2022-3-19 18:03 |
Can Bitcoin mining be part of the solution for greenhouse emissions rather than part of the problem?
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To understand Bitcoin, people need to understand Proof-Of-Work. It might be the most crucial aspect of the network. Proof-Of-Work provides security, resolves the issuance problem, and guarantees “a ledger of ownership and transactions that is beyond dispute.
2022-2-9 13:53 | |
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3air aims to achieve this first by addressing the problem of physical infrastructure in low-connectivity regions. The project has partnered with K3 Telecom which will develop the physical infrastructure as part of its “K3 Last Mile” initiative, whilst 3air develops the blockchain-based software.
2021-11-3 00:00 | |
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Banks have a growing cryptocurrency problem. But, it is not what you think. Internal trading desks and a broadening array of clients are coaxing senior management at big banks to launch crypto-centricThe post 'Digital assets will be part of the future of financial services...' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-10-27 02:30 | |
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Chainlink may be solving part of the problem that first drove Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s interest in decentralized applications.
2020-5-12 04:11 | |
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During a press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said we are in for a "very, very painful two weeks." He's right, and he's a big part of the problem. The post Trump Predicts ‘3 Weeks Like We’ve Never Seen’ – Tries to Dodge the Blame appeared first on CCN.com
2020-4-1 03:31 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.
2019-11-25 04:03 | |
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It’s always hard to say goodbye to an ex- in which you’ve invested so much… but Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire seems to have no problem with dumping the baggage. Circle has announced that it is “doubling down” on efforts to “build a more open, global and accessible financial system” – and that as part of […] The post Circle Bids Farewell To Poloniex: Poloniex Bids Farewell To The U.S. appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-10-19 19:23 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake, Karl Floersch, Hsiao-wei Wang, Barry Whitehat, Dankrad Feist, Kobi Gurkan and Zac Williamson for review Very recently, Ariel Gabizon, Zac Williamson and Oana Ciobotaru announced a new general-purpose zero-knowledge proof scheme called PLONK, standing for the unwieldy quasi-backronym “Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge”.
2019-9-24 04:03 | |
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Special thanks to the Plasma Group team for review and feedback Current approaches to layer 2 scaling - basically, Plasma and state channels - are increasingly moving from theory to practice, but at the same time it is becoming easier to see the inherent challenges in treating these techniques as a fully fledged scaling solution for Ethereum.
2019-9-2 04:03 | |
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We live in a digital age — a time when smartphone penetration exceeds 95 percent in some countries and when social media can be used to keep employees on-task at work. Despite this, many businesses continue to lag behind in digital adoption.
2019-8-26 19:41 | |
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The biggest known biometric data breach to date was reported recently when researchers managed to access a 23-gigabyte database of more than 27. 8m records including fingerprint and facial recognition data.
2019-8-25 12:00 | |
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We present Orionix, a comission-free games and items exchange platform along with ORX token that covers operational costs by minting its own native currency. The project aims to facilitate communication, exchange and security between players.
2019-8-16 16:03 | |
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A group of LGBTQ+ YouTubers this week filed a federal lawsuit against Google, claiming the site has engaged in discriminatory practices that deliberately suppress their ability to make money. Part of the problem is that YouTube has kept its algorithms so mysterious, there’s no way to know if it’s deliberately discriminating against any particular group, or if it’s just an offshoot of its recurring problems with ad revenue According to the vid creators, both YouTube‘s algorithms and human reviewers single out content with words like “gay,” “lesbian,” etc, and put it behind an age-restriction gate.
2019-8-15 21:02 | |
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Death Stranding, the puzzling brainwave of former Konami problem child Hideo Kojima, has tantalized the internet for some time. Now, after offering only the most obscure view of the game for almost 3 years, the developers have finally, finally given a good look at Death Stranding in the new trailer, and revealed when it will come out — albeit in the strangest way possible.
