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The ProtonMail Email Service May Be Working On An ICO

ProtonMail, which is one of the most prominent end-to-end encrypted email providers, has recently dropped hints that it may be working on an initial coin offering (ICO). The email provider, which was founded by three scientists at CERN, one of the ambitious projects in human history, has gained widespread support from the cryptocurrency community, as […] The post The ProtonMail Email Service May Be Working On An ICO appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-24 22:47


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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


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


KoinEx Loop Launches In India As LocalBitcoins Competitor Despite Crypto Ban

India is one of the many countries in the world that has placed a stringent ban on cryptocurrency trading, though the market may soon take a turn. Regulations with the Indian Reserve Bank have not changed at all, but that has not stopped KoinEx from bringing forth competition for the LocalBitcoins platform. This innovative project […] дальше »

2018-7-21 16:53


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Crypto Expert Says Bitcoin Can Rise Over Three-Fold As “Digital Gold”

Gold is one of the most valuable assets in the world, with humans historically holding the rare metal as a valuable asset. But with the rise of the internet and cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin has become a great gold alternative, a “digital gold” if you may, due to its nature as a limited, divisible and store of […] The post Crypto Expert Says Bitcoin Can Rise Over Three-Fold As “Digital Gold” appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-21 22:15


Ethereum [ETH] based blockchain technologies may be the next internet: Circle CEO

On 19th July, Jeremy Allaire, the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Circle has stated that blockchain and cryptocurrency would be as broadly adopted as the internet. He also went on to say that blockchain technologies built by Ethereum will act as a foundation for future applications. He remarked: “One of the things that really […] дальше »

2018-7-20 22:52


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UK Mosque Raises 14,000 GBP in Cryptocurrency Donations Despite Concerns of Islamic Leaders

After announcing in early May that it would begin accepting cryptocurrency Sadaqah (donations), the Shacklewell Lane Mosque collected a staggering 13,983 GBP in digital currency during Ramadan.   The Turkish-run mosque in Hackney, East London initiated its plan to accept cryptocurrency earlier this summer, becoming the first in the country — and one of only a few in the world — to take digital currency as a form of donation. дальше »

2018-7-16 00:00


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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


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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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Yes, you’re losing Twitter followers. No, it’s not because you’re an asshole (probably).

Twitter today announced it’d be removing locked accounts from users’ follower counts.  If you’ve noticed a precipitous drop in follower counts today, it’s not you — it’s your followers. Reports surfaced earlier this week that Twitter had suspended a multitude of fake accounts in the months of May and June — apparently in an attempt to curb the rise of bot and their accompanying cocktail of issues. дальше »

2018-7-12 02:47