ThorBlock Pools Will Allow Anyone To Invest in ICOs on VeChainThor

Safe Haven has announced a new project called ThorBlock, described as a platform that will allow users to pool funds on the VeChainThor blockchain. The project will allow individual investors to participate in crypto-related activities that would normally be out of their price range, including ICOs. дальше »

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The ‘always-on’ mentality is terrible for social media managers — here’s how to switch off without getting left behind

If you’re a Social Media Manager, you’ll probably be expected to live and breathe social media. What used to be considered a bit of a cop-out job done on the side is finally being recognized as a profession that requires knowledge and skill. дальше »

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Blockchain’s Report Examines Benefits (and Failures) of Today’s Stablecoins

Stablecoins have garnered serious investor attention over the past few weeks. Unlike bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies, they are digital assets built to lessen price volatility and are often paired against the U. дальше »

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Ultra Fast Blockchain Reaches 30,000 Transactions Per Second

Researchers in Australia announced on Wednesday a successful trial run of next generation blockchain that can reach cross-border speeds of 30,000 transactions per second. Operating on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud infrastructure, the test potentially paves the way for global enterprise-scale applications of the technology. дальше »

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Ultra-Fast Blockchain Reaches 30,000 Transactions A Second

Researchers in Australia announced on Wednesday a successful trial run of next generation blockchain that can reach cross-border speeds of 30,000 transactions per second. Operating on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud infrastructure, the test potentially paves the way for global enterprise-scale applications of the technology. дальше »

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Walmart Requires Blockchain Adoption by Leafy Greens Suppliers to Ensure Food Safety

US retail giant Walmart and its subsidiary Sam’s Club are requiring that suppliers of leafy green vegetables put foods data on blockchain by September 2019.

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Wagerr Launches Sports Betting dApp: Can It Compete With Augur?

Wagerr has launched a new blockchain-based sports betting platform. The platform’s mainnet was released on September 15th, and users can now place bets and take advantage of the platform’s smart contracts and escrow services. дальше »

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Bitcoin Mining Uses a Lot Less Energy Than Mining Gold

Bitcoin mining is a power-intensive process. However, mining gold apparently requires twenty times more energy in comparison. This is according to Long Hash. However, it is the bitcoin mining power… The post Bitcoin Mining Uses a Lot Less Energy Than Mining Gold appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »

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Circle adds to its deep bench of finance talent

Part of building the leading crypto finance company and reimagining the global economic system requires having a deep bench of financial experts, which is why Circle is excited to welcome John Barnett as VP and Global Controller. дальше »

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Crypto Exchange Poloniex Dumps Eight Underperforming Coins

Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is delisting eight coins: BitcoinDark (BTCD), Bitmark (BTM), Einsteinium, (EMC2), Gridcoin (GRC), NeosCoin (NEOS), PotCoin (POT), VeriCoin (VRC) and BitcoinPlus (XBC). дальше »

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Bitbon Transfer, Pricing Policy And Other Features Of The Bitbon System

Today, any crypto platform requires an advanced mechanism to enable transactions between its users. When it comes to crowd investing platforms like the Bitbon System, such a mechanism must be extremely reliable, quick and cheap. дальше »

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Top Legal Counsel for Ripple Exits Amid Continuing Security Controversy

At its concourse of dismissed class-action lawsuits grows, cryptocurrency magnate Ripple will move forward without its general counsel, Brynly Llyr. Ripple Labs came under fire earlier this year while acting as the leading global blockchain solution for enterprise transactions. дальше »

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Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Dash Is Not Really That Private

Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »

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ShapeShift Will Now Require “Basic Personal Details” for New Membership Program

In a what appears to be a seismic shift in company ethos, digital assets platform ShapeShift has launched a new loyalty program called "ShapeShift Membership" which will require the exchange users to provide "basic personal details," according to a blog post published September 4, 2018. дальше »

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Changelly Service Under Fire for Holding Back Monero (XMR)

Changelly requires extensive KYC for more significant purchases of XMR, completely breaking anonymity.

