018-8-17 09:32 | |
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South Korea is planning to invest nearly $900 million next year to accelerate the development of blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
2018-8-17 22:56 | |
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Does The Bitcoin ETFs Have An Impact On The Cryptocurrency Market? The latest sell off experienced in the cryptocurrency exchange markets was heavily linked to the postponement of the decision to introduce Bitcoin ETFs by the Security Exchange Commission (SEC).
2018-8-16 04:36 | |
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Greg Maxwell’s Taproot Privacy Tech Set To Be Released Bitcoin has been pretty unpopular because of its privacy. As a result of this shortcoming, developers have long been trying to find a fix, or at least improve it over time.
2018-8-15 21:42 | |
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Spending Bitcoin directly on e-commerce platforms has proven to be an interesting challenge. Until things improve, buying gift cards with cryptocurrencies will remain a more than viable alternative.
2018-8-11 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will dramatically increase the effectiveness of the financial industry. Bitcoin is an efficient alternative in countries with unstable economies, according to a study recently published by Infiniti Research.
2018-8-11 07:00 | |
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A new way to trade bitcoin and digital currencies is now in the books. SparkSwap is the first crypto exchange to be built on the Lightning Network. It allows users to trade both bitcoin and altcoins in seconds without depositing assets with a third party.
2018-8-10 18:32 | |
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Newbies to cryptocurrencies falsely believe that bitcoin transactions are anonymous. But bitcoin isn’t as private as you’d think. Prying eyes can discover who you are if they can trace your bitcoin address to identifiable personal information.
2018-8-10 04:51 | |
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Bettergram is a new app, launched to improve upon the UI of the Telegram messaging service app and tailor to crypto enthusiasts. Bettergram features include the ability to pin more chats to the top of a user’s chat feed, chat groups, and in-app crypto price monitoring.
2018-8-10 22:59 | |
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The current momentum across all cryptocurrency markets does not instill any degree of confidence. All markets are still in the red, primarily because of the Bitcoin price suffering from a major setback in the past 48 hours.
2018-8-9 12:03 | |
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Square pulled in $37 million in revenue from Bitcoin, but spent $36. 6 million to offer it on their Cash App, leading to a tight profit of $420,000. Although profitable, Square isn’t expecting cryptocurrency to drive major profits anytime soon.
2018-8-3 09:30 | |
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Stratis has announced the launch of the Breeze Wallet that delivers the industry's only fully functional wallet and truly decentralized privacy solution for Bitcoin. The move provides a high degree of privacy and security for organizations seeking the benefits of blockchain payments.
2018-8-3 00:58 | |
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Bitcoin prices continue to fall on the first day of August as yesterday’s mood still dominates the market. Altcoins are also down, with HitBTC’s problem fix failing to improve the general sentiment.
2018-8-1 12:38 | |
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Google just nixed any app that mines cryptocurrencies from its Play Store. With a recent update to the store’s policies, the tech monolith rewrote its stance on cryptocurrency apps.
2018-7-27 20:33 | |
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A new Venezuelan fiat currency, ‘anchored’ to the nation’s crypto, the Petro, is expected to start circulating in the second half of August. The news was announced by president Maduro himself, along with other measures intended to improve the economic situation in the country.
2018-7-26 20:45 | |
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Two of Bitcoin Cash’s leading personalities are debating whether to reduce BCH block times by a factor of 10. ViaBTC CEO Haipo Yang wrote online that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) block times should be reduced from 10 minutes to 1 minute to “improve user experience.
2018-7-25 10:07 | |
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A protocol technique known as ‘pre-consensus,’ sparked a heated debate amidst the Bitcoin Cash developers this past week. This debate centered on the benefits of ‘pre-consensus,’ as a tool to improve block propagation time, and also be of benefit to zero confirmation reliability, and delegation of decisions tethered to consensus conditions.
2018-7-22 10:26 | |
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Switzerland’s financial market supervisor, FINMA held discussions with the country’s bankers’ association and the Swiss National Bank (SNB), on how to improve cryptocurrency ventures’ access to banks.
2018-7-21 13:10 | |
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Scaling has been a heated topic for the bitcoin community for some time. Further, even when a technology does become available, getting people to use it becomes the next big hurdle.
2018-7-20 17:33 | |
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Consumers might one day be able to charge their purchases on their credit cards using bitcoin as a currency. On Tuesday, Mastercard won a patent to protect a method that would manage “fractional reserves of blockchain currency.
2018-7-18 20:13 | |
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Stronghold, a cryptocurrency trading platform housed by Stellar, is launching a stablecoin on its parent network’s blockchain in collaboration with IBM. Stronghold USD will be backed with “one-to-one U.
2018-7-18 22:00 | |
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Bitcoin is making progress on a tech upgrade that will improve its speed, scalability and privacy. Schnorr will clear up space on the blockchain by containing signatures. The result expected is relief for transaction backlog and the high fees that go along with it.
2018-7-17 23:37 | |
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As a rapidly growing business sector, e-commerce continues to open up new avenues for exploring, comparing and purchasing products worldwide. Spl. yt, a smart contract protocol, aims improve the e-commerce system for buyers and sellers by automating functions currently performed by “middlemen” marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba.
2018-7-16 19:45 | |
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The Japanese NTA (Tax Agency) has announced a new strategic policy put in place by July 15th to promote and improve the environment for people and companies to spontaneously declare their virtual currency income tax returns.
2018-7-16 17:55 | |
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Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz and his Galaxy Digital crypto merchant bank are teaming up with Caspian, the full-stack crypto trading and risk management platform. The aim is to improve the infrastructure supporting the institutional adoption of digital currency trading.
2018-7-14 21:33 | |
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The Bitcoin movement has brought with it a tidal wave of activity in cryptocurrency investments and trading. As a result, crypto market capitalization soared to an all-time high of around $820 billion in early January of 2018.
2018-7-13 17:51 | |
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As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name.
2018-7-13 17:16 | |
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Gemini, the digital currency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is making big preparations to improve its platform’s service. As it gears up to serve more professional traders and traditional investors, the New York based crypto exchange just hired a former New York Stock Exchange executive as its chief technology officer.
2018-7-11 16:44 | |
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Gennaro D'Urso is the founder of Pharma Collective and Israel Mersky is the Director at Pharma Collective. Gennaro has a background in science and entrepreneurship, while Israel comes from the advertising industry and has experience in the pharmaceutical psychedelic space.
Jasper De Gooyer is the co-founder and CTO at SEDA, a multichain, permissionless protocol connecting real-world data to any network on-chain.
Bitget, top global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is responding to trader demand and is to list SKALE (SKL). The SKALE Network is designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum-compatible applications.
VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched perpetual futures trading, featuring the world's first Bitcoin and USDT perpetual futures paired against the South African Rand.
Controversial crypto exchange Binance has appointed Richard Teng as its new CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who pleaded guilty to charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will reportedly step down as CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Since its 2009 inception, Bitcoin has heralded a shift from traditional to decentralized finance (DeFi), signaling the future of financial markets. Today, the crypto landscape extends beyond Bitcoin, with multiple projects contributing to a dynamic ecosystem of financial innovation.