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PwC Global Survey: Corporate Interest in Blockchain on the Rise
Big Four auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) just released its 2018 Global Blockchain Survey, subtitled “Blockchain is here. What’s your next move?” The sweeping survey pools data from 600 technology executives from 15 territories, with 31 percent of represented companies accruing $1 billion or more in annual revenue. дальше »
2018-8-28 01:51 | |
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Markets Are Down, But Most Exchanges Are Doing Just Fine
As the old maxim asserts: those who made the most money in the gold rush were those who sold shovels. With our own digital gold rush in a downturn, however, the shovels aren’t selling so well, as mining companies themselves are struggling to move hardware because miners are struggling to turn a profit. дальше »
2018-8-22 22:53 | |
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[promoted] Equity Trust Forges a New Path for Crypto-Based IRA Investments
Asset diversification has long been touted as a critical strategy for wealth building. This method of portfolio management, which traditionally involves a mix of stocks, fixed assets and commodities allows for maximum return at the least amount of risk — an important element for retirement savings. дальше »
2018-8-18 22:30 | |
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Distributed Dialogues: Weighing In on Privacy Implications
At the recent Distributed 2018 conference in San Francisco, Rick Lewis and Dave Hollerith from the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network interviewed a host of different personalities in the blockchain space about digital privacy. дальше »
2018-8-15 22:02 | |
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Distributed Dialogues: David Chaum, Patrick Byrne and Blockchain Privacy
At the recent Distributed 2018 conference in San Francisco, Rick Lewis and Dave Hollerith from the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network interviewed a host of different personalities in the blockchain space about digital privacy. дальше »
2018-8-16 22:02 | |
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[promoted] FlipNpik’s Social Media Model: Boosting Incentives for Local Promotions
Launched in 2009, the social networking app Foursquare was hailed as providing a cutting-edge approach for users to share their location with friends. Called a “check-in,” people would reveal their location through their mobile device by selecting the venue they were frequenting at that time. дальше »
2018-8-15 17:34 | |
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Incentives: Tokens, Privileges, Rewards, and Penalties in Cryptoeconomics
Cryptoeconomics refers to the use of cryptography in order to create economic systems. This fairly new branch of economics came into existence following Satoshi Nakamoto’s creation of Bitcoin in 2009. дальше »
2018-8-13 07:45 | |
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Lightning Network Payment System “SparkSwap” Makes Its Official Debut
A new way to trade bitcoin and digital currencies is now in the books. SparkSwap is the first crypto exchange to be built on the Lightning Network. It allows users to trade both bitcoin and altcoins in seconds without depositing assets with a third party. дальше »
2018-8-10 18:32 | |
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A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus
Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type). дальше »
2018-8-9 04:03 | |
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New Partnership Designed to Securely Track Precious Metal Trades
Financial technology firm Paxos has formed a partnership with INTL FCStone Inc’s precious metals division. The department will now be using Paxos Confirmation Service — a tool built specifically for the precious metals arena — to instantly automate daily trade confirmations and reduce human error. дальше »
2018-8-9 18:15 | |
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[promoted] GXChain and the Blockchain Data Economy
Imagine a new digital economy, one that allows everyday people to take full control of their personal data. Complete with a public chain for data transactions and application development, this system would foster a trustworthy, domain-wide data exchange that capitalizes on the torrent of advancements taking place through blockchain technology. дальше »
2018-8-1 20:41 | |
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Chamber of Digital Commerce Sets Out ICO and Token Guidelines
The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly. дальше »
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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Only 33% of Bitcoin Payments Used to Purchase Goods, Economic Value in Question
As global investors flock to cryptocurrency as an investment vehicle, the use of cryptocurrencies for their intended purposes has come into question. New research suggests that only one-third of transactional activity occurring on the Bitcoin network is related to the purchase of goods or services. дальше »
2018-7-27 09:30 | |
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Sidera ICO
