Facebook: The Rise of a Giant and the Libra Cryptocurrency

Facebook has wrapped up almost 16 years of history. Founded in 2004 chiefly as a social network company, Facebook initially launched to connect Harvard University students together. The company’s first steps happened at a notorious historical moment, with the first iteration starting off in a Harvard dorm room. дальше »

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Reliable Indicator Shows Bitcoin Rally Reached Its Top at $9,200, Brutal Correction Likely to Ensue

Bitcoin’s NVT ratio, or its network value to transactions ratio, can be used to signal tops and bottoms in the crypto asset with surprising accuracy. Although the tool’s creator hasn’t been giving it much credence in the past, it has repeatedly signaled the top over the last two years of price action. дальше »

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Bitcoin Has Evolved Into A Savings Technology And A Tool for Freedom: Fidelity Digital Assets

As the past decade ends, the latest mainstream big shot entrant in the crypto industry Fidelity Investments reflected on the maturation of the infrastructure of the Bitcoin market. The report states, “In a few short years, Bitcoin’s story has critically evolved to recognize the true potential of the network — as a new type of […] дальше »

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Chinese tech giant Baidu's Super Chain launches Open Network

One of China's biggest tech giants, Baidu, made headlines a few years ago after it launched the supposedly energy-efficient Baidu Superchain blockchain protocol. It is in the news again after Super ChThe post Chinese tech giant Baidu's Super Chain launches Open Network appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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A Deep Dive Into Satoshi’s 11-Year Old Bitcoin Genesis Block

11 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network at approximately 18:15:05 UTC and the world hasn’t been the same since. The Bitcoin blockchain came to life on January 3, 2009, and so far, more than 600,000 blocks have been mined into existence. дальше »

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11 Years to the Completion of Bitcoin Network’s Genesis Block, BTC Price Surges 2%

Coinspeaker 11 Years to the Completion of Bitcoin Network’s Genesis Block, BTC Price Surges 2%As we complete 11 years since Block 0 of the Bitcoin network came into existence, here's a look into what lies ahead for Bitcoin investors in 2020. дальше »

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Celebrate Bitcoin’s Birthday by Taking Back Your Monetary Sovereignty

January 3rd will see Bitcoin turn 11 years old. To celebrate the innovative potential of the network on its birthday, one of its oldest proponents has created an annual event known as Proof of Keys. дальше »

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TradeBlock: Bitcoin on-chain activity set new records in 2019

Bitcoin had one of its strongest years yet in terms of on-chain activity and usage, with several network metrics demonstrating all-time high activity. Bitcoin transaction count, transaction volume (on a USD equivalent basis), and the network hash rate hit new all-time highs this past year. дальше »

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Bitcoin Outperforms Every Asset this Decade, Will 2020s Tell the Same Story?

Bitcoin has been named the best performing asset of the last ten years. A $1 investment at the start of the decade would have returned a colossal $90,000 if sold today. The Bitcoin network was launched on January 3, 2009. дальше »

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Bitcoin's LN may require higher transaction fees for economic viability

Bitcoin's Lightning Network has received a lot of flak over the years, but a majority of its criticism is due to lack of clarity. Although the scaling solution recently received support from major The post Bitcoin's LN may require higher transaction fees for economic viability appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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VPLedger: An All-In-One Blockchain Platform

Since the moment the Bitcoin (BTC) network went live over 10 years…

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A breakdown of Ethereum’s Serenity road map

In July 2015, Ethereum was born. Launched by Vitalik Buterin, this smart contract platform is now the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. With thousands of decentralized applications built on the network, Ethereum’s growth has been exponential over the last four years. дальше »

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Square Crypto Awards Grant To Pseudonymous Lightning Network Contributor; Denies He Is An AI

Square crypto, a bitcoin-focused unit of card payment, has awarded grants to a lighting contributor going by the name ZmnSCPxJ. He has been contributing to lightning and C-lightning for the past two years. дальше »

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Litecoin Hash Rate Drops Over 21% Since Reward Halving

On August 5, Litecoin experienced its second reward halving that cut down its miners’ reward in half from 25 coins per block to 12.5 LTC per block. Before the halving that occurs every 840,000 blocks and roughly every four years, the hash rate of Litecoin network climbed to it's all-time high at 523.8 Th/s on […] дальше »

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Facebook is courting publishers with multi-million dollar deals to launch its news tab this fall

Facebook is keen to become a major news distributor again, after being lambasted for years over its role in aiding the spread of misinformation. A report from the Wall Street Journal last night indicated that the social network is offering major publications multi-million dollar deals to bring them on board its upcoming news service. дальше »

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Litecoin Halving Shows Short-Term Speculation On The Decline

Today’s Litecoin halving met with a muted market response, which could be a sign that the cryptocurrency market is beginning to mature. Like Bitcoin (BTC),  Litecoin’s block rewards fall by 50% approximately every four years, thereby increasing the importance of transaction fees as a network incentive. дальше »

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Instagram and WhatsApp get a ‘from Facebook’ stamp to remind you who’s boss

