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Philippines Based LoyalCoin Is Using Cryptocurrency To Create The First Global Loyalty Scheme

Philippines-based LoyalCoin is aiming to create the world’s largest loyalty network where points from thousands of different brands are interchangeable – all thanks to cryptocurrency. Customers will be able to turn reward points from numerous brands into taxi rides, air miles, fast food treats and pretty much anything else they want. дальше »

2018-7-23 23:00


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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


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. 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


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Google is reportedly building Fuchsia OS to replace Android on all its devices (Update: not anytime soon)

Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen and Mark Gurman have a juicy scoop on Google’s secretive Fuchsia OS project, which we’ve been hearing about for the past couple of years. The company is reportedly working to flesh out the platform to eventually run on a wide range of devices, and perhaps even replace Android on Google-branded hardware someday. дальше »

2018-7-20 11:21


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Google is reportedly building Fuchsia OS to replace Android on all its devices

Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen and Mark Gurman have a juicy scoop on Google’s secretive Fuchsia OS project, which we’ve been hearing about for the past couple of years. The company is reportedly working to flesh out the platform to eventually run on a wide range of devices, and perhaps even replace Android on Google-branded hardware someday. дальше »

2018-7-20 11:21


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Civic: Solving Global Identity Management Crisis with its Innovative Blockchain Project

In the decentralized distributed ledger technology (DLT) world, fintech firms and individuals alike carry out financial transactions without third party involvements. Yet, it is becoming increasingly essential to have a highly efficient identity verification system to eradicate the menace of identity theft by bad actors. дальше »

2018-7-20 11:00


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Civic: Solving Global Identity Management Crisis with Its Innovative Blockchain Project

In the decentralized distributed ledger technology (DLT) world, fintech firms and individuals alike carry out financial transactions without third party involvements. Yet, it is becoming increasingly essential to have a highly efficient identity verification system to eradicate the menace of identity theft by bad actors. дальше »

2018-7-20 11:00


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Survey: 45% of security professionals reuse the same password

There’s a saying — “practice what you preach. ” If you give advice, make sure it’s something you follow personally. Turns out, some security pros aren’t doing that. A survey of 306 infosec professionals at London’s Infosecurity Conference 2008 from Lastline showed that 45 percent commit one of the biggest security cardinal sins — reusing passwords across accounts. дальше »

2018-7-18 11:29


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AI-Powered Crypto Trading with WatermelonBlock

While cryptocurrencies have proven to be one of the most accessible means of investment for all different kinds of people, the system still has its issues. Notably, as there are thousands of different cryptocurrencies on the market today, and hundreds more launching through ICOs each month, it can be nearly impossible for both new and seasoned investors to figure out. дальше »

2018-7-18 00:00


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


The Land is Green : Bitcoin Punches Back From $6,200 To Hit $6,600

Bitcoin after struggling all throughout the weekend has come out on Monday with some real hard punches. Before struggling with the $6,200 price drag that began on Thursday of last week, bitcoin has been steadily hanging around $6,300 for the last couple of weeks until the fateful Thursday when it got a sucker punch that […] The post The Land is Green : Bitcoin Punches Back From $6,200 To Hit $6,600 appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-7-16 20:56


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Promoted: The Future of Online Shopping Is Powered by Spl.yt — A Decentralized E-Commerce Protocol

As a rapidly growing business sector, e-commerce continues to open up new avenues for exploring, comparing and purchasing products worldwide. Spl. yt, a smart contract protocol, aims improve the e-commerce system for buyers and sellers by automating functions currently performed by “middlemen” marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. дальше »

2018-7-16 19:45