2025-2-19 17:20 |
Shutter Network core contributor Loring Harkness tells The Agenda podcast that MEV attacks are making crypto unfair and insecure for everyday users. origin »
Bitcoin price in Telegram @btc_price_every_hour
|
Jamming attacks on Bitcoin's Lightning Network, akin to DDoS attacks, haven't been carried out yet. But mitigation is needed.
2021-11-5 02:00 | |
|
|
Ethereum (ETH) rose by over 9% to reach a new high on Friday. This was days after the network underwent the Altair upgrade successfully. ETH, the native token of the second-largest blockchain by markeThe post The three types of attacks Ethereum could face in its proof-of-stake avatar appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-11-1 00:30 | |
|
|
For all its growth and evolution, the cryptocurrency ecosystem isn't immune from all kinds of attacks. In fact, there have been several such cases in the past. Needless to say, however, different ecosThe post Polygon network introduces 'a small change' to tackle spam transactions appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-10-6 19:00 | |
|
|
Solana (SOL/USD) is a growing blockchain network and one of the go-to alternatives to Ethereum when it comes to different development platforms. However, the project recently suffered a major 17-hour outage which it suffered last week, without any indication that something like this is about to happen.
2021-9-22 17:09 | |
|
|
The Ethereum network is facing a chain split after an exploit forced over 50% of its nodes to upgrade their client to prevent further attacks. This security vulnerability was detected, reported, and fixed by Go Ethereum, developers of the affected client, Geth.
2021-8-28 21:23 | |
|
|
Why does a seemingly abandoned MIT project from 2016 still matter in 2021? Because MIT ChainAnchor serves as a model for future attacks to the Bitcoin blockchain. A decentralized, permissionless, and uncensorable network is a threat to the status quo.
2021-8-22 01:16 | |
|
|
Bitcoin SV has been under the hammer of rogue actors in a series of attempted 51% attacks against the network. Where next for BSV?
2021-8-7 15:53 | |
|
|
Bitcoin SV is in trouble once again after Coinbase announced that it will be halting BSV trading on the platform. This update came on the back of a string of attacks the network has been facing since The post Coinbase halts Bitcoin SV trading after yet another 51% attack appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-8-5 00:30 | |
|
|
Bitcoin SV’s price was shaken briefly as its community continued to digest the news that the cryptocurrency suffered a 51% breach. Following the news of the attack on the network, Coinbase stopped trading the cryptocurrency on the exchange platform.
2021-8-5 23:30 | |
|
|
Due to the 51% attack, which the Bitcoin Association says is currently going on and law enforcement authorities have been reported, Coinbase has halted BSV withdrawals and stopped all BSV trading.
2021-8-5 16:23 | |
|
|
Most DeFi users have heard of Ethereum’s high congestion issues, but few are aware of the controlling forces operating behind the scenes, and how badly they can be impacted by this single problem. When traders send a regular transaction via the Ethereum network, it is susceptible to attacks from bots or front-running software run by […]
2021-6-22 20:52 | |
|
|
The ETC network has been ensnared in a proposed algorithm shift to boost its security. The network has been quite vulnerable to 51% attacks in the past, and hence, to augment its security, ECIP 1049 pThe post This change on Ethereum Classic's network could 'make it bigger than Bitcoin and Ethereum' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-6-17 11:00 | |
|
|
In recent days, the Binance Smart Chain network has been a hotspot for flash loan attacks. There have been multiple attacks on popular liquidity protocols like PancakeBunny and Bogged Finance, resulting in losses worth millions of dollars.
2021-6-3 14:00 | |
|
|
Following a series of high-profile, multimillion hacker attacks on several decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms based on Binance Smart Chain, the network has issued an official “call for action” to developers.
2021-6-1 07:00 | |
|
|
“If you’re not a green hacker, and you’re not doing it for the planet, you can also do it for the money: by speculating downward on the price of Bitcoin before launching attacks.”
2021-2-10 05:48 | |
|
|
The potential for “griefing” attacks on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is a serious threat. Here’s how they work and why they deserve a fix. The post Good Griefing: A Lingering Vulnerability On Lightning Network That Still Needs Fixing appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2021-1-19 01:17 | |
|
|
The U. S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a warning that alerts financial institutions in the United States about increasing ransomware attacks against coronavirus vaccine research organizations.