To be honest, I’m kind of impressed Facebook held out this long. After buying WhatsApp and Instagram several years ago, Facebook has decided it’s time to let everyone know who’s in charge. A report from The Information details Facebook plans to change the names of the apps to ‘Instagram from Facebook‘ and ‘WhatsApp from Facebook. дальше »

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Bitcoin proving to be better diversifier than other asset-classes in today’s investment portfolio

Bitcoin was meant to be a modern-day peer-to-peer decentralized financial network, however, as it rose in the popularity, and its volatility decreased over the years even traditional wall street investors started showing interest. дальше »

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Tether’s integration with Liquid Network opens a floodgate of opportunities for arbitrage trading

Tether and Bitfinex have consistently been the hot-topic of 2019. From unravelings in the NYAG lawsuit to developments that impact the far ends of the crypto ecosystem. Tether’s integration with Liquid Network is one such important development that has allowed it to stay in the cryptocurrency chasm and perhaps leave its mark in the years […] The post Tether’s integration with Liquid Network opens a floodgate of opportunities for arbitrage trading appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Bitcoin network about to charge its billionth-dollar in transaction fees

The Bitcoin network is approaching its billionth dollar charged in cumulative transaction fees—a threshold due to be broken nearly 10 years after the creation of the original cryptocurrency. The revelation came in a tweet Tuesday by Nic Carter, who expects the network will surpass $1 billion in total cumulative fees this fall based on data […] The post Bitcoin network about to charge its billionth-dollar in transaction fees appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Ethereum (ETH) Mainnet Turns Four Years Old Today

Since 2015, the Ethereum network has been one of the most disruptive forces in the cryptocurrency sector. дальше »

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Bitcoin has record-breaking Q2, network health at all time high – here’s what happened

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that started it all. It first entered the wild ten years ago after its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto released the eponymous white paper and got the world thinking about decentralized digital cash. дальше »

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Reliance Jio becomes India’s largest mobile carrier with 331 million subscribers

Three years ago in September 2016, Reliance, an Indian conglomerate with a market cap of some $115 billion, launched a new mobile carrier and broadband network in India called Jio. Today, it’s become the largest telco operator in India surpassing old horses like Bharati Airtel and Vodafone-Idea. дальше »

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US Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin Affirms He Won’t Be Buying Bitcoin In 10 Years From Now

Bitcoin has been in existence for a whole decade since the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto coded the network and put it online back in 2009. Over the years, the crypto has garnered quite a following, but not without criticism from people who think cryptocurrencies are shams. дальше »

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Mnuchin Shades Bitcoin, Pinky-Swears He’s Not Loading Up

Bitcoin will never, ever become a part of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s investment portfolio. The former hedge fund manager expressed his distrust of the cryptocurrency in a new interview clip released by CNBC, in which he assures the network that he won’t be talking about bitcoin six years from now. дальше »

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Facebook releases AI-powered tools to map the world

Facebook today released a bunch of machine learning-powered tools to help create maps of the world. The company’s tools, called Map with AI, will help the community-based OpenStreetMap organization to create crowd-sourced maps easily. дальше »

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Grin Pulls Off Its First Network Hard Fork

To ensure ASIC mining rigs aren't built for the network's GPU-friendly mining algorithm, privacy-focused cryptocurrency Grin executed the first of four planned hard forks spread out over the network's first two years. дальше »

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9 Tips to Effectively Distribute Your Cryptocurrency Press Release

Running crypto news sites for 5+ years I have seen hundreds of PRs published on our network of properties. This article should serve as a guideline for anyone who wishes to distribute their own press release and is looking to get the best results when it comes to readership and conversions. дальше »

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Hackers Demand $2 Million In Bitcoin After Hacking Monroe College, Few Students Praise System Downtime

Ransomware is not a new technological concept, but it is a big problem in the cryptocurrency industry in the last few years. Rather than directly taking over an exchange, these hackers go after unrelated companies, demanding to be paid out in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency. дальше »

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Major Latin American Facebook Rival ‘Taringa!’ Makes a Splash in Crypto

Major Latin American social network Taringa! revealed the launch of a new crypto-centered community in an attempt to reinvent itself after 15 years of setting trends in the Hispanic market. The announcement came this week at Blockchain Summit Latam, held in Mexico City, and previews a holistic change of philosophy in which decentralized technologies will […] The post Major Latin American Facebook Rival ‘Taringa!’ Makes a Splash in Crypto appeared first on CCN Markets дальше »

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ETC’s mining profitability grows slowly; 2Miners pool records 100% profitability

Ethereum Classic was created in 2016, following a fork of the Ethereum network. Technicals for Ethereum Classic had not been very strong for the past years. Trading at $7. 79 with a market cap of $870 million, the 20th largest digital asset failed to post significant gains on the cryptocurrency charts. дальше »

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Facebook ‘Too Powerful’ to Run Libra Without Rules, Says Democratic Senator

