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Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


Paxos (PAX) Enables New Features In Its Wallet Allowing Super Fast Stablecoin Creation/Transfer

Paxos Enables New Features In Its Wallet Allowing Super Fast Creation/Transfer Paxos, a crypto startup exchange that managed to raise $65 million in venture capital has been revamping its systems. The firm, which is based in New York, is looking to have almost instant creation and transfer of Paxos between wallets on their platform. They […] дальше »

2019-5-31 21:25


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Hackers Seeding Ransomware via Bitcoin and Ether Giveaways

While the entire cryptospace is busy celebrating the return of the “bulls,” bad actors have formulated a new scheme aimed at stealing victims’ cryptos and injecting ransomware into their systems. These hackers are now using several websites to push their fake bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) giveaway programs, according to a Bleeping Computer report onRead MoreRead More. дальше »

2019-5-28 13:00


Illegal crypto-mining: Australian man could face 10 years in jail for illegally mining cryptocurrencies using government devices

An unnamed man from Killara in New South Wales, Australia, is being charged by the Australian authorities for making use of government computer systems to mine cryptocurrencies for self-gain. The man, formerly an Australian government employee, worked as an IT contractor and has been accused of converting government computers into cryptocurrency mining devices. дальше »

2019-5-21 19:30


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Australian civil servant faces 10 years for mining cryptocurrency on government computers

An Australian government employee is appearing in court today after using work equipment to mine cryptocurrency for his own gain. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege that the 33 year-old from Killara in New South Wales took advantage of his position as an IT contractor to modify government computer systems to mine cryptocurrency. дальше »

2019-5-21 13:27


Facebook contract workers look at your private posts to help train its AI

A new report from Reuters has revealed how contract workers for Facebook and Instagram are looking at your private posts to help the social media platforms train their AI systems. Reuters suggests contractors are annotating the posts based on five “dimensions”: the content of the post (selfie, food, landmarks), the occasion of the post (life event, activity), expressive elements (opinion, feelings), author’s intent (to plan an event, making a joke, inspire others) and the post’s setting (home, school, work, outdoors). дальше »

2019-5-6 18:07


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Microsoft Security Expert says Cyber Criminals now Targeting Korea

Microsoft Korea has urged individuals and businesses in the region to adequately protect their computers and other devices against new cyber attacks such as supply chain compromises, cryptojacking, and phishing attacks, by regularly backing up their data on cloud platforms and keeping security software as well as operating systems up to date, reports The KoreaRead MoreRead More. дальше »

2019-4-23 11:00


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Fusion Foundation Enlists Top Cryptographers For New Blockchain Project

The Fusion Foundation has just announced its joint effort with distinguished cryptographers in the to aid in development of its distributed custody solution. The foundation, which develops open-sourced operating systems for fintech and the Internet of Value (IoV), will use the new expertise to develop its Distributed Control Rights Management (DCRM). дальше »

2019-4-9 17:40


Fusion Foundation Welcomes Top Flight Cryptographers For New Blockchain Dev

Fusion Foundation, a fintech nonprofit and developer of open-sourced operating systems for the Internet of Value (IoV), has just announced its joint effort with distinguished cryptographers in the blockchain space, to aid the development of its distributed custody solution, Distributed Control Rights Management (DCRM). дальше »

2019-4-11 12:08


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Bitcoin Set to Be ‘World’s Main Payment System’ in 10 Years – New Research

Bitcoin will “surpass all competition” from other payment systems such as Visa and MasterCard within ten years if current growth continues, new research has concluded. Bitcoin Will Beat Visa, MasterCard In a study comparing Bitcoin to legacy payment providers, which also included PayPal, DataLight made the forecast after noting the cryptocurrency’s rapid advances since its inception in 2009. дальше »

2019-4-3 14:30


Bitcoin Killer? What’s New And Old With BitTorrent Inventor Bram Cohen’s ‘Chia’

If you ask its official website, Bram Cohen’s Chia project is the first “enterprise” digital currency. Forget Ripple, Stellar, or the host of stablecoins launched over the past couple years. It’s Chia – the “green” crypto project developed in answer to the question of Bitcoin’s high resource usage, which is the first enterprise-grade cryptocurrency. дальше »

2019-4-3 11:30


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Op Ed: With Bitcoin, Anarchy Is the Point, Not the Problem

Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems. дальше »

2019-3-23 17:29


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Lightning Loop Lets Users Empty Lightning Channels Without Closing Them

Lightning Labs, the development team working to grow the Lightning Network, just released the alpha version of a new protocol called Lightning Loop. Lightning Loop is designed to give users the ability to deposit and withdraw bitcoin from their payment channels (the two-way payment gateways that allow users to send and receive funds to and from each other) without closing these channels entirely. дальше »

2019-3-22 20:32