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What is the first block created in the blockchain? On January 3, 2009, an individual under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin’s first block, known as the Genesis block, containing 50 BTC. Embedded in its hash was the headline of… origin »
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BLOCK SCHOOL Here at NewsBTC we believe that education and knowledge is fundamental to the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies and growth of the blockchain industry. We will be expanding our education section by delving deeper into some of the machinations and technology behind the blocks.
2018-10-21 15:00 | |
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The firm behind EOS blockchain platform, Block. one, has announced the launch of ‘Elemental Battles’, a new tutorial for developing games on the EOS blockchain ecosystem. The tutorial is meant to offer an easy way to learn about EOS-based blockchain coding.
2018-10-19 23:01 | |
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Block. one, a software publisher specializing in blockchain technologies and the creator of the EOSIO protocol, announced on Oct. 18 the release of a game-based learning tutorial called Elemental Battles.
2018-10-19 21:59 | |
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Sia has released the formal code for an imminent hard fork that will block cryptocurrency mining firms like Bitmain from its blockchain network.
2018-10-19 15:00 | |
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CurveBlock is a Blockchain-based property development company which pays token holders direct dividends from every project completed via Proof Of Stake (POS) smart wallets. Designed as an antidote to the age-old challenges facing the industry, the platform rewards token holders with infinite dividends & charity voting rights.
2018-10-18 13:08 | |
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On 12 December 2018 Tel Aviv, Israel will host NEXT BLOCK Conference “From Chaos To Clarity: 2019 Trends” organized by Krypton Events. The post NEXT BLOCK Blockchain Conference Tel Aviv + Fabulous FashionTV After-Party appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-10-18 23:42 | |
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Qtum has proposed a new consensus algorithm, called SCAR, that could massively reduce transaction times. It would additionally lighten demands on the blockchain’s underlying network. “SCAR can find a balance between user experience and resource saving, which is more efficient and flexible than other consensus algorithms,” reads the proposal.
2018-10-18 21:59 | |
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Rob Jesudason, the president of EOS software publisher Block. one, has written a Medium article in which he criticizes KYC and AML measures as they currently exist. Jesudason argues that KYC/AML procedures frequently fail to stop crime and place a burden on users without good reason.
2018-10-18 19:44 | |
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A 10 Year Old Bitcoin Easter Egg Was Just Found Something very unexpected has happened recently as a person has discovered an easter egg buried deep inside the Bitcoin original code. The secret is 10 years old and dates to the creation of the cryptocurrency. An easter egg, in case you do not, is a […]
2018-10-13 00:41 | |
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After putting together a series of successful blockchain conferences in the eastern part of the globe, Block Hedge is all set to unite leading stakeholders in the crypto sphere of the western world at Zurich in Switzerland.
2018-10-13 23:04 | |
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On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the mining operation SV Pool mined its first Bitcoin Cash block. The pool operators led by the blockchain firms Nchain and Coingeek say that hundreds of miners from all around the world have signed up to mine with the pool.
2018-10-12 04:30 | |
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The cryptocurrency community will meet in the Portuguese capital on November 9 to discuss the evolution of property as inspired by blockchain technologies.
2018-10-11 14:42 | |
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CryptoNinjas QLC Chain (previously Qlink), a next-generation public blockchain for decentralized Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), announced the launch of its TestNet today. QLC Chain is a public chain designed for network services with embedded function nodes using the Multidimensional Block.
2018-10-11 02:01 | |
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The Liquid Network is up and running. More than a year after its conceptual introduction at the Blockchain Association of Canada's Government Forum in Ottawa, Blockstream’s bitcoin scaling solution made its public debut on October 10, 2018, after going live among its partners on September 27.
2018-10-11 20:44 | |
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Ever wondered what happens to your transaction before it gets included on a block? Check out this article to see why blockchain confirmations matter. The post What Are Blockchain Confirmations and Why Do They Matter? appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-10-10 17:45 | |
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The pursuit for cryptocurrency adoption seems to focus on three major cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Indeed, this isn’t to disregard the likes of XRP and Stellar, both of which also provide a solid use in mainstream society, however in terms of worldwide societal adoption, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin tend to be the go-to currencies.
2018-10-10 16:30 | |
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The latest crypto investment fund on the block is Dragonfly Ventures, a $100 million traditional venture fund investing only in crypto assets, managed by partners Alexander Pack from Bain Capital Ventures and Bo Feng, founding partner of Ceyuan Ventures.
