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Blockstack Looks to Boost Decentralized App Usage Through New App Mining Program
As a company looking to give users full control over their digital rights, Blockstack is piloting a new app mining program that encourages designers to create new applications directly on Blockstack’s platform and earn rewards in bitcoin. дальше »
2018-10-24 00:30 | |
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New Bitcoin Study Suggests Chinese Crypto Mining Centralization Is A Threat To Industry
According to a new study conducted by Princeton University and Florida International University Bitcoin has a very dangerous threat. The joint study explains that the most popular virtual currency has a significant mining geographical centralization. дальше »
2018-10-15 09:40 | |
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Centralization of Mining Pools open Up New Attack Vectors
After losing four percent in the last week mostly compounded by strong losses of Oct 11, sellers are in control. This view is regardless of our expectations of higher highs in the aftermath of deflating dips of last week. дальше »
2018-10-15 05:00 | |
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Study Argues Chinese Mining Centralization Poses Threat to Bitcoin Network
A joint study conducted by Princeton University and Florida International University has found three-quarters of Bitcoin mining is based in China and warned of the potential risks that could result from the significant geographical centralization of the mining network. дальше »
2018-10-15 13:00 | |
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Ripple CEO: More Than 90% Of Crypto Assets Will Crumble
When it comes to polarizing issues in the crypto industry, there isn’t a topic as inflammatory as the debate between XRP proponents and Bitcoin maximalists or more broadly, centralization versus decentralization. дальше »
2018-10-4 18:00 | |
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Let’s Talk Bitcoin: Authority in a Decentralized System
On the most recent episode of Let’s Talk Bitcoin!, the hosts discuss the now-defunct Bitcoin Alert system, devised by Satoshi himself. A rarity in the podcast space, this episode’s exploration involved no guest appearances, instead relying on the wealth of experience that Adam B. дальше »
2018-9-22 22:58 | |
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Craig Wright Affiliated Pools Gain 50% of the Bitcoin Cash Hashrate
Bitcoin Cash mining centralization has now reached the point where just two pools currently control precisely 50% of the hashrate (pictured above). According to reports, the Craig Wright affiliated Coingeek. дальше »
2018-9-17 12:31 | |
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New Mining Manufacturer Linzhi Announces Ethereum ASIC Miner
Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. дальше »
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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Would Coordinated Efforts of Governance Strengthen or Weaken Bitcoin?
Recent research suggests that there needs to be coordination between leading providers of cryptocurrency infrastructure products to protect against disruption caused by hard and soft forks. However, previous incidents of network upgrades have only strengthened bitcoin and efforts to govern the protocol raise questions over potential centralization. дальше »
2018-9-12 22:00 | |
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Layer 1 Should Be Innovative in the Short Term but Less in the Long Term
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”). дальше »
2018-8-28 04:03 | |
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ZCash (ZEC): The Only Bitcoin (BTC) Fork That Can Beat Investors’ Expectations
ZCash (ZEC) is a popular source code fork of Bitcoin (BTC), just like Litecoin (LTC). The purpose of its creation was to address privacy issues that users of Bitcoin (BTC) faced and also to curb centralization with its Equihash based proof of work model. дальше »
2018-8-10 17:07 | |
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Social Video App Cheez Now Offering Cryptocurrency Rewards
Social video app Cheez announced recently that it will soon be integrated with Bitcoin and Ethereum rewards for users. Some, however, are skeptical of the reward cap and centralization. Bringing Cryptocurrency To The Masses Cheez, a social video sharing app designed by its Chinese parent company LiveMe, is taking a dive into the world of cryptocurrency by integrating a system that will reward its users with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a native Ethereum based ERC20 token. дальше »
2018-8-10 10:00 | |
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DJ Who “Turned Down Wall St.” Is On a Quest to Decentralize Music Festivals
Independent DJ Justin Blau (known on stage as 3LAU) didn’t exactly stumble into the cryptocurrency industry — to say so would misrepresent how much thought he’s put into his blockchain-based event network, Our Music Festival (OMF). дальше »
2018-8-8 19:23 | |
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The Computer Chip Tailored To Mine A Specific Cryptocurrency
In the nine years that Bitcoin miners went from needing a personal computer to make money to requiring highly specialized, high-priced equipment to do the same, members of the Bitcoin community have warned of growing mining centralization. дальше »
2018-8-1 15:00 | |
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More Than a Ledger: How Blockchains Will Democratize Wealth
To Mark Pascall, co-founder of BlockchainLabs New Zealand (NZ) and president of the Blockchain Association NZ, the blockchain space is more than just a new technology layer, it’s a “fundamentally different way for organizations and societies to operate. дальше »
2018-7-31 21:27 | |
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A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol
