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Lawsuit Against Ripple Thrown Out as Court Denies Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand

Ripple can breathe a little easier after an XRP investor’s case was dismissed. The case alleged that Ripple used dishonest and illegal tactics to control the price of XRP.   To Be or Not to be a Security? Yesterday the US Northern District of California court denied a remand application for a lawsuit filed against Ripple Labs Inc. дальше »

2018-8-13 05:00


South Korea’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange ‘UPbit’ comes out clean in audit

According to reports from a Korean accounting firm, the biggest South Korean crypto exchange UPbit is cleared of charges from the allegations that were made against it last May. The exchange was blamed to have manipulated its balance sheet which resulted in a rise in its trading values. Soon after unknown sources claimed that the firm […] дальше »

2018-8-8 02:57


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Dutch Central Bank Against Crypto, But Won’t Move To Regulate

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) the central bank of The Netherlands have recently spoken out against cryptocurrencies, denying to recognise crypto as a real form of currency. According to Dutch News, Petra Hielkema, the Divisional Director at DNB has said in a report: “If something wants to be treated as money, you have to be able to spend, save and calculate with it. дальше »

2018-8-3 13:00


Vitalik Buterin on Bitcoin ETF: Too Much Investment, Not Enough Usage

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has taken to social media to decry the heavy emphasis placed on cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds in lieu of real-world crypto adoption, stating that while complex crypto financial products are beneficial for short-term gains, the ability to easily and quickly purchase cryptocurrencies is more important. дальше »

2018-7-31 11:00


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18