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Did Ripples CTO Create A Blockchain Like Technology 20 Years Before Satoshi Nakamoto?

Apparently, the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple, David Schwartz, created a distributed computer system 20-years before the onset of blockchain technology. Does this mean that Schwartz preceded Satoshi Nakamoto’s blockchain? Or, does this mean that Schwartz is Satoshi Nakamoto? Well, in August 1988 it is alleged that Schwartz filed a patent for a multilevel distributed computer system that could be used to run on personal computers. дальше »

2018-8-16 17:30


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Is Google Influencing The Price Of Bitcoin?

Could it be possible that a rise in the trend of Bitcoin related search terms, could be helping change the price of Bitcoin? Bear with me because this isn’t suggesting Google searches have a direct manipulative impact on the value of the markets, but new research does show that Google Search trends could be used to help investors predict what might happen next. дальше »

2018-8-13 23:00


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Stormy Markets — Volume Picks Up As Bitcoin (BTC) Drops To $6,200

The cryptocurrency market has had it tough over the past days, with market leaders like Bitcoin and Ethereum posting near-20% losses over the past 7 days. Bitcoin Breaks Through Support at $6,800, Hits Low of $6,175 “Stormy” could be a word used to describe the state of the market, but to some this description of […] The post Stormy Markets — Volume Picks Up As Bitcoin (BTC) Drops To $6,200 appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-8-9 21:36


You won’t be able to spend your cryptocurrency in Starbucks anytime soon

No, you won’t be able to spend your cryptocurrency at Starbucks. Last Friday, Starbucks announced that it would be joining and supporting a project known as Bakkt. If successful, Bakkt will leverage Microsoft’s cloud solutions – probably their blockchain based Azure platform – to create an infrastructure for managing and using digital assets. дальше »

2018-8-6 15:01


Wondering Why Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee seems to be a Bitcoin Fan ?

Many within the cryptocurrency community might be perplexed that a founder of a Popular and Actively used cryptocurrency could be a strong Bitcoin fan instead of him solely making voices for the promotion of the activities of the cryptocurrency Litecoin he founded in 2011 while still working as a Google engineer, and then Coinbase before […] The post Wondering Why Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee seems to be a Bitcoin Fan ? appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-7-28 01:09


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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Fed Sir: Crypto No Intrins Value, Value is not a store, great for money laundering

In his view, cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value, are not used often as a means of payment, are not a store of value, but are great for money laundering. He also dismisses the idea that cryptocurrencies could pose a significant risk to the country’s financial stability at their current size. U.S. Representative and vice-chairman of дальше »

2018-7-19 17:07


How The Most Valuable Crypto Companies Could Become Blockchain-Based Banks

Giant Cryptocurrency Firms Take A Leap, Possibly Establishing Banks? The notion of cryptocurrencies first stemmed in 2013 through the first ever digital currency, Bitcoin. While it took some time to get used to hearing “Bitcoin”, which to this day is somewhat problematic, between the years 2017 and 2018, more consumers have become cryptocurrency investors. With […] дальше »

2018-7-19 14:47


Qiwi Blockchain Technologies (QBT) To Reward Its Team With Crypto Tokens

A new plan to incentivize the staff has been created by Qiwi Blockchain Technologies, a part of the Russian e-payment company Qiwi: giving tokens to the employees. According to the Russian media, Qiwi Blockchain Technologies was created in March 2018 as a branch of the company to develop in-house blockchain solutions that could be used […] дальше »

2018-7-18 11:01


How location data is used to manipulate airfare and car rental prices

While the EU recently passed the GDPR into law to give users control of how their data is collected and used, the battle is unfortunately only half won. According to a new (and shocking!) study by TheBestVPN, you could end up paying almost double (or more) the actual cost of a product or service you are interested in depending on where you are accessing the website offering the product from. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:13