By CCN Markets: Facebook has too much power to engage with a cryptocurrency, a United States senator has warned, days after the social media giant launched Libra. Sherrod Brown, a Democratic senator from Ohio, told Bloomberg TV that the public has increasing concerns around the social network. дальше »

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eToro Conducts Tests to Tokenize Assets on Libra

Adding to the mania over Libra, eToro has announced that their research team has successfully implemented an initial version of eToro tokenized assets on the Libra network. The script is based on a previous implementation to tokenize assets over Ethereum, June 20, 2019. дальше »

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Coin Center director: Libra’s path towards permissionless is flawed, unlikely to become decentralized

Facebook finally revealed details about its highly-anticipated cryptocurrency, Libra. And while the company said it plans on transitioning to a permissionless network over the next five years, questions have been raised about Facebook’s ability to create a truly decentralized system. дальше »

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Facebook’s Libra May Resolve Bad Blood Between Winklevoss Twins and Mark Zuckerberg

Bitcoin has risen above $9,000, as of Sunday. The new Facebook stablecoin may allow for the Winklevoss brothers and Mark Zuckerberg to be “frenemies.” The dispute between Mark Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins – Cameron and Tyler – has been heavily publicized, even providing the basis for the feature film The Social Network. Years ago, […] дальше »

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Dengba Planet ICO

Dengba inn, the predecessor of Dengba planet, was founded in 2007. After 12 years of operation and development, 88 Dengba inns have been established in 70 cities in 10 countries around the world. More than 1,000,000 Backpackers come to Dengba every year, and nearly 50,000 online Backpackers have formed in recent years. дальше »

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‘Crypto Twitter’ anxiously awaits white paper for Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to release full details of its new “cryptocurrency” project Libra — as always, Twitter has lots to say. Few concrete facts about Facebook‘s Libra (formally known as GlobalCoin) have been made public so far. дальше »

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Google Reveals Key Details of its 4K 60fps Gaming Challenger Stadia

By CCN Markets:  Google Stadia will be the first open challenger to dominant Sony or Microsoft in years. Nintendo has always continued in the fringes, ever since its highs in the era of $70 Nintendo 64 games, while Microsoft and Sony have unwittingly built the modern gaming world’s online architecture. дальше »

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AXEL Network: Masternodes Content Distribution Network (CDN)?

AXEL. Network is a distributed, decentralized, and secured platform by Masternodes and secured by years of tech experience and innovative products. AXEL believes that decentralization is the future of the internet. дальше »

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3 years later, Visa’s blockchain-powered payment network finally goes live

Visa’s blockchain-powered B2B payments product has finally gone live after almost three years in the making. First made public in October 2016, the Visa B2B Connect network is being made available in 30 markets, with plans to expand to as many as 90 territories by the end of the year. дальше »

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Bitcoin’s Erlay is one of the most ‘prevalent network improvements’ in years, claims Jameson Lopp

Some of the key aspects of crypto-assets that hold substantial importance are based on adoption, network security and overall technological developments in their respective blockchains. The competitive nature of this specific niche industry motivates top cryptos to be omnipresent in the market and maintain a higher price through the market’s inevitable volatility. дальше »

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Grin Community Announces Anti-ASIC Fork

The Grin community has announced the date of its first-ever scheduled hard fork, in order to prevent the network from being dominated by specialized mining hardware. This will be the first of four scheduled system-wide upgrades during the first two years of the coin’s life. дальше »

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Monero’s Riccardo Spagni: Bitcoin Network’s Longevity Gives it The Edge Over Other Crypto Assets

This January, Bitcoin marked a decade since its inception. The first block of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency was mined in January 2009. Over the years, Bitcoin has captured the attention of many, including individual traders, institutional investors, regulatory agencies and notable government institutions all over the world. дальше »

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Bitcoin’s biggest advantage is its network effect, says Monero’s Riccardo Spagni

Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, marked the first decade of decentralization this January 2019 by celebrating the 10th anniversary of its genesis block generation. Over the years, Bitcoin grabbed the attention of retail investors, institutional investors, regulating bodies and even powerful government bodies across the globe. дальше »

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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy

A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value. дальше »

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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths, The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy

A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value. дальше »

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The Next Generation Of Social Networks

The article is penned by Deb Williams, Deb is the Market Manager for Markethive, a global Market Network, and Writer for the Crypto/Blockchain Industry. Also a strong advocate for technology, progress, and freedom of speech. дальше »

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Bitcoin Is Plagued by an Insidious Flaw – But It’s Not What You Think

By CCN: Bitcoin has a crippling governance problem, but it’s not what you think it is. Technical solutions deftly manage consensus on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency network. But how will we deal with wealth inequality – and the power imbalance that inevitably accompanies it? To put it bluntly: Wealth inequality will not magically disappear in the new Bitcoin economy. дальше »

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Infographic: An Overview of Compromised Bitcoin Exchange Events

The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2. дальше »

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Australian Civil Servant Caught Mining Crypto With Government Hardware

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a government employee alleged to have misused government IT infrastructure for personal cryptomining operations, per a press release. дальше »

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