Sidera platform for consumerizing cryptocurrencies by enabling their use in retail Point of Sale (POS) through a smartwatch and a contactless smartband. Sidera is an end-to-end solution for contactless and smartwatch retail point-of- sale (POS) including a full-stack reference implementation of all the components. дальше »
2018-7-26 22:11 | |
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RatingToken Discovers 12,000 Identical Smart Contracts Deployed by One Ethereum Address
The Ethereum ecosystem has attracted many developers and companies over the years. Its native smart contracts have proven to be of great value in unlocking new and interesting use cases. For some reason, there has been a rather steep surge in Ethereum smart contract production over the past few days. Some of this activity seems […] дальше »
2018-7-26 20:00 | |
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New Coinbase Announcement Means Europeans Can Now Pay For Uber Rides With Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency adoption means that one day, we’ll be able to buy apples with Bitcoin, take taxis with Ethereum and take out mortgages with XRP. Whilst some of the above might already be possible in some niche environments, from a commercial perspective, cryptocurrency adoption isn’t feasible just yet. дальше »
2018-7-25 12:30 | |
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Mfun ICO
Mfun is a blockchain rewards platform designed to capture more value from the gaming economy and redistribute that value more fairly to gamers and local game providers. Mfun wants to solve three main inefficiencies which are: (1) Gamers are not rewarded for their time spent playing; (2) Game providers cannot get a good return on their ad spend and (3) Lack of transparency and trust in the gaming economy. дальше »
2018-7-24 22:18 | |
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Dating Sites that Accept Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency is a word that has overwhelmed the minds of many people around the world. What do people do with the cryptocurrency? Many people just store it because Bitcoin has a weak infrastructure and a relatively high tendency to change in value. дальше »
2018-7-24 18:54 | |
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The UXM ICO
The Universal Exchange Marketplace (UXM) is a designed to be a powerful yet easy to use transaction exchange platform that empowers individuals and businesses worldwide to increase their income, wealth, and value through optimized efficiencies on all sides of a transaction while simultaneously and automatically multiplying the value of each transaction for both buyer and seller through the proprietary UXM Multiplied Monetization (UMM) system. дальше »
2018-7-22 20:34 | |
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A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol
Although the ideas behind the current Ethereum protocol have largely been stable for two years, Ethereum did not emerge all at once, in its current conception and fully formed. Before the blockchain has launched, the protocol went through a number of significant evolutions and design decisions. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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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 | |
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STARKs, Part II: Thank Goodness It's FRI-day
Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help and explanations, and Justin Drake for reviewing In the last part of this series, we talked about how you can make some pretty interesting succinct proofs of computation, such as proving that you have computed the millionth Fibonacci number, using a technique involving polynomial composition and division. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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On Medium-of-Exchange Token Valuations
One kind of token model that has become popular among many recent token sale projects is the “network medium of exchange token”. The general pitch for this kind of token goes as follows. We, the developers, build a network, and this network allows you to do new cool stuff. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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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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In Murky Digital Content Industry, Blockchain Startups Like Contentos Provide Clarity
The digital content space has a host of problems related to transparency, centralization, and hype, making it difficult for creators to deliver and receive both actual value to users and rightful revenue from platforms that distribute their content. дальше »
2018-7-21 02:44 | |
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Dala Adds Stellar Blockchain to Ecosystem, Reveals Multi-Chain Strategy
Dala has officially announced a new multi-chain strategy that will include Stellar, the technology behind the seventh largest cryptocurrency (lumens) by market cap. дальше »
2018-7-20 00:07 | |
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Stronghold and IBM Collaborate to Launch FDIC-Insured Stablecoin on Stellar
Stronghold, a cryptocurrency trading platform housed by Stellar, is launching a stablecoin on its parent network’s blockchain in collaboration with IBM. Stronghold USD will be backed with “one-to-one U. дальше »
2018-7-18 22:00 | |
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Jeff Bezos must spend his $150B helping humanity otherwise he’s a scumbag
