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The Money Laundering War Wages On But is Bitcoin Really Better Than Banks for Financial Crimes

One of the biggest arguments that naysayers of cryptocurrency like to bring against it is the concept of money laundering. A recent report in September last year in the Wall Street Journal indicated that criminals used cryptocurrency exchanges in the laundering of $90 million in the last two years, though much of the report had […] дальше »

2019-2-5 17:24


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Living on Bitcoin for a Week in San Francisco

When I decided, maybe against my better judgement, to live on bitcoin for a week, the plan was met by a combination of cautions and jokes from friends and loved ones: “Just don’t starve,” “Well, it’s the New Year, a perfect time to start a new diet,” “Will you be able to eat?”, “Have you really thought about it?”I had “really” thought about it and it seemed not only sensible but necessary. дальше »

2019-2-5 23:06


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Devs say real blockchain use is coming, but many feel it’s overhyped

We’re likely to see a real-world application of blockchain technology over the next two years – if recent research is to be believed. More than 23 percent of developers out of the 71,281 who contributed to HackerRank’s 2019 Developer Skills report said the”real-world” application of the technology over the next 24 months was very realistic. дальше »

2019-1-31 20:55


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Privacy and Scaling: Schnorr Signatures Are Coming to Bitcoin Cash

On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Bitcoin Cash developer Mark Lundeberg revealed two planned features for the scheduled May 2019 BCH upgrade. In the gist published to Github, Lundeberg described a specific improvement that’s been discussed by cryptocurrency developers for years — implementing Schnorr signatures in place of ECDSA signatures. дальше »

2019-1-30 20:30


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Top Officials at Two Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Face Fraud Indictments

Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume. дальше »

2019-1-23 00:57


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Study Finds 4 Percent of Monero Mined via. Malware over the Last 12 Years

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and King’s College London have found that from 2007 to 2018, around $57 Million of Monero was mined via. Malware, January 3, 2019. Background of the Study The joint study co-authored and compiled by two researchers was published January 3, 2019, and it states that four percent of the Monero mined over the. дальше »

2019-1-23 20:00


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Study Finds 4 Percent of Monero Mined with Malware over the Last 12 Years

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and King’s College London have found that from 2007 to 2018, around $57 Million of Monero was mined via. Malware, January 3, 2019. Background of the Study The joint study co-authored and compiled by two researchers was published January 3, 2019, and it states that four percent of the Monero mined over the. дальше »

2019-1-23 20:00


New Research from South Korea Indicates Security Token Offerings (STOs) May Be the Future

For the last two years in the crypto industry, initial coin offerings (ICOs) seemed to be the way to go with raising funds for a project. However, considering the substantial regulatory changes in the industry, research from South Korea shows that there may be a change in this path, leading to the use of security […] дальше »

2019-1-22 23:19