2024-8-22 22:50 |
MoonPay’s Keith A. Grossman argues that we are facing a new and insidious form of centralization that’s threatening core civil liberties. But, just as this threat is fueled by emerging technology, it can also be stopped by it. origin »
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Faced with the threat of ossification, Bitcoin Core should adopt BIPs 300 and 301, integrating Drivechain’s solutions for ongoing security.
2023-2-15 18:00 | |
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Security, scalability and decentralization. These are the core pillars that blockchain networks aim to build on and approve. However, striking the right balance is quite difficult, as most of the tThe post Ethereum's Merge: How serious is the threat of 'regulatory capture' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-8-21 09:30 | |
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Coinbase, Kraken and other cryptocurrency exchanges are taking positions on proof-of-work consensus and Bitcoin mining. Despite criticisms against proof-of-work, they argue there is little risk of centralization-induced attacks.
2019-11-13 15:46 | |
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Google has claimed they were able to create the first quantum computer in the world. Can this be a threat to Bitcoin? Several people were concerend by the possibility that quantum computers could disrupt the crypto network, but Peter Todd, an ex- Bitcoin Core developer, doesn’t agree with them. To understand why Todd doesn’t believe […]
2019-9-26 23:43 | |
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Jamie Dimon does not think that crypto poses an existential threat to JPMorgan's core business
2019-6-30 22:20 | |
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The cryptocurrency market’s resurgence has caused a lot of proponents in the space to come out in support of the digital asset industry, with many arguing that this is the start of yet another bull run.
2019-5-24 18:30 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency won’t supplant PayPal and credit cards as payment options yet, but they could in due time. That’s the assessment of Lisa Ellis, an equity analyst with sell-side research firm MoffettNathanson.
2019-2-28 01:45 | |
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Malware, a persistent thorn in the side of the internet’s wider community, has become an increasing concern for cryptocurrency users. A problem that comes in many forms, malicious software is leveraged by hackers to rob community members of their funds.
2018-9-18 23:37 | |
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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.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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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.
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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Recent Bitcoin block data shows that Bitcoin’s mining pools BTC. com, AntPool and ConnectBTC, respectively mined about 25. 7 percent, 16. 1 percent and 0. 2 percent of all new blocks over the past week.
2018-6-29 23:07 | |
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Worried that BlackRock might change bitcoin's supply? Let me explain why that's not possible.
The following is a guest post by Jakub Ondrasek, CEO at Clore AI. Tech innovations such as AI, cryptocurrency, quantum computing and VR are redefining modern life. Most consumers don’t know how much high-performance computing power is needed to fuel such changes.
Bitcoin investors are up on average more than the average American yearly salary.
A look at current regulation changes taking shape in Europe that could threaten Bitcoiners' ability and right to self custody.
Verifying an implementation of a novel modular inversion algorithm using a proof assistant. How guaranteeing Bitcoin cryptography is handled correctly is done.
Need to explain BTC’s rally and significance for the future? CoinMarketCap’s Jonathan Isaac has some useful talking points.
The fixation on the least reputable aspects of the industry obscures the real progress being made in areas like DePIN, stablecoins and DeFi, says Mahesh Ramakrishnan.