2018-10-9 15:30 | |
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CryptoNinjas Genesis Block has announced a collaboration between its FINRA-registered broker-dealer affiliate, GB Capital Markets, and decentralized trading network AirSwap. The two companies will offer services for the creation, distribution, and transfer of security tokens using blockchain technology.
2018-10-6 00:12 | |
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OsiaNetwork LLC has reached out to the Federal Election Committee (FEC) in the hopes that it will allow computer sharing for crypto mining for campaign donations. Osia says it would like to be the platform in which volunteers share their computer power to mine cryptocurrencies, which are then donated to political campaigns of their choice.
2018-10-5 23:57 | |
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Block.one, the developer of blockchain protocol EOS, is accused of allowing voting manipulation on its network and participation in a collusion. The post Vote Buying: EOS Protocol Blamed for Having an Incomplete Approach to Governance appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-10-4 15:55 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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After raising $4 billion through a record-breaking token sale, the Block. one team now claims that they have solved the scalability issue, leading the EOS-based platform to be the most scalable and highest performing blockchain platform in the world.
2018-10-3 01:00 | |
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The stablecoin craze has finally made its way across the pond, albeit with a slightly unique flavor that is likely to open up the asset class to more takers. The London Block Exchange (LBX), an over-the-counter crypto trading platform based in the U.
2018-10-2 18:19 | |
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Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger of transactions. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.
2018-10-2 17:27 | |
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The EOS community is dealing with more bombshell allegations of corruption. Block. one, the software firm behind EOS, has been forced to rebuff claims Chinese cryptocurrency tycoons are working together to keep control of its blockchain.
2018-10-2 17:23 | |
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London Block Exchange to Launch Cryptocurrency Pegged to British Pound The London Block Exchange (LBX) recently announced plans to launch the LBXPeg, a new stablecoin backed by the British Pound. According to an article published by Business Insider on September 29, 2018, LBX gained permission from their banking partner to move forward with the crypto pound, which will be backed.
2018-10-2 17:00 | |
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Block. One Drops $1B On EOS VC Brendan Blumer, the founder and chief executive officer of Block, the startup behind the world-recognized, multi-billion dollar EOS. io blockchain project, recently sat down with Bloomberg to discuss a variety of facets in the current crypto industry.
2018-10-1 01:33 | |
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Ethereum Security Lead Joins Effort To Oust Blockchain’s Big Miners There is a strong movement building inside of the Ethereum network to block ASIC miners. As many users believe that the decentralization is important, they seem concerned that ASIC miners could centralize the decision on the network too much and, because of this, some people […]
2018-10-1 00:57 | |
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BLOCK SCHOOL Here at NewsBTC we believe that education and knowledge is fundamental to the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies and growth of the blockchain industry. We will be expanding our education section by delving deeper into some of the machinations and technology behind the blocks.
2018-10-1 15:00 | |
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Ethereum developers have confirmed the block number for Constantinople, the biggest public blockchain upgrade of the year out of the top coins. In a Core Devs meeting just concluded, they... The post Ethereum Issuance Reduction Fork Testnet Block Confirmed appeared first on Trustnodes.
2018-9-28 19:44 | |
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A week ago, Bitcoin developers disclosed a glaring vulnerability in the network that could’ve led to a series of abrupt chainsplits. Well, it appears this scenario has begun to play out. The good thing is that the incident took place on a controlled testnet, not the Bitcoin mainnet.
2018-9-27 18:01 | |
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Блокчейн-платформа Waves сообщила, что после поддержки нового функционала со стороны майнеров первая фаза смарт-контрактов активирована в основной сети и доступна с сегодняшнего дня разработчикам. We are very happy to announce that Smart Accounts have been activated on #Waves MainNet! As of block #1,190,000, the first phase of Waves #SmartContracts are available: https://t.co/4e0MjdYQ3U#WavesPlatform #Blockchain $WAVES — […]
2018-9-27 22:08 | |
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As a co-founder of the world’s largest initial coin offering (ICO), Brendan Blumer is a familiar name in the global blockchain and crypto community. The fact that his barely two-year-old startup Block.
2018-9-27 21:00 | |
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Key employees from Peter Thiel-led startup Block. One have left to form their own venture, StrongBlock, claiming that their former company did not address a specific need in the blockchain marketplace.
2018-9-27 16:57 | |
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Think you know the ins-and-outs of bitcoin? Test yourself with 30 questions that grill you on Bitcoin’s history, technology and politics. The 30 questions are split up into three segments ranging from novice to intermediate to expert, and cover a wide range of topics across the Bitcoin landscape.
2018-9-26 02:13 | |
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As Block.one was raising $4 billion from Silicon Valley and Wall Street, a group of executives decided to quit and build a bigger, better blockchain.