2020-12-31 03:30 | |
|
|
Tokens could be included in a users traffic request, which would allow websites accessible through the Tor network to “intelligently prioritize which requests it answers.”
2020-11-19 01:58 | |
|
|
Глава Binance Чанпэн Чжао в своем Твиттере сообщил о том, что сегодня «конкуренты» провели целенаправленные DDoS-атаки на биржу. Earlier today, our Chinese domains experienced targeted DDoS attacks, and users saw some lag and interruption of network access.
2020-4-30 07:11 | |
|
|
Earlier today, the world’s largest exchange by volume, Binance, experienced downtime and network interruption. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao later confirmed that the exchange had actually been targeted by a number of denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), particularly on its Chinese domains.
2020-4-30 21:57 | |
|
|
Binance founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao confirmed via Twitter that the Chinese domains of the leading cryptocurrency exchange suffered “targeted DDoS attacks. ” As such users experienced some lag and interruption of network access.
2020-4-29 17:25 | |
|
|
Китайские домены биржи криптовалют Binance подверглись «направленной DDoS-атаке» в эту среду. Earlier today, our Chinese domains experienced targeted DDoS attacks, and users saw some lag and interruption of network access.
2020-4-29 12:39 | |
|
|
With so much innovation going on in the space, DeFi has become a big rising star over the years. In a more recent milestone, DeFi apps on the Ethereum network hit an all-time high of $1.21 billion on The post DeFi attacks reignite centralization dilemma, debates on protocol reliability appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-2-26 22:30 | |
|
|
Bitcoin's lightning network is growing "increasingly centralized," making it more susceptible to attacks, asserts a new paper by security researchers.
2020-2-21 23:30 | |
|
|
A report published February 7 and authored in part by Blockstream researcher Christian Decker found that the BTC Lightning Network is “evolving towards an increasingly centralised architecture.
2020-2-19 10:59 | |
|
|
The 51 percent attack Bitcoin Gold experienced last week sparked an industry-wide debate about the security of the network. Many saw this as proof of BTG’s redundancy, but few focused on the problems in proof-of-work itself that enable these kinds of attacks to happen in the first place.
2020-1-27 21:06 | |
|
|
The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) network suffered another set of 51% attacks on January 23-24, as roughly 29 blocks were removed in two deep blockchain reorganizations (reorgs). Reports indicate that more than 7,000 BTG was double spent as the chain suffered a loss of $70,000 in two days.
2020-1-27 22:30 | |
|
|
The closing of 4 nodes out of a total of 10 allows Sybill attacks to happen in an open network. Hedera Hashgraph is known to run public nodes, yet the Council Nodes are the ones that decide resources and software updates for the network.
2020-1-1 20:37 | |
|
|
The Lightning Network (LN) may be controlled and ordered by Watchtowers in the future. Watchtowers are guided by Blockstream’s c-Lightning team and would be a very important improvement on the Lightning Network, the second-layer scaling solution proposed to solve Bitcoin’s scalability issues.
2019-12-21 21:18 | |
|
|
There are many different ways for hackers to attack the cryptocurrency sector, but dusting attacks are perhaps the most seemingly harmless. This type of attack sends a small number of coins to a few known addresses, which wouldn’t move the market by much.
2019-12-16 16:33 | |
|
|
The Litecoin network has gone through what looks like a series of “dusting attacks”. Multiple addresses received “dust” amounts of LTC on at least two large-scale occasions in August and November, with other unusual spikes in transaction counts and wallet activity.
2019-12-15 19:25 | |
|
|
Microsoft today warned that Russian government hackers have been using video decoders, printers, and internet of things devices to breach computer networks. In a blog post, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center wrote that the “devices became points of ingress from which the actor established a presence on the network and continued looking for further access.
2019-8-6 03:36 | |
|
|
Bitcoin is on a bull run recently, so it is normal that the crypto asset will get more attention from the media than assets such as gold, right? Well, that is not what Peter Schiff believes. Schiff, who is a well-known investor of the gold industry, was pretty pissed recently because CNBC is giving more […]
2019-8-6 22:34 | |
|
|
As Ethereum's hashrate remains 42% lower than its highest point in August 2018, the network leaves itself open to a 51% attack while the blockchain's community continues to struggle with in-fighting.
2019-7-24 19:19 | |
|
|
Ryan Taylor, CEO of Dash Core Group, was in the news last week after he claimed that the implementation of Chainlock protocol would make the network immune to 51% attacks and a chain re-org. Dash is in the news yet again, for their soon to be released Decentralized API [DAPI].
