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CNBC ‘Reverse Bitcoin Price Indicator’ Hits Bullseye Again

Less than a week after CNBC forecast an $8000 Bitcoin price, the largest cryptocurrency tumbled close to $6000, leading to ridicule from commentators. ‘$8K Could Be Next’ In another instance of the network proving itself as a so-called ‘reverse price indicator,’ its predictions for BTC/USD completely contrasted with short-term reality, the pair going on to lose almost 13 percent in less than 24 hours. дальше »

2018-9-6 15:00


Emerging Markets Are the Biggest Determinant of Bitcoin’s Price Movement: Fundstrat’s Tom Lee

Mining and network effects affect the price of Bitcoin, but according to Tom Lee, the biggest determinant of Bitcoin’s price movement is the emerging markets. In a recent interview, the Bitcoin researcher from Fundstrat Global Advisors stated that the economic factors at play in emerging markets have had the biggest effect on the price of […] дальше »

2018-8-30 01:00


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Apple says teen who hacked its network didn’t compromise customer data

Seeking to reassure customers after the news of repeated breaches of its network broke yesterday, Apple said that no user data was compromised in the attacks, reports Reuters. The statement follows the 16-year-old Melbourne-based student’s appearance in court: according to statements by his lawyer, he had broken into Apple’s mainframe multiple times over the course of a year, and downloaded 90GB of files. дальше »

2018-8-17 09:19


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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Breeze Wallet with Breeze Privacy Protocol Mainnet Now Available for Download

The Breeze Wallet with the Breeze Privacy Protocol public mainnet has been released and is now open to the public. The wallet showcases Stratis technology — a platform built for visual basic apps and blockchain solutions — and places heavy emphasis on both privacy and security for businesses seeking to implement business-to-business (B2B) transactions on the Stratis and Bitcoin blockchain networks. дальше »

2018-8-4 00:02


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Bitcoin Cash Fans Celebrate Independence Day One Year Later

Today is the one-year anniversary of the ‘Bitcoin Independence Day’ that took place on August 1 2017. Since that day the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network and community have had a very productive year as the decentralized cryptocurrency has celebrated a ton of milestones including successful network upgrades, massive merchant adoption, and a wide variety of […] The post Bitcoin Cash Fans Celebrate Independence Day One Year Later appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-8-1 01:05


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QIWI Payment Network CTO ‘Mined 500,000 Bitcoins’ In 2011 Before Losing Them

The former CTO of Russian electronic wallet and payment network QIWI once had a personal wealth of half a million bitcoins — but lost them. 3 Months, 4. 1 Billion USD The extraordinary claims came to light as part of an interview with CEO Sergey Solonin, who told the audience during a Moscow lecture on July 25 that the CTO had used the company’s ubiquitous payment terminals to mine bitcoin, starting in 2011. дальше »

2018-7-26 22:00


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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Shitcoin.com Owner Andreas Brekken Controls 49 Percent of Bitcoin Lightning Node Network

Andreas Brekken, the CEO of Shitcoin. com, controls 49 percent of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, according to reports. Speculation and concerns have resulted among users. Lightning Network’s Immense Growth The Bitcoin Lightning Network began its operations six months ago and had since seen stable growth in the number of active nodes and capacity. дальше »

2018-7-17 01:00


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Tron (TRX) Foundation Hands Over Bug Bounty Program to HackerOne

The Tron (TRX) Foundation had a Mainnet Bug Bounty program aimed at rewarding developers who discovered potential technical vulnerabilities in the Tron Mainnet. Through this project, the Tron Foundation was hoping to attract global leaders in network security so as to sustain the Tron mainnet and make it the most secure and stable public blockchain in […] The post Tron (TRX) Foundation Hands Over Bug Bounty Program to HackerOne appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-15 16:52