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Montana Senator: Closing Coal Plant Could Hurt Bitcoin Mining Industry
The crypto industry has scored another first, as a junior U. S. Senator from Montana, Steve Daines, has lobbied against the planned closure of a coal-fired power plant in Rosebud County, arguing that its closure could harm the growing cryptocurrency mining industry in the state. дальше »
2018-8-28 19:11 | |
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Ethereum (ETH) Likely To Consolidate Before A Trend Reversal
Chart for ETH/USD (1D) Ethereum (ETH) has entered the same phase as it was in back in 2017 when the price consolidated before a big run up. A lot of investors have been expecting an explosive Q4 for cryptocurrencies since the beginning of this correction. дальше »
2018-8-28 18:00 | |
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Solve.Care: Providing Blockchain-based Solutions for the Healthcare Industry
The potential that the blockchain technology has to disrupt the vast majority of many industry sectors is today something that is undeniable. Several companies are now trying to make use of this new technology to introduce improvements that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. дальше »
2018-8-28 11:00 | |
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$1.1 Million Landmark Crypto Fraud Case Establishes CFTC Jurisdiction
The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) helped bring a fraud case to court, hoping to both assist in its ultimate prosecution and establish precedent. The New York Eastern District Court decided in the CFTC’s favor, ending in a combined over $1. дальше »
2018-8-25 10:20 | |
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Op Ed: New Bermuda Legislation Will Create a Novel Class of Bank to Service Fintech Companies
As we reported on July 19, 2018, Bermuda is determined to establish itself as the leading jurisdiction for fintech entrepreneurs, in particular those involved in initial coin offerings (ICOs), digital assets and virtual currencies. дальше »
2018-8-23 23:03 | |
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Markets Are Down, But Most Exchanges Are Doing Just Fine
As the old maxim asserts: those who made the most money in the gold rush were those who sold shovels. With our own digital gold rush in a downturn, however, the shovels aren’t selling so well, as mining companies themselves are struggling to move hardware because miners are struggling to turn a profit. дальше »
2018-8-22 22:53 | |
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What Does A Surge In Coinbase Customers Mean For Bitcoin Adoption?
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase has told Bloomberg that last year, the exchange was dealing with up to 50,000 new customer sign ups per day, suggesting that between the years of 2017 – 2018, we saw the biggest surge yet in the popularity of cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-8-15 12:30 | |
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Asia’s Tokyo Stock Exchange Is Troubled By Noah Ark (Noah Coin) Crypto Firm
According to local Japanese media outlets, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is concerned about the acquisition of a company listed on the stock exchange by a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency firm. The Tokyo Stock Exchange is generally receptive and welcoming to new companies, but that does not seem to be the case with crypto companies. The […] дальше »
2018-8-14 02:22 | |
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It’s Finished For This Finnish Bitcoin Scam
It is rare that Finland and Bitcoin scams are mentioned in the same sentence, according to reports from today though, this certainly seems to be the case, in an event that has seen a famous Thai actor by the name of Jiratpisit Jaravijit, scam 22-year-old Aarni Otava Saarimaa out of a large amount of Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-8-13 12:30 | |
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Google’s new Q&A app lets celebs personally answer your most boring queries
Google has, more and more, attempted to offer public figures a chance to manage their own Google results — and in this case it appears to be trying to have fun with those inane questions people are always Googling about their favorite celebrities. дальше »
2018-8-10 20:01 | |
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Lightning Network Payment System “SparkSwap” Makes Its Official Debut
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. дальше »
2018-8-10 18:32 | |
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Is Bitcoin Mining Going To Destroy The Planet?
Is mining Bitcoin worth the threat it poses our very existence? Whilst Bitcoin offers communities and society a chance to access a new technology and a form of value that is not regulated by the government, it’s production and mining does have a detrimental impact on the planet, yet, few people seem to recognise that this is the case, especially those scholars who are big on blockchain. дальше »
2018-8-10 06:00 | |
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A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus
Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type). дальше »
2018-8-9 04:03 | |
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Holo Price: Massive Increase Pushes Market Cap Above $100m
Unusual market behavior is nothing new in the cryptocurrency world. Such developments usually affect currencies with a relatively low market cap, rather than the established projects such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. дальше »
2018-8-6 16:45 | |
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“Not a Great Precedent”: Commissioner Discusses the SEC’s Latest ETF Decision
When the SEC announced its rejection of the Winklevosses’ latest bitcoin ETF filing, the industry found itself reckoning with a problem on repeat: striving toward the goal of approval, another Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) proposal faced the SEC’s death knell. дальше »
2018-8-4 22:49 | |
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Citibank Are Exploring Crypto, Will They Be The First Major Bank To Adopt Bitcoin?
Citibank are one of the world’s most renowned banks and financial services companies. Founded in 1812 in New York, the bank now operates worldwide with more than 2000 employees and a number of subsidiaries across Asia. дальше »
2018-8-3 17:30 | |
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Crypto Might Be Banned In India, But It’s Not Stopping Ripple From Taking Over
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have established regulations that mean cryptocurrency trading in India is essentially banned. This ban is now a part of a larger case that is currently being passed around the courts. дальше »
2018-8-3 13:30 | |
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Audits and Quality Assurance: Patching the Holes in Smart Contract Security
On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23. дальше »
2018-8-3 19:24 | |
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Don’t Cry For Me XRP – Madonna In New Ripple Partnership
In case you’re trying to work the title out, it’s a reference to Don’t Cry for me Argentina, a hit single by Madonna. So, what’s this all about? According to reports out today, Ripple are set to pair up with pop superstar Madonna in her efforts to raise donations for a charity that focuses on helping orphaned children in Malawi. дальше »
2018-8-1 16:30 | |
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New Extradition Request Complicates Case of Bitcoin Fraud Suspect Alexander Vinnik
A Russian request to extradite Alexander Vinnik has been supported by a Greek Court, complicating the case as France and the U.S. seek his extradition as well
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Texas Brings the Heat as an Alternative to Mining in Cold Climates
Cryptocurrency mining is both power and heat intensive. In the case of the latter, miners have been known to flock to countries like Iceland, as well as cities like New York. Texas based blockchain-based platform, TMGcore, is showing that this doesn’t have to be the case. дальше »
2018-7-30 05:00 | |
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Lyn Ulbricht and the Effort to Free Ross: Looking at "the End of the Road”
The darknet site founded by Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, has been offline for years now. But the legal questions behind his conviction and subsequent sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, remain fresh, raw and real to Ulbricht’s advocates. дальше »
2018-7-28 23:38 | |
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Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms
“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized. дальше »
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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SEC Puts Off Decision on 5 Bitcoin ETFs Till September 2018
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed the review of Bitcoin ETFs proposed by investment firm Direxion Asset Management, as it needs more time to study the proposal before reaching a final decision. дальше »
2018-7-26 23:43 | |
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Illegal Bitcoin Pool Operator Ordered to Pay Almost $2 Million in a Case Filed by CFTC
In a press release, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has successfully prosecuted another fraudulent cryptocurrency case against Dillon Michael Dean and his UK-registered company, The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited (TEH), for operating an illegal Bitcoin investment pool. дальше »
2018-7-26 20:23 | |
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Propy Blockchain Real Estate Platform Sees California’s First-Ever Property Sale
Propy, a decentralized and blockchain-based real-estate platform, has revealed that its system has successfully contributed to the buying of a new home in California, that is, without the involvement of a middleman, which in this case are banks. дальше »
2018-7-25 08:48 | |
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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 | |
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STARKs, Part II: Thank Goodness It's FRI-day
Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help and explanations, and Justin Drake for reviewing In the last part of this series, we talked about how you can make some pretty interesting succinct proofs of computation, such as proving that you have computed the millionth Fibonacci number, using a technique involving polynomial composition and division. 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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Togacoin ICO
Togacoin's endeavor is to separate the mining operations from the electricity costs, as well as diversifying investments to make the business safer and more independent from any market variable. This guarantees a complete payout to the token holders: in case mining become no longer profitable, it will be gradually replaced by our other activities (hosting/housing, application design/development and electricity sales). дальше »
2018-7-21 13:21 | |
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Dala Adds Stellar Blockchain to Ecosystem, Reveals Multi-Chain Strategy
Dala has officially announced a new multi-chain strategy that will include Stellar, the technology behind the seventh largest cryptocurrency (lumens) by market cap. дальше »
2018-7-20 00:07 | |
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Third-party sellers caught selling pirated games on Amazon
Third-party sellers managed to hawk cheap, pirated copies of new games on Amazon. While the site has since removed the sketchy versions, it’s a good time to remember to be cautious before you buy anything for those prices, games included. дальше »
2018-7-19 20:43 | |
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Line’s Cryptocurrency Exchange BITBOX Is Now Open for Business
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange BITBOX, which is also a division of Japanese internet giant Line Corporation, is now up and running. Operations began on July 16, 2018, and services are available in roughly 15 different languages to traders of every country except Japan and the U. дальше »
2018-7-19 22:38 | |
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Ripple (XRP): The Biggest Risk They Face
One of Ripple’s senior executives has stated that the biggest risk they face is regulation. This has been the case with cryptocurrency for some time, but now companies like Ripple are realising this and taking steps early to counter this. дальше »
2018-7-16 08:00 | |
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Major League Baseball Working on Launching Crypto Game
Major League Baseball (MLB) announced its plan to launch a crypto-based game later this summer. The game will run on the Ethereum blockchain platform. This is in line with the shift towards new age technology as revamping is going on in baseball collectibles such as bobbleheads and cards. дальше »
2018-7-15 17:09 | |
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Nick Spanos’s Zap Jolts Real Estate With Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts
New York realtors looking to avoid hiccups in their commission payouts can now turn to blockchain-based smart contracts. The first real estate commission split was brokered earlier this summer in Manhattan’s ritzy SoHo neighborhood by New York-based Bapple Realty. дальше »
2018-7-13 15:39 | |
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Crypto roll
The popular blockchain-based cat breeding game will launch a brand new version of its app exclusively for HTC mobile devices. Consequently, the so-called chain of custody potentially helps to verify the identity of digital assets or, in the case of the CryptoKitties game, digital furballs. дальше »
2018-7-12 21:50 | |
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Delaware Real Estate Agent Sells State’s First Bitcoin Home
Even though some ‘experts’ feel that Bitcoin and the like have no value, these virtual currencies continue to be used as payment methods. In this case, Bitcoin was recently used to purchase a stunning home in the state of Delaware. дальше »
2018-7-11 11:00 | |
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Breach Below Trading Range May Spark Spring Retest
After a feeble rally on diminishing volume, bitcoin is currently in the middle of its first major pullback in about 2 weeks. Over the last week or so, bitcoin managed to break its sustained downtrend and trend back inside the macro trading range (TR) — both of which are quite bullish market characteristics. дальше »
2018-7-11 00:21 | |
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Market Declines Are Having An Impact On More Than Just The Markets
As the markets decline, we see values stoop to new lows. This is an organic part of cryptocurrency. The saying goes… **** happens, and indeed, this is the case for crypto. When this happens however, we need to consider the wider effect it has on the rest of the crypto-community. дальше »
2018-7-10 17:30 | |
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