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When Smart Contracts Act Stupid: Is Your ICO Smart Contract Safe & Secure?

The potential inherent in smart contracts is immense. The nascent technology may be used for identity verification, secure data sharing, and for the management of tokens and raised funds in an initial coin offering/token sale – but just how clever are your smart contracts? The Ethereum network boasts more than 1500 decentralized applications (dApps), all of which make use of smart contracts to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. дальше »

2018-7-24 03:00


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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


Japan’s Telecom Company NTT Looks To Distributed Ledger Technology For Contract System

According to a recently filed patent application, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) might be planning to introduce new contracts agreement system based on distributed ledger technology. NTT, which is one of the leading telecommunications companies in the world, has revealed that the application will be used to store contracts while the contained documents are tamper-proof. […] дальше »

2018-7-21 19:43


Bitcoin investors are gambling on BTC’s value for no social benefit, says Congressman

During the recent financial services committee hearing at the U.S Congress, a Congressman named Brad Sherman suggested a ban regarding the buying and mining of cryptocurrencies by US citizens. He also strongly believes that cryptocurrencies take resources away from various other required areas and are used to facilitate criminal activities. Brad Sherman stated: “Cryptocurrencies offer […] дальше »

2018-7-20 18:28


Equity Token Offering: Better Benefits Than Initial Coin Offering Model?

In Europe, there are exciting developments that are taking place, just like the regulators and also the various blockchain companies in the market playing cat and mouse. Last week the cryptocurrency community watched in awe as Malta became the very first country that has been able to pass on the new regulations to be used […] дальше »

2018-7-20 12:19


Binance is One-Year-Old, Celebrates by Announcing a Tiered Fee Discount Program

The cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance has announced a new loyalty program for its users. The news coincides with them reducing the BNB discount rate as per their white paper. Binance Reduce BNB Discounts, Introduce New Fee Structure Since their launch this time last year, Binance offered its users unique savings if they used their own. дальше »

2018-7-19 21:00


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Digital Currency Community Exchange, Dacxi, declares that their DAC Coin will emerge as the next popular exchange coin in the near future

A brand-new DAC Coin will be used to empower Dacxi Community Exchange, the world’s first cryptocurrency exchange with the support for retail investors. Also known as Digital Asset Community Exchange International, Dacxi is a global start-up pioneering a new category of crypto exchange, called the Community Exchange. The Dacxi ICO presents an intriguing opportunity to дальше »

2018-7-19 18:15


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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


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Crypto Company Alter Dispatches App to Exchange Bitcoin Commission-Free

One of the latest products is Change Wallet, a mobile app for trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with zero commission fees. Change CEO Predicts: Cryptocurrencies Will Be Used As Much As Fiat Money Change, a company headquartered in Estonia and financed from Singapore, has launched Change Wallet – a mobile app that allows users to дальше »

2018-7-19 10:45


U.S. Congressman Calls for Cryptocurrency Probe Following Mueller Indictment

A United States Congressman has called for a holistic cryptocurrency probe based on the recent revelation that Bitcoin was used by Russian operatives who meddled in the 2016 presidential elections. This is the latest in a line of regulatory measures by the country’s Congress concerning the emerging cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin Played a Role in the […] дальше »

2018-7-19 09:35