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Bitcoin Trades Close to 200MA – Will This Stop the Bull Run?

Bitcoin’s price has soared over the past two weeks and with the price action approaching the 200SMA, the question on many trader’s minds is whether this will be enough to stop the bull run? Bitcoin is having its second consecutive loss today but with the drop being on low volume, it looks like the bullish […] Bitcoin Trades Close to 200MA – Will This Stop the Bull Run? was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-7-30 17:04


Upwork Freelancing Platform Shows “Blockchain Developers” Is #1 Fastest-Growing Skills In 2018

Is decentralization the future of everything? The answer is hard, but it probably might be “no”. However, decentralization might solve a lot of issues. Curiously, Upwork has recently released a survey stating that blockchain skills are in demand in the market and, today, it looks like Upwork itself might use them a bit as the […] дальше »

2018-7-28 13:42


Crypto Startup Introduces Alternative Mining Method for Entry Level PCs

Cryptocurrency mining, while also being an integral part of many blockchain networks, has become a source of profit and business for exclusive crypto firms. The recently-founded HoneyMiner startup is attempting to make mining more accessible to a wider array of consumers, by providing users, like you or I, with an innovative new platform. дальше »

2018-7-25 15:00


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Bitwise Files With SEC for Cryptocurrency ETF

Bitwise Asset Management is the latest venture to apply for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). Called the Bitwise HOLD 10 Cryptocurrency Index Fund, the ETF will track the returns of the company’s HOLD 10 Index, a “market-cap-weighted index of the 10 largest cryptocurrencies” that captures roughly 80 percent of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. дальше »

2018-7-25 02:18


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Hubble Researcher Uses Blockchain to Process Space Data

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced. Josh Peek, an associate astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), told CoinDesk that the HST, like other space telescopes, requires “millions upon millions” of hours of computing power to process data, which can become дальше »

2018-7-24 21:12


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Google to Offer Blockchain-Based Fintech and Cloud Service

The entry of tech giants in the world of blockchains is nothing new, but when a stalwart like Google makes a foray into the market, it doesn’t just cause ripples — it causes high tides. In an official blog post published on Monday, July 23, the granddaddy of all technology companies announced that it would […] Google to Offer Blockchain-Based Fintech and Cloud Service was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-7-24 19:09


Token Curated Registries (TCR): How Decentralized Listing In Crypto Space Works?

With so many advancements in the cryptocurrency industry, it should come as no surprise that token-curated registries (TCR) are the latest addition. These registries, like the rest of blockchain, are completely decentralized, and it should be able to eliminate a lot of problems that presently happen with lists, which is the product of a TCR. […] дальше »

2018-7-24 16:09


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Costa Rican Employees Can Get Their Salaries in Crypto

While some jurisdictions in the world are still sitting on the fence about crypto’s legal status, there are places like Costa Rica that are setting new standards for technology adoption. The small Latin American nation, known for its scenic beaches and perfect Caribbean weather, is now taking steps to let workers receive a part of […] Costa Rican Employees Can Get Their Salaries in Crypto was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-7-23 16:59


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DOJ’s Crypto Czar Meet: Take Expert

In our Expert Takes, opinion leaders from inside and outside the crypto industry express their views, share their experience and give professional advice. Expert Takes cover everything from Blockchain technology and ICO funding to taxation, regulation and cryptocurrency adoption by different sectors of the economy. If you would like to contribute an Expert Take, please дальше »

2018-7-23 12:57


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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