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Japan Unveils Results of On-Site Inspections of 23 Crypto Exchanges

The Japanese financial regulator has finished the on-site inspections of 23 cryptocurrency exchanges. The agency found many problems and has released a report outlining them. The regulator will use the findings to tighten its review procedures of new crypto exchange applicants, including over 100 companies that have been waiting to be reviewed. дальше »

2018-8-11 10:05


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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Hedera Hashgraph Raises $100 Million; Seeking Another $20 Million via Crowdsale

The Hedera Hashgraph alternative blockchain platform has successfully raised $100 million through a future token sale targeted at institutional investors. As first reported by VentureBeat on August 1, 2018, the Hedera Hashgraph team is primed to use the funds to develop a new distributed public ledger that would be faster, more secure, and more efficient, than current blockchain systems. дальше »

2018-8-4 12:00


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Queensland Backs Cryptocurrency Point-of-Sale Project for Tourism

The Queensland government in Australia is backing a cryptocurrency point-of-sale system that officials believe will help boost tourism throughout the area. Thus far, they have given over $8 million in Australian dollars ($6 million USD) to roughly 70 different companies that will work to inspire innovation and create new ideas within the region’s travel space. дальше »

2018-8-2 00:27


Vitalik Buterin Proposes Preloaded Crypto Cards

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter today to suggest a new way to promote the adoption of cryptocurrency: make preloaded cryptocurrency cards (essentially, crypto gift cards) available at corner stores: I think there’s too much emphasis on BTC/ETH/whatever ETFs, and not enough emphasis on making it easier for people to buy $5 to $100 […] дальше »

2018-7-31 23:25


Vitalik Buterin Proposes Preloaded Crypto Cards

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter today to suggest a new way to promote the adoption of cryptocurrency: make preloaded cryptocurrency cards (essentially, crypto gift cards) available at corner stores: I think there’s too much emphasis on BTC/ETH/whatever ETFs, and not enough emphasis on making it easier for people to buy $5 to $100… The post Vitalik Buterin Proposes Preloaded Crypto Cards appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »

2018-7-30 03:08


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BitTorrent: Tron Foundation Officially Completes Acquisition

File sharing software provider BitTorrent announced Tuesday that its acquisition by the Tron Foundation is now officially complete. BitTorrent said it will now operate from Tron’s new San Francisco offices and support the blockchain project’s global development, while continuing to serve the claimed 100 million BitTorrent users around the globe. According to the announcement: “We believe дальше »

2018-7-25 19:47


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Justin Sun now owns BitTorrent, the first of his Infinity stones

The acquisition of BitTorrent by Justin Sun has been finalized, effectively bringing 100 million new users to TRON’s (TRX) decentralized ecosystem. News first broke of the deal back in May, when rumors surfaced that Justin Sun – the founder of blockchain operating system TRX – was interested in purchasing the peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing platform and its architecture. дальше »

2018-7-24 15:48


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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


Биржу Gemini лицензировали в штате Нью-Йорк после щедрых пожертвований губернатору Куомо

Владельцы биткоин-биржи Gemini братья Уинклвосс как оказалось, делали щедрые пожертвования в избирательный фонд губернатора штата Нью-Йорк Эндрю Куомо. И меньше чем через месяц после пожертвования в размере $100 тысяч биржа Gemini была лицензирована, сообщает New York Post. дальше »

2018-7-19 09:17


Mozilla wants to localize the most popular Firefox add-ons

Mozilla’s Firefox browser is available in 90 different languages, ranging from Afrikaans to Welsh. Sadly, not all of its extensions are as well translated. This is something the company is actively working on, and during a two week period, the company used the skills of 100 multilingual Firefox volunteers to translate nine of the most popular extensions into seven languages. дальше »

2018-7-17 14:43


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16


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Benson Oak is providing $100M to set up a dedicated investment fund for blockchain ventures

Benson Oak, a Prague-based investment bank, has announced it is raising $100 million to launch an investment fund dedicated to the Israeli market with a focus on blockchain startups. According to a report from Israeli media outlet Calcalistech on Sunday, the new investment arm, called Benson Oak Ventures, has already secured $25 million and aims дальше »

2018-7-10 11:51