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Japan’s FSA Imposes Tighter Regulations for Crypto Exchanges

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has pulled the reins in on aspiring and existing cryptocurrency exchanges by implementing a more rigorous screening process for risk-management procedures, according to Japan Times. дальше »

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Leave Your Inheritance To Litecoin

Inheritance and cryptocurrency, it’s a grey area but it’s one that could become a very big deal in a few years time. Is there an advantage in using cryptocurrency in a will, over standard cryptocurrencies? Indeed, there are already services out there that does this for you, is it a wise move though? This sort of investment, is like any investment, it’s risky and it requires a bit of research. дальше »

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Important Rules For Protecting and Storing Your Crypto Holdings

In today’s digital world, we are sitting on zettabytes of digital data generated from various online, as well as offline activities. These data volumes will only grow exponentially, as the trend shows, doubling every two years through 2020 and beyond. дальше »

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Перед IPO Bitmain внедрила политику KYC

Китайская компания Bitmain, занимающаяся производством оборудования для добычи криптовалют, внедрила политику KYC («знай своего клиента»). Об этом рассказали пользователи Twitter. «Bitmain теперь требует полного KYC для покупки майнеров «из-за нормативных требований». дальше »

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Layer 1 Should Be Innovative in the Short Term but Less in the Long Term

One of the key tradeoffs in blockchain design is whether to build more functionality into base-layer blockchains themselves (“layer 1”), or to build it into protocols that live on top of the blockchain, and can be created and modified without changing the blockchain itself (“layer 2”). дальше »

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Bitmain Now Requires Identification to Purchase Asics, But Not to Mine in Their Pools

One of the biggest mining hardware manufacturer now requires identification documents, such as a passport or a driving license, as well as a confirmation of address, before allowing purchases of. . дальше »

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Merculet MVP Token Is now Tradable on KuCoin Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform

A significant factor that Merculet MV requires is sufficient liquidity. Aside from that, they also guarantee that MVP Token is sourced and traded on trustworthy exchanges at low volatility for catalysts and enterprises. дальше »

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6 Lesser-Known Crypto Podcasts to Check Out

Being active in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency requires a lot of initial learning. Staying up to date on all of the relevant details can be a bit overwhelming at times. The following podcasts, listed in alphabetical order, can offer a helping hand. дальше »

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Why You Should Buy Pundi X

The cryptocurrency market and the blockchain industry are extremely exclusive industries. Meaning, the understanding of the cryptocurrency market and its underlying technology requires a lot of sound understanding of the technology and to be comfortable in the environment you need to understand how things work. дальше »

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How Exactly Should You Choose A Cryptocurrency Exchange?

Choosing a cryptocurrency exchange can be a difficult task. It’s not a fast process, it’s hard work. Even signing up to a cryptocurrency exchange can be time consuming, and requires you to rifle through a number of intrusive questions before uploading pictures of your personal documents, overall, it’s not a nice experience and therefore you don’t want to have to keep doing it. дальше »

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Researchers teach Hearthstone bot to dominate Legend rank players

A team of researchers from the University of Warsaw recently developed an AI bot to play Blizzard’s Hearthstone. This isn’t the first machine built to play the game, but it may very well set the benchmark for all that come after it. дальше »

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The System Requires Solutions: A Scandal at Wells Fargo Shocks Retail Investors

The Newest Scandal at Wells Fargo shocks retail investors.

The post The System Requires Solutions: A Scandal at Wells Fargo Shocks Retail Investors appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Vitalik Buterin’s 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus Makes 51% Attacks Unattainable Via Honest Nodes

Vitalik Proposes New Consensus Algorithm That Makes a 51% Attack Impossible Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, has released a very complex paper in which he proposes a new consensus algorithm that eliminates the risk of a 51% attack. дальше »

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The Due Diligence Of A Blockchain Startup PT.1.: Team Issues

ABSTRACT: Investors are faced with a lot of problems in the modern blockchain world: one of them is finding the right way how to objectively decide if the project they want to invest in is going to succeed. дальше »

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Interview with TechCrunch’s Editor-At-Large Josh Constine on Future of Crypto

In the rapidly developing world of technology, being an excellent breaking tech news journalist requires attaining a near expert-level understanding of complex concepts and trends, while also not betraying a… The post Interview with TechCrunch’s Editor-At-Large Josh Constine on Future of Crypto appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »

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Vitalik Buterin Proposes a Consensus Algorithm That Requires Only 1% to Be Honest

“If you add even more assumptions (specifically, you require observers to also be actively watching the consensus, and not just downloading its output after the fact), you can increase fault. дальше »

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Uber’s ‘Real-time ID Check’ doesn’t deal well with transgender drivers

A transgender woman working as an Uber driver during her transition recently found herself locked out of her account. It wasn’t because of some bigot’s objections, and she’d done nothing to violate the company’s policies. дальше »

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Crypto-Mining: A Bane on Canadian Resources

When it comes to crypto-mining, Canada has numerous appealing features: cold weather, vast amounts of hydroelectric power, strong wireless connections, and stable electricity rates. The cold weather matters a great deal. дальше »

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Proposed Stop Guard For Dishonest Plasma MVP Exits Highlights Design Flaw

Minimum Viable Plasma requires users to actively monitor and challenge exit attempts, but many users are offline most of the time. One developer suggests using an on-chain EDCC (or smart contract) to probabilistically verify the plasma chain. дальше »

