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Ripple Showcases the Differences With SWIFT and Pushes for Real-Time XRP Payment Remittances

Ripple, one of the most popular cryptocurrency platforms in the market has shared the differences that it has with SWIFT, the most used global payment network for international transfers. At the moment, the SWIFT messaging system is used by most of the financial companies around the world. There are more than 11,000 firms using it […] дальше »

2019-1-19 23:15


New Unit-E Cryptocurrency Touted as “Killer Application for Blockchain” by MIT and Stanford Researchers

A Switzerland-based non profit organization called Distributed Technologies Research (DTR) announced a cryptocurrency called Unit-e this past week. In a press release published on January 17, DTR described Unit-e as a “globally scalable decentralized payments network” and a “killer application” for blockchain. дальше »

2019-1-18 22:42


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18 Months Away? Latest Lightning Network Study Calls System a ‘Small Central Clique’

The Lightning Network has been touted as the solution to the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network’s scalability problem for years now. Over the last few months, the Lightning Network has shown growth but there are still significant concerns about centralization, routing issues, and creating a usable mainstream-friendly interface. дальше »

2019-1-18 07:25


Upfiring vs. Tron’s Project Atlas – A comparison of the two incentivized torrenting platforms that reward seeders for contributing to the network

P2P file-sharing has become a hot topic in the cryptocurrency world recently as Tron announces its planned release of BitTorrent Token (BTT). As of writing this article, there are no widely-scalable torrenting systems that incorporate blockchain and reward seeders. дальше »

2019-1-7 18:27


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Economic Rationality and the Bitcoin Network

The Bitcoin network has now been functioning for a decade. In that time, human beings have actively interacted with the system, participating as miners, running nodes, and making transactions. In addition to securing the network and increasing decentralization by contributing computing power, human beings have also played a significant role in the increase in the value of the cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-12-31 12:00


End of year crypto roundup: How did Ripple perform in 2018?

If anyone said that banks and cryptocurrencies are natural enemies and can never work together — Ripple was out there to prove them wrong! Unlike Bitcoin — which is aimed at performing like regular currencies and be used to pay for goods and services  — Ripple is a real-time payment settling and remittance system for banks and other payment networks. дальше »

2018-12-26 13:00


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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


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BCH Devs Publish Bi-Directional Payment Concept Based on IPFS

On Friday, Openbazaar and Bchd developer, Chris Pacia, revealed a new Bchd project feature currently in the making that would allow for Bitcoin Cash-based bi-directional payment channels. Moreover, in contrast to the Lightning Network, the Bchd developers explained that the team has created an overlay network based on the Inter-Planetary File System (IPFS). дальше »

2018-12-17 07:35


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


BSV Leader Craig Wright: Simplified Payment Verification System Will Be Patented Only for Bitcoin SV

Craig Wright, Bitcoin SV’s chief proponent and evangelist has stated that its Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) system will only be exclusively available on the Bitcoin SV network. He revealed this in a tweet posted on his handle, where he stated that he has filed a patent for the technology. This is coming in the wake […] дальше »

2018-12-11 19:51


South Korea Is Trialing Blockchain Voting — Here’s What That Means

South Korea will test out a new blockchain voting system this month, sources close to the developments have confirmed to Bitcoin Magazine. Developed by the country’s National Election Commission (NEC) and its Ministry of Science and ICT, the distributed ledger system is based on IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric and will be used to authenticate voters and save voting results in real time. дальше »

2018-12-4 21:41