2019-6-9 20:56 |
Because of serious centralization concerns, U.S. financial research firm Weiss Ratings has downgraded its rating of top cryptocurrency EOS
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By CCN Markets: Weiss Crypto Ratings on Friday announced that it is downgrading the technology score of EOS, a blockchain protocol developed and distributed by Block. one. The US-based economic research agency said EOS has “serious problems with centralization,” three months after it put the project among the top three blockchains alongside Ripple and Bitcoin.
2019-6-9 14:17 | |
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Weiss Ratings Downgrades EOS Rating EOS’s technology score has been downgraded by Weiss Ratings after several months in which the network didn’t do anything to improve its centralized network. According to Weiss Ratings, it is now up to Cardano (ADA) to launch a truly decentralized Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain. EOS DOWNGRADE: #EOS has serious problems with […]
2019-6-8 19:36 | |
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EOS is no longer in the agency’s good graces as its tech/adoption score gets downgraded to A-
2019-6-8 22:11 | |
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To Bitcoin or Not to BitcoinDuring the “scaling debate” before the SegWit2X user-activated soft fork (UASF), Bitcoin businesses were getting their first bitter taste of Bitcoin’s censorship resistance.
2019-5-21 21:10 | |
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Bitmain announced its next-generation of mining ASICs for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and other SHA256 coins. The growing difficulty in manufacturing these computer chips raise concerns around network decentralization for these cryptocurrencies.
2019-3-30 05:04 | |
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Crime isn’t supposed to pay, but sometimes the wages of sin are paid in bitcoin. Last week, Japanese police reported that 2018 saw a tenfold increase of cryptocurrency money laundering.
2019-3-20 16:49 | |
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In January of 2019, student Conner Brown attended a guest lecture by a Professor Susan Athey at the University of Stanford Graduate School. She gave a presentation to his “Evolution of Finance” class titled “Blockchain and the Future of Finance.
2019-3-1 03:39 | |
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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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In today’s roundup of crypto chatter, Luke Dash Jr. voices concerns that segwit is bad for BTC because it leads to centralization. Also, Brad Mills shares his insight after using Cointext. Lastly, Lawson Baker, Blake Moore and Andreas Brekken discuss how regulation affects stablecoins.
2019-1-19 10:05 | |
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The Lightning Network has been touted as the solution to the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network’s scalability problem for years now. Over the last few months, the Lightning Network has shown growth but there are still significant concerns about centralization, routing issues, and creating a usable mainstream-friendly interface.
2019-1-18 07:25 | |
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Binance has frozen multiple accounts associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Wex, citing money laundering concerns. The CEO of Binance went on Twitter recently to announce the freezing of multiple accounts owned by Wex, claiming that Binance will cooperate with law enforcement in any way possible should a criminal investigation result from alleged money laundering.
2018-11-1 01:47 | |
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A recent “stress test” conducted on the Bitcoin Cash has caused controversy due to the apparently highly centralized nature of the BCH network. The post Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Results Spark Centralization Concerns appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-7-16 10:00 | |
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Although Autonomous Partners has cast a wide net with its blockchain-related investments, the fund has stayed away from XRP due to concerns about centralization.
2018-7-14 02:22 | |
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Taylor Monahan, who was the co-founder of MyEtherWallet (MEW) and is the founder of MyCrypto, recently, responded to BitcoinFoundation. org founder Charlie Shrem’s concerns over EOS’s overwhelming centralization.
2018-6-22 00:46 | |
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