Well, it’s happened. Amazon‘s CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, is now the richest person ever. According to Bloomberg, Amazon’s recent stock rise means he’s now worth $150bn – outstripping what Bill Gates was worth in 1999. дальше »
2018-7-17 17:31 | |
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Op-Ed: Bitcoin’s Roots in the Great Law of Peace
Bitcoin, in its nine years of existence, has steadily gained traction, defining itself as a new digital gold. Early adopters of this technology have shown excitement for the potential of this inflation-proof sound money. дальше »
2018-7-14 00:48 | |
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“Economic Sovereignty” Through Bitcoin: Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert
When it comes to cryptocurrency, it seems that there are always two sides of the (bit)coin. On the negative side, there’s everything that can go wrong. дальше »
2018-7-14 19:30 | |
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Promoted: Ushering in a New Future — Cryptocurrency Investing With Invictus
The Bitcoin movement has brought with it a tidal wave of activity in cryptocurrency investments and trading. As a result, crypto market capitalization soared to an all-time high of around $820 billion in early January of 2018. дальше »
2018-7-13 17:51 | |
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Binance Coin (BNB) Accepted For Nexo Crypto-Backed Loans Collateral
Nexo has announced that Binance Coin (BNB) holders are able to use their coins as collateral to obtain instant loans from the Nexo platform thereby strengthening its role as a catalyst for the growth of the blockchain ecosystem. дальше »
2018-7-13 16:55 | |
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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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RAIN Token ICO
RainCheck aims to develop a platform which will incorporate loyalty and rewards points using a unique digital token for use by any organisation. In the future, this may also include allowing the sharing of loyalty and rewards points at unique values using smart contracts from any organisation, while maintaining their stored value. дальше »
2018-7-11 10:34 | |
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CBOE Files with SEC for Bitcoin ETF
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining an application from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets which, if approved, could grant the company a coveted bitcoin ETF license, and bring new waves of institutional investors to the bitcoin arena. дальше »
2018-7-10 02:38 | |
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Expanding the Practical Use of Blockchain Technology Within Insurance
The Institutes RiskBlock™ Alliance is joining forces with Accenture in a move that will see both companies expand the use of blockchain technology within the insurance sector. дальше »
2018-7-10 00:28 | |
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Rambus CTO Says Use Cases For Crypto Network Tokens Proving Their Value
Network Tokens Proving Their Value Personal identity numbers are only as secure as user behavior allows, and organizations entrusted to safeguard them are also hack points for fraud. Chakib Bouda, the CTO of Californian concern Rambus, has pointed out that this is precisely what tokenization can eliminate. For nearly two decades, tokens have been employed […] дальше »
2018-7-9 21:38 | |
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Bitcoin Price Analysis - Bearish in the interim
Despite declining daily transactions, NVT has begun to decrease, suggesting more on-chain value is being transmitted. SegWit and batching have massively improved scalability going forward for the next swath of heavy network usage. дальше »
2018-7-9 07:50 | |
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The Cross Chain Protocol Revolutionises The Blockchain Ecosystem
Blockchain’s rapid development has given rise to may different kinds of chains, naturally leading to the birth of a new technology — cross-chain technology. In fact, cross-chain applications has been a hot topic of discussion in the cryptocurrency community. дальше »
2018-7-1 22:00 | |
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You Can Now Transfer Ether In Chat
The Ethereum cryptocurrency has attained a new level of financial value, ranking as the second highest cryptographic currency in the world, becoming one of the most widespread and commonly used tokens amongst the entire crypto-industry. дальше »
2018-6-30 23:30 | |
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Op-Ed: Challenge of Mining Centralization Unveils Bitcoin’s Elegant Design
Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away. дальше »
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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Ripple’s Xpring Managing Director speaks about the Internet of Value
In a talk with Clem Chambers, Dan Aranda, the Managing Director of Ripple’s Xpring, spoke about Ripple’s place in the Internet of Value. He believes that the protocols of the Internet of Value will be a part of the services that we use on a daily basis. He said that the Internet will be a […] дальше »
2018-6-25 00:37 | |
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