2019-5-29 21:50 | |
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Epic Games, creator of the smash hit Fortnite, currently faces a tornado of lawsuits over its use and sale of in-game animations based on dance moves popularized by celebrities. The Supreme Court is involved, the public is divided, and entertainers are seemingly getting screwed.
2019-5-29 21:31 | |
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By CCN: Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites a few days ago as part of an ambitious project providing global access to a supercharged internet that will potentially solve online gaming’s largest issue.
2019-5-28 19:55 | |
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Market making is part of life in the cryptocurrency sphere – but while traditional markets are able to protect investors through a ‘separation-of-powers’ rule, crypto markets have no clear guidelines that define and enforce restrictions on how market makers operate.
2019-5-16 00:05 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether’s legal counsel has written a response to the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) ex parte order, which claims that Bitifinex used Tether’s reserves to cover some $850 million in losses.
2019-5-1 01:22 | |
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Smartwatches face a simple, important question: why? As cool as the tech is, why does anyone need one? Especially when many of the devices are so expensive.
2019-4-30 16:28 | |
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IBM and 42 Silicon Valley are hosting a hackathon in early May to come up with solutions to California’s wildfire problem. The company hopes to get developers, engineers, designers, and emergency-responders together to brainstorm solutions as part of its annual Call For Code challenge.
2019-4-30 01:20 | |
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Major darknet markets come and go in eras, so it seems, and the current one may be ending. Two of the biggest digital black markets seem to be disappearing, both at the same time.
2019-4-27 21:17 | |
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Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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Decentralization is one of the buzzwords of blockchain technology: companies and web sites have sprung up that include this word as part of their name. Decentralization has been touted as a most advanced feature in fintech.
2019-4-6 20:39 | |
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Machine learning algorithms process vast quantities of data and spot correlations, trends and anomalies, at levels far beyond even the brightest human mind. But as human intelligence relies on accurate information, so too do machines.
2019-3-24 19:24 | |
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Storing cryptocurrency is an important part of any crypto enthusiast’s experience. Whether you’re trading your coins on the daily or holding them for the next 5-10 years, you need to know that your funds are kept in a safe wallet which cannot be accessed without your authorization.
2019-3-13 14:49 | |
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To help fight crypto scams Blockchain Asset Recovery firm PrudenSolve joins Coinfirm’s AMLT Token Network One of the first companies focused on the recovery of blockchain assets, PrudenSolve has been helping address a serious issue in the cryptocurrency space as seen recently with the Quadriga controversy among others.
2019-3-12 12:57 | |
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has apparently been specifically targeting bitcoin and crypto investors as part of its broader tax strategy to keep tabs on their cryptocurrency investments, including how they purchase these assets.
2019-3-9 23:53 | |
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Every cryptocurrency user is exposed to a whole host of risks; most notably including the risk of loss of his or her funds. Such cryptocurrency loss may be associated with malice, as is true in the case of theft or hacks, or — as often is the case — an error on behalf of the user.
2019-3-4 17:51 | |
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Most people are desperately seeking financial freedom in their life. Sadly financial freedom remains a dream to them or an elusive theory that forever escapes them. The biggest problem around financial freedom is some magic formula or some secret success model that they believe exists, they spend an endless amount of time, effort and even resources in obtaining this magic formula or the secret success model.
2019-2-15 22:51 | |
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Venture capitalists (VCs) are a key part of the technology ecosystem. They’re the ones with the money that helps a small company to grow into a larger one. This is why it’s such a massive problem that the industry is so overwhelmingly male and white.
2019-1-25 19:45 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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One problem that concerns many is the centralization of mining within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Fortunately, there are talented developers working to solve this problem and Matt Corallo, full-time Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs, is one of them.
2019-1-26 23:50 | |
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Lightning is a second-layer solution for the Bitcoin blockchain that addresses the scaling issues surrounding it today. Similar to Bitcoin, Lightning is an open-source protocol in which anyone can contribute to.
2018-12-19 02:34 | |
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Minisketch is a new solution that’s trying to solve an old problem. Spearheaded by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, Bitcoin Core contributor and fellow Blockstream co-founder Gregory Maxwell, and Blockstream software engineer Gleb Naumenko, the open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node.