Although the ideas behind the current Ethereum protocol have largely been stable for two years, Ethereum did not emerge all at once, in its current conception and fully formed. Before the blockchain has launched, the protocol went through a number of significant evolutions and design decisions. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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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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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Analysis July 19th, Price Up Despite Inactivity Claims
Regardless of Bitcoin Cash FUDs, BCH is still charting higher and on a weekly basis, this medium of exchange coin is up 19 percent according to our metrics. Technically, thanks to this week’s rejection of lower lows, we might see further gains next week despite claims of inactivity at Bitcoin Cash’s GitHub and centralization calls […] дальше »
2018-7-19 18:08 | |
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Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Results Spark Centralization Concerns
A recent “stress test” conducted on the Bitcoin Cash has caused controversy due to the apparently highly centralized nature of the BCH network. The post Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Results Spark Centralization Concerns appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »
2018-7-16 10:00 | |
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PoWx Seeks to Change Bitcoin Mining with “Optical PoW”
Nonprofit organization PoWx has launched this week with the goal of boosting the idea behind proof of work (PoW) through more innovative algorithms. The company is seeking to decentralize Bitcoin mining and make it more accessible to consumers through a new technology that executives have dubbed “optical PoW” — a new type of hardware that utilizes a more advanced and energy-efficient form of laser technology as the cornerstone of mining. дальше »
2018-7-14 01:04 | |
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Crypto Centralization Spurs Decentralization Movement
The other day I introduced my mom to Bitcoin. First we reviewed the open-source code together, before she downloaded her first wallet software from the Github repository and compiled it to a clean device with a randomly-generated password. дальше »
2018-7-13 20:45 | |
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Bitcoin Cash: BitPico ‘Stress Test’ Claims To Show Node Centralization
A new discovery in BitPico’s “stress test” on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has allegedly unearthed further evidence of the altcoin’s centralization. Nodes ‘In Same Server Rack’ According to the group, which began focusing its attention on BCH last month after conducting similar “test” on Bitcoin’s (BTC) Lightning Network, a number of full nodes on its network are “located in the same server rack. дальше »
2018-7-10 20:00 | |
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Augur Launches Decentralized Prediction Marketplace
Augur, a blockchain-based predictions platform, has opened to the general public. The platform becomes the “world’s first” decentralized prediction-market platform. дальше »
2018-7-10 19:14 | |
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Another Class Action Filed Against Ripple, Claims XRP Has “Hallmarks of a Security”
Ripple is staring down the barrel of yet another securities lawsuit — its third one this year. Filed in the Superior Court of the State of California in San Mateo County, the class action alleges that Ripple and its team illegally sold and promoted XRP, Ripple’s currency, as an unregistered security. дальше »
2018-7-5 23:14 | |
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Op-Ed: Challenge of Mining Centralization Unveils Bitcoin’s Elegant Design
Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away. дальше »
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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Bitmain Nears 51% of Network Hash Rate: Why This Matters and Why It Doesn’t
Recent Bitcoin block data shows that Bitcoin’s mining pools BTC. com, AntPool and ConnectBTC, respectively mined about 25. 7 percent, 16. 1 percent and 0. 2 percent of all new blocks over the past week. дальше »
2018-6-29 23:07 | |
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MyCrypto Founder Reveals the Perils of the Centralization of Authority
Taylor Monahan, who was the co-founder of MyEtherWallet (MEW) and is the founder of MyCrypto, recently, responded to BitcoinFoundation. org founder Charlie Shrem’s concerns over EOS’s overwhelming centralization. дальше »
2018-6-22 00:46 | |
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The Anonymous Bitcoin.org Owner Claims BTC Mining Pools are too Centralized
Cobra believes mining pool centralization has taken over the network. This is not the first time Cobra has initiated the subject of mining centralization as he has brought the topic up many times over the years, alongside BTC core developer Luke Jr, another staunch advocate of a PoW change. On June 18 the co-owner of дальше »
2018-6-20 23:37 | |
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The Anonymous Bitcoin.org Owner Accuses BTC Mining Pools of Centralization
There’s been a lot of controversy over the past few weeks stemming from the anonymous Twitter handle and co-owner of Bitcoin. org, ‘Cobra Bitcoin. ’ The well-known BTC community member has been at the forefront of contentious subjects for many years now, and this week Cobra is claiming that one man has control of more than 51 […] The post The Anonymous Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-6-20 22:20 | |
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The Genesis Files: If Bitcoin Had a First Draft, Wei Dai’s B-Money Was It
All Cypherpunks value privacy; it’s basically the founding principle of the collective of cryptographers, academics, developers and activists grouped around the 1990s mailing list by the same name. дальше »
2018-6-15 23:31 | |
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