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Proof of Stake Over Proof Of Work- Agate takes the environmental damage out of blockchain mining

As the cryptocurrency trading and its subsequent growth caused quite a stir in the world economy, so did the exponential increase in the cryptocurrency mining associated with it. The cryptocurrency mining or as called by other names such as, ‘Crypto mining’ or ‘Altcoin mining’, is a process by which various cryptocurrency transactions are verified and […] The post Proof of Stake Over Proof Of Work- Agate takes the environmental damage out of blockchain mining appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-10-2 11:39


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DevCon 4 Will Set the Stage for Ethereum’s Next Milestone: Constantinople

Ethereum is embracing the Constantinople milestone at the end of November 2018, after DevCon4 in Prague. Constantinople is the latest Ethereum release, introduced through a hard fork, that will include five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs):Bitwise shifting instructions (EIP 145) in the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) allow for direct manipulation of bytes on the EVM layer. дальше »

2018-9-11 18:15


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Rising Hashrates Amidst Shaky Crypto Market — “They’re Happy To Accumulate”

Since the start of 2018, Bitcoin has fallen by over 65%, leading some to guess that mining activity fell in correlation with declining prices. However, it has become apparent that this hasn’t been the case, with hashrates across multiple networks consistently seeing higher lows (and higher highs) amidst an overall market downtrend. дальше »

2018-8-17 08:10


BitTorrent Announces Candidacy for Tron Super Representative

Just days after the TRON Foundation officially acquired BitTorrent, the torrent software company has announced its candidacy for a position as a TRON Super Representative. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, which usually involve decentralized mining or staking that can be freely participated in, TRON is based on a delegated proof of stake (DPOS) mechanism with elected entities:… The post BitTorrent Announces Candidacy for Tron Super Representative appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »

2018-7-27 02:06


Proof of Assignment (PoA) vs. Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Work (PoW), Proof of Stake (PoS), and Proof of Assignment (PoA) are cryptocurrency mining protocols. Essentially, they are computer algorithms that allow cryptocurrencies to function.   If you’ve been following the crypto world, then you’re probably already familiar with the two main protocols known as PoW and PoS. As it stands, there are […] дальше »

2018-7-24 01:16


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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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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