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Initial Coin Offerings Projects Only Make Up 2% Of All Security Lawsuits

A litigation consultancy firm called Cornerstone Research recently put out a report, regarding the current lawsuits involving securities in the United States. Even though there has been plenty of bad publicity in the press lately, the research found that cryptocurrency ICOs only contribute to a small fraction of the cases. In fact, out of the […] дальше »

2018-7-27 14:33


CoinMetrics Says Sad Truth is Majority of Bitcoin Transactions are Worthless

The Sad Truth: Majority of Bitcoin Transactions are Worthless It turns out most of Bitcoin’s transactions don’t really do anything. About two-thirds of transactions made with the cryptocurrency are not for anything specific, meaning the exchanges have nothing to do with trading, buying or selling goods. A large number of actions taken by coin holders […] дальше »

2018-7-26 21:15


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Justin Sun Officially Adds 100 Million BitTorrent Users To Tron (TRX) Ecosystem

No doubt, Tron (TRX) is one big coin that cannot be rubbished in the cryptocurrency space. After Justin Sun announced that Tron would be moved out of Ethereum Network, the cryptocurrency war lord, declared on the go that there is going to be a huge competition between the two altcoins, like that which existed between […] The post Justin Sun Officially Adds 100 Million BitTorrent Users To Tron (TRX) Ecosystem appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-24 14:20


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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World’s First Legal Literature on ICOs Calls Out Fundraising Method

A University of Pennsylvania legal research report concluded Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have mostly “failed” to reflect on their contractual promises as described in their whitepapers. ICO Projects a Far-Fetched Endeavour Titled “Coin-Operated Capitalism,” the paper was released on July 17, 2018, and aims to explore ICOs as a legitimate option of fundraising. дальше »

2018-7-20 19:00


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


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Taiwanese Dollar Tethered Stablecoin Introduced

Reports out today highlight that a new stablecoin has been introduced that will exist as a tether to the Taiwanese Dollar. As this will be a stablecoin, the idea is simply that the coin will follow the price of the Taiwanese Dollar and will offer a crypto alternative for the FIAT currency, in the same way Tether currently operates alongside the US Dollar. дальше »

2018-7-13 16:00