2018-9-25 16:00 | |
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Monday’s segment of CNBC Cryptotrader entitled ‘The Future of the Utility Token,” one of the guests made a bold prediction on the crypto market. Kira Sun, an investment manager at China-based blockchain investment firm Block VC, stated that he believes the bear market on Bitcoin to be at an end, but that altcoins will take […] The post China VC Says Bear Market Over for Bitcoin, but Altcoins Have 200 Days Left appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-9-25 12:00 | |
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Menlo One, a crypto-tech company that has built an open-source framework for making decentralized applications on the blockchain for the Web 3. 0 era announced today a strategic partnership with Big Data Block, a technology company focused on.
2018-9-25 23:46 | |
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Several ethereum miners and developers have come forward in the hope of halting ASICs from effectively operating on the ethereum network.
2018-9-24 14:45 | |
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Over 30 years after creating eCash, a predecessor of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which spawned the Cypherpunk movement of the 1980s, Dr. David Chaum is back in the public eye with a claim of having invented “the world’s fastest cryptocurrency.
2018-9-22 23:59 | |
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For well over a year, versions of Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin’s leading software implementation — contained a severe software bug. The bug was fixed with Bitcoin Core 0.
2018-9-22 21:22 | |
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US-based crypto exchange Kraken announced a major expansion to its over-the-counter (OTC) trading services. The announcement hints a set of ultracompetitive advantages to institutional investors and wealthy individuals looking to invest in large block trades without giving specific details.
2018-9-21 19:49 | |
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Komodo is a cryptocurrency that has quietly made headway since its release in September 2016. The underlying software was… The post Major Komodo Milestone Reached: The Mining of Block 1 Million appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-9-20 05:06 | |
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By 2050 there’ll be more plastic trash in the world’s oceans than fish. And the next generation could see more used car tires than there are trees. So how can blockchain — a digital technology — possibly be good for the environment? By making processes more efficient which leads to less consumption.
2018-9-19 23:12 | |
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As investigated by the World Economic Forum, the Blockchain ecosystem could be the digital kiss to a globally affecting environmental scrape. A Blueprint for Biodiversity: PwC Presents “Building Block(chains)s For A Better Planet” Combining efforts with the PwC, some unnerving terms were discussed in a report diagnosing the biggest environmental issues.
2018-9-18 13:00 | |
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Industry buzz surrounded Ethereum this week as community members await the next stage of the coin’s development. The protocol also served as the jumping-off point for a new fully regulated stablecoin.
2018-9-16 18:41 | |
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BLOCK SCHOOL Here at NewsBTC we believe that education and knowledge is fundamental to the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies and growth of the blockchain industry. We will be expanding our education section by delving deeper into some of the machinations and technology behind the blocks.
2018-9-16 15:00 | |
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European entrepreneur, engineer-innovator Martin Kuvandzhiev will share his unique experience with the participants on the international forum Blockchain Life 2018. Martin is known as the co-founder of the most decentralized crypto currency among bitcoins – Bitcoin Gold (hardfork bitcoin, included in TOP-30 Crypto-Coinmarketcap), founder of Cryptoapps Ltd, a member of the Board of Block projects of Credits and Depository Network,...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%.
2018-9-16 07:00 | |
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IOTW Advisor & CEO of Infinity Group Venture Capital, Denis Lam, is speaking about the challenges of a crypto economy and critical barriers to the mass adoption of blockchain.
2018-9-15 18:14 | |
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Cosmos is the internet of blockchains - an ever-expanding ecosystem of interconnected, blockchain-based apps and services. Powered by the Interchain Stack, Cosmos boasts over 100 IBC-enabled chains. - Medium
Aethir, Beam Foundation, and MetaStreet have partnered to launch Tactical Compute, a $40 million initiative designed to meet the growing demand for computing power in artificial intelligence and blockchain.
More than 24,000 United Nations staff are set to gain blockchain skills as the UN expands its academy, developed in partnership with the Algorand Foundation. The United Nations Development Programme is expanding its blockchain education academy to provide training to…
BlackRock is expanding its tokenized fund — BUIDL — to multiple blockchains. BlackRock has announced the expansion of its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund — BUIDL — which is tokenized by Securitize, to five additional blockchains: Aptos (APT), Arbitrum…
The blockchain industry might get a boost as former U.S. President Donald Trump wins a second term, promising to keep his promises, including a long list of Bitcoin- and crypto-related pledges.
After more than a year of hype and expectation, layer-2 network Scroll's governance token launch is beginning to fall short of expectations after being plagued by token allocation issues.