2019-7-24 23:30 | |
|
|
There are advances towards Ethereum 2.0 with researchers confident that the new scalable network will be more robust, "handling PoS attacks with grace." The post Ethereum Researcher: In ETH 2.0, PoS Attacks To Be Handled With Grace appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-7-18 13:00 | |
|
|
Dash was recently in the news for the implementation of Chainlock, a protocol which helps the Dash network become immune to 51% attacks or a chain re-org. Ryan Taylor, Dash CEO, was recently featured in an interview where he spoke extensively on Chainlock, New InstantSend and more.
2019-7-14 00:30 | |
|
|
Researchers for the IOTA Foundation have released details of their plan to combine proof-of-work algorithms with proof-of-stake algorithms to improve the IOTA network's ability to avoid congestion and tackle spam attacks.
2019-6-26 00:43 | |
|
|
The IOTA Foundation recently presented a research paper with a novel algorithm for improving the network’s ability to combat spam attacks and congestion. The algorithm takes elements from proof-of-work algorithms, like Bitcoin’s, and proof-of-stake algorithms, like that being developed for Ethereum.
2019-6-26 22:39 | |
|
|
Dengba inn, the predecessor of Dengba planet, was founded in 2007. After 12 years of operation and development, 88 Dengba inns have been established in 70 cities in 10 countries around the world. More than 1,000,000 Backpackers come to Dengba every year, and nearly 50,000 online Backpackers have formed in recent years.
2019-6-18 22:51 | |
|
|
The BCH community’s hostility towards Bitcoin core’s scalability and the solution for the same, the much-hyped Lightning Network, is no secret. Many prominent enthusiasts of Bitcoin Cash have criticized the technology previously.
2019-6-5 06:30 | |
|
|
The effects of quantum computing on cryptocurrencies is bound to have a huge effect on network security. With the exponential increase in computing capabilities, the efficacy of brute force attacks massively increases.
2019-5-29 21:00 | |
|
|
Ethereum Classic [ETC] endured a 51% attack twice in the month of January, attacks which successfully latched on to ETC’s blockchain for several days. The losses estimated following the breach accounted for more than $1 million.
2019-5-28 20:00 | |
|
|
Hackers are still one of the biggest threats to Proof-of-Work networks. In the past year, digital thieves have used rented hash power to stage successful attacks on Vertcoin, Verge , Bitcoin Gold, Ethereum Classic, and several other cryptocurrencies, most of which have never recovered.
2019-5-24 02:01 | |
|
|
The upgrade to Dash's network will create 240 elected "masternodes" that will work to monitor and verify transactions, meaning the blockchain is no longer reliant on miners to confirm transactions.
2019-5-23 00:33 | |
|
|
Just one computer could have brought TRON’s entire blockchain to a screeching halt, a new HackerOne disclosure has revealed. Until quite recently, bad actors were reportedly able to maliciously consume the CPU power of the network with Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
2019-5-6 18:49 | |
|
|
Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
|
|
Ethereum [ETH]’s movement on the cryptocurrency charts has been termed ‘slow’ or ‘unresponsive’ by many people involved in the world of digital assets. This subtle attack on the Vitalik Buterin co-founded network has been a prolonged process with many betting on the “death of the Ethereum network” due to the rise of faster and more […] The post Ethereum [ETH] witnessed 6 of 10 of its highest usage days in the past three weeks despite bear attacks appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-4-18 18:30 | |
|
|
In celebration of Monero’s five successful years since launch, I have put together a short introductory guide to Monero. Monero’s goal is beautifully simple: a usable cryptocurrency that functions as users expect.
2019-4-18 22:23 | |
|
|
Fireblocks users can now earn yield on their BTC holdings via BOB's network
Regulatory clarity may provide a boost for DeFi projects.
Team Rizzo, which operates Bittensor subnets and validator services, has snagged $25 million in on-chain cover from Native, a digital asset insurance specialist.
Zero-knowledge proofs and reputation systems could reshape compliance and preserve privacy in DeFi.
The launch of the LIBRA token has sparked controversy in the Solana ecosystem, seeing Meteora co-founder Ben Chow resign and Jupiter launch an investigation.
Binance suspended US dollar deposits in June 2023, shortly after being sued by the SEC.