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Mimblewimble Attack is ‘Factually Inaccurate’, Grin Team Responds

The claim that hired computing power could “break” the Mimblewimble privacy tool for Litecoin (LTC) is inaccurate, according to a response from the Grin development team.   Weakness Did Not Reveal Final Senders or Receivers The Grin team admitted that the protocol held a known weakness, but directing hired computing power from AWS did not constitute an ‘attack’. дальше »

2019-11-20 20:47


Don’t Let ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ Blind You to the Strong U.S. Economy, Abundant Opportunities

Politics is blinding some people to the strong U. S. economy. Manufacturing is starting to show signs of bottoming out. The economy could be going from deceleration to acceleration. In our polarized political environment, people’s perceptions of the economy are increasingly shaped by who is in power. дальше »

2019-11-10 22:30


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China is following Facebook’s playbook to issue a centralized digital currency

China‘s upcoming state-controlled digital currency is to be similar to Facebook‘s proposed coin, which makes total sense, because Libra isn’t really a cryptocurrency. Mu Changchun, deputy director of payments at China‘s central bank, explained the country was issuing its digital currency “to protect our monetary sovereignty and legal currency status,” Reuters reports. дальше »

2019-9-6 15:44


Bitcoin Takes a New Course, BTC Bulls Rave and Rocket Past $11,700 USD as SP 500 Opens Up Rocky

Money and power tie. Often, the control of the former means an express gain of the latter. That’s could explain the fragility of the market when the US Federal Reserve are about to decide on the new “route” as far as monetary policy and fund rates are concerned. Interpreted as having a political hand, the […] дальше »

2019-8-5 18:43


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The AI community’s reaction to Microsoft’s $1BN ‘investment’ in OpenAI is priceless

Microsoft recently announced plans to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, an AI startup co-founded by Elon Musk (no longer involved) and focused on developing human-level artificial intelligence. Normally, this would be an article about robots that can think and how two of the biggest players in the AI industry joining forces could lead to amazing things. дальше »

2019-7-25 02:59


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


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Chinese Listed Companies and Bitcoin Mining: Partner or Predator?

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Some Chinese listed companies have jumped on the bandwagon of bitcoin mining following the bitcoin bