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Mining One Bitcoin a Month Would Require Harvesting Body Heat from 44,000 People

In a bid to raise awareness about the crypto industry’s energy consumption, the Institute of Human Obsolescence, a Dutch organization focused on data ownership, explored the energy usage of Bitcoin and found that 44,000 would need to provide their body energy for a month in order to mine a single Bitcoin, Motherboard reported on January 3, 2017. дальше »

2018-12-27 00:00


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Bitcoin Price Caps Christmas Cheer as Stock Traders Receive Coal

Bitcoin price fought off a full correction of its recent bull run December 25 as traders fled the “worst” Christmas Eve ever for stock markets. Bitcoin Price Retraces 10 Percent Data from across major exchanges delivered what many had expected for cryptocurrency markets Monday – a reversal of the bullish trend which at one point gave Bitcoin two-week gains of over 35 percent. дальше »

2018-12-25 13:30


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Upbit Denies Cryptocurrency Wash Trading Accusations

South Korean authorities recently alleged that top executives of cryptocurrency exchange company, Upbit, falsified the company’s trading volume. Company Inflates Trading Volume by $226 billion Three top Executives of Upbit, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, were recently accused of inflating the company’s trading volumes and manipulating the data system to attract investors, according to a report by The Korea Times. дальше »

2018-12-22 11:03


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Nintendo Switch’s US sales surpass the PS4 and Xbox at the same age

Nintendo today revealed the Switch has now sold over 8. 7 million units at the 21-month mark in the US, more than both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One did when they were the same “age. ” Given how little we know about the sales of at least one of the consoles past that mark, this might be the last time we get to compare the three reliably. дальше »

2018-12-19 02:24


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Syncing Data Between Bitcoin Nodes Is About to Get Easier

Minisketch is a new solution that’s trying to solve an old problem. Spearheaded by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, Bitcoin Core contributor and fellow Blockstream co-founder Gregory Maxwell, and Blockstream software engineer Gleb Naumenko, the open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node. дальше »

2018-12-18 18:48


XYO Network Announces Esri Partnership for a Blockchain Geo-Location Data System

XYO Network, the technology behind decentralized location network, has announced an apparent alliance with Esri as a move to bring a blockchain-based location verification function. Esri, a global-leading location intelligence company, is one of the oldest providers of geographic information system (GIS) and mapmaker, with its founding back in 1969. In the press release, Esri's […] дальше »

2018-12-17 01:05


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What Is Cryptocurrency? “Jeopardy!” Features Entire Category on Crypto

Is cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream? It could be if one of America’s most prominent game shows features an entire category devoted to it. The November 29, 2018, episode of “Jeopardy!” — which has been on the air since 1964 — offered five unique questions centered around cryptocurrencies and their technology to test out its contestants’ knowledge on the subject: The results reveal that they did indeed know their fair share. дальше »

2018-12-1 22:18


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Scammers target Facebook users with sponsored ads for fake cryptocurrencies

It appears Twitter has become so saturated with cryptocurrency scams that attackers are finally starting to target other platforms too – like Facebook. Unlike the standard Bitcoin giveaway scams on Twitter, the Facebook scam (as noticed by Hard Fork) is designed to trick users into giving up sensitive data, like their credit card information. дальше »

2018-11-28 17:48