2018-12-18 18:48 | |
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The darknet does not enjoy the best of reputations, for many different and valid reasons. The biggest problem is how this particular part of the internet is home to a lot of illegal activity, including drug and weapon sales, as well as the sale of a lot of other types of information which is considered […] The post UK-based Terrorist Successfully Purchased Semtex off the Darknet appeared first on NullTX.
2018-12-1 13:15 | |
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If you follow tech YouTube channels, you’ve probably heard of JerryRigEverything. A buff bald dude called Zach Nelson puts devices to the (admittedly unscientific) test by scratching their glass, setting fire to the displays, and – the most popular bit – trying to bend them in his bare hands.
2018-11-22 22:58 | |
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When the towers in New York fell, I became obsessed with economics. I wanted to follow the money to understand what happened on that dreadful day. During that time of inquiry, I found myself very interested in Austrian economic theory.
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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Ever since Vitalik Buterin and other co-founders launched Ethereum in 2014, the problem of scalability has always been part of the conversation, with Ethereum developers all in agreement that a period of theoretical problem-solving leads to the challenge of developing an “Ethereum 2.
2018-11-19 18:00 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-19 04:39 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-20 04:39 | |
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Facebook released its community standards report today, in which it detailed how it dealt with fake news, spam, hate speech, and terrorist propaganda on its platform. The company noted that, between April and September 2018, it removed a whopping 1.
2018-11-16 10:16 | |
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As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade.
2018-11-7 19:56 | |
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It’s really bloody hard to fall asleep at 33,000 ft. A huge part of the problem is that airplane seats aren’t designed with restful snoozes in mind. There’s nothing to prevent your head from lolling towards the seat in front of you, or drifting onto the awaiting shoulder of your neighbor.
2018-11-5 16:21 | |
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First hinting at his project in a reply to a BitPay tweet on August 2017, Nicolas Dorier boldly claimed that BTCPay would make one of crypto’s most popular payment processors obsolete.
2018-10-24 22:00 | |
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There has been a wealth of news of late about China and the Chinese authorities new position on cryptocurrency. In the shortest possible terms, the government want to totally ban cryptocurrency trading and investment and wish to stamp out the Bitcoin culture that has slowly built up in China.
2018-10-15 23:00 | |
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US Senators Struggling to Decide Whether Bitcoin is a Scam or Brilliant Innovation as Debate Continues to Rage Over the past week, the United States Senate has been debating how to regulate bitcoin. Part of the problem is that senators can’t decide what, exactly, bitcoin is. Is bitcoin a digital scam and a pyramid scheme? […]
2018-10-11 21:42 | |
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This rather long meme, which has been circulating lately, makes fun of the views of Bitcoin supporters by listing commonly made statements and contrasting them with contradicting statements or developments.
2018-10-4 22:27 | |
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Today marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 17. 0, the 17th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 10 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today.
2018-10-3 16:28 | |
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The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 6 Crypto’s Means are Its End, as Crypto-Statists Well Know The problem of the Means is, as I see it, a twofold problem: first, the problem of End and Means; second, the problem of the People and the State, […] The post Wendy McElroy: Crypto’s Means Are Its End – as Crypto-Statists Well Know appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-9-29 18:00 | |
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Cathedra will pay $55 per megawatt hour of power used plus 10% of gross bitcoin mined at the site.
The legislation would have capped the industry's participation in demand response programs.
Bitcoin miners are uniquely flexible energy consumers we can use as energy tools to help solve several energy problems.
As today’s energy market becomes decentralized, energy grid operators may need to take a Web3 approach to asset management and security.
The proposal aims to recognize crypto mining as a commercial activity and introduce taxes on its realized profits.
"We are taking proactive measures to shut down operations, shed load and create additional capacity in response to ERCOT's needs should it be necessary,” said the Texas Blockchain Council on behalf of mining firms.