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Mining Difficulty (MD) Influences Behavior of Miners on the Bitcoin (BTC) Network

As most of our regular readers are well aware of, Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer network wherein each separate tx is secured using a SHA26 algorithm. Also, it is worth noting that peers on the network are required to invest a certain amount of their computational power (hash power) to verify each individual transaction. In […] дальше »

2019-8-12 19:50


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Who are the creators of AI-generated art — programmers or machines?

Two years ago, engineers released DeepBach, a neural network that generates Baroque anthems almost indistinguishable from Bach’s, but still nobody can decide if it’s really music.   DeepBach is so skilled at replicating Bach that more than half of those surveyed had attributed its computer-generated melodies to the man himself — despite music students and professionals making up 25 percent of respondents. дальше »

2019-5-8 19:08


Bitcoin Killer? What’s New And Old With BitTorrent Inventor Bram Cohen’s ‘Chia’

If you ask its official website, Bram Cohen’s Chia project is the first “enterprise” digital currency. Forget Ripple, Stellar, or the host of stablecoins launched over the past couple years. It’s Chia – the “green” crypto project developed in answer to the question of Bitcoin’s high resource usage, which is the first enterprise-grade cryptocurrency. дальше »

2019-4-3 11:30


Ethereum’s ProgPoW Mining Change to Be Considered for Istanbul Upgrade

The code designed to enact ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul, may feature the inclusion of a controversial mining algorithm said to allow for broader participation in its network. Discussed Tuesday during a meeting of project managers working on the world’s second-largest blockchain, Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1057, also known as Progressive Proof-of-Work (ProgPoW), has been long debated. […] дальше »

2019-3-13 23:15


Half a Billion Worth of ETH Vote in Favor of ProgPoW, is Ethereum Really Changing its Algorithm?

Some three million eth are currently voting in favor of a proposed algorithmic change of ethereum’s Proof of Work (PoW) with the aim of removing asics from the network. 2,926,304... The post Half a Billion Worth of ETH Vote in Favor of ProgPoW, is Ethereum Really Changing its Algorithm? appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »

2019-2-22 21:38


Michael Dubrovsky Explains What Optical Proof-of-Work (PoWx Algorithm) Is

In a recent blog post, Michael Dubrovsky, the founder of PoWx, explains how the Optical Proof-of-Work (oPoW) works and how it can help Bitcoin (BTC) scale and reduce energy consumption. At the moment, Proof-of-Work (PoW) activities to secure the Bitcoin network require a lot of energy to power the ASIC mining hardware. This is something […] дальше »

2019-1-28 23:19


Ethereum (ETH) Core Developers Propose an ASIC Resistant Upgrade

The Ethereum (ETH) Core Developers had a meeting on the 4th of January that discussed several developments on the network such as the upcoming Constantinople and Istanbul hard forks. Another EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal) that was discussed, was one meant to update the current hashing algorithm to reduce the incentive to mine Ethereum using ASICs […] The post Ethereum (ETH) Core Developers Propose an ASIC Resistant Upgrade appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2019-1-8 16:15


3 surprising ways social ‘neighborhood’ apps could boost your business

Have you ever logged onto Facebook, only to be inundated with mundane status updates from your ex-high school classmate or photos of your great-aunt’s cat? The impersonal, irrelevant news that seems to clog up most our newsfeeds is turning people away from traditional social networks and toward a new breed of local network that allows you to tune in to your neighborhood gossip. дальше »

2018-12-29 22:00