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What A Blockchain Actually Is, Written In Blockchain

Every few weeks I have an experience like the following. I’m sitting at at a bar or a barbecue somewhere, quietly sipping on a drink, and someone asks me about crypto. How does a blockchain work? What’s the story with mining? Why are there 1700+ different currencies? How can I trust money that requires a […] The post What A Blockchain Actually Is, Written In Blockchain appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Computing Rigs Powering the Cryptocurrency Mining Industry

Over the last one year, the public interest in cryptocurrencies and related offerings has grown manifold. Irrespective of the falling prices, enthusiasm, and curiosity for digital assets continues to  persist While a majority of individuals are more interested in investing, few move towards other operational activities, mining being one of them. дальше »

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DMG Blockchain Builds Electrical Substation to Power Cryptocurrency Mining Operations

Cryptocurrency mining requires a lot of electricity and a lot of money. In recent times, miners have sought access to cheap and accessible electricity to accelerate operations. In this vein, a Canadian company is attempting to build an electrical substation to power its cryptocurrency mining enterprise. дальше »

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Quantum computers really suck at being perpetual motion machines

An international team of physicists recently published research indicating quantum computers aren’t the way to go for those hoping to break the second law of thermodynamics, the one that says there’s no free lunch in the universe. дальше »

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How CINDX Is Democratizing the Modern Financial System

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology have been slated as powerful tools capable of fueling a global financial revolution. There are myriad opportunities to invest in the crypto space, and yet, very few individuals have undertaken the steps necessary to invest. дальше »

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DMG Blockchain Builds Electrical Substation to Power Cryptocurrency Mining Operations

Cryptocurrency mining requires a lot of electricity and a lot of money. In recent times, miners have sought access to cheap and accessible electricity to accelerate operations. In this vein, a Canadian company is attempting to build an electrical substation to power its cryptocurrency mining enterprise. дальше »

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Study Finds Bitcoin Mining May Threaten Paris Climate Agreement

According to MarketWatch, Bitcoin mining requires so much energy that it could pose a threat to the international Paris Agreement, which was designed in 2015 to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the earth’s atmosphere. дальше »

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Study Finds Bitcoin Mining May Threaten Paris Climate Agreement

According to MarketWatch, Bitcoin mining requires so much energy that it could pose a threat to the international Paris Agreement, which was designed in 2015 to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the earth’s atmosphere. дальше »

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Bodhi Bets on the Decentralized Prediction Marketplace

As with brick-and-mortar industries that are slowly fading away to the globalism of the online world, so too will the traditional prediction market industry have to innovate to keep up with the sheer efficiency, reliability and security that the decentralized prediction markets promise to bring. дальше »

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Secret TSA program spies on unsuspecting passengers

An investigation revealed over the weekend that the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is secretly monitoring and tracking hundreds of American citizens. They’re not on any kind of watchlist — the TSA just deems their flight patterns worthy of suspicion. дальше »

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Civil’s Token Sale Requires Purchasers To Pass A Test

Civil, the “decentralized platform for independent, sustainable journalism”, will begin its token sale (CVL) on August 13th — but getting in on on the action might be harder than you think. In June of 2017, reports of a decentralized news and journalism platform surfaced, promising customers an ad-free environment where they could read the news that mattered to them. дальше »

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Thunder Message: A Decentralized Reddit that Allows Users to Buy Upvotes With Bitcoin

According to The Next Web, Thunder Message is a decentralized social media site that makes use of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The Thunder Message forum operates very similarly to Reddit, since users can post messages and then choose to up- or downvote different posts. дальше »

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Thunder Message: A Decentralized Reddit that Allows Users to Buy Upvotes With Bitcoin

According to The Next Web, Thunder Message is a decentralized social media site that makes use of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The Thunder Message forum operates very similarly to Reddit, since users can post messages and then choose to up- or downvote different posts. дальше »

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Presidential Candidate Now Accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, ERC20 Donations

Andrew Yang, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, announced on Tuesday that his campaign “can now accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. ” His crypto donation page requires the completion of a. дальше »

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Double-spend on Bitcoin [BTC] requires “deep pockets”, says Bank of Canada study

A recent study by the Bank of Canada has found that double spending on Proof of Work [PoW] blockchain is an “unrealistic” outcome. This is modeled on the behaviors of an “honest miner” and “dishonest miner”. дальше »

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Hubble Researcher Uses Blockchain to Process Space Data

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced. Josh Peek, an associate astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), told CoinDesk that the HST, like other space telescopes, requires “millions upon millions” of hours of computing power to process data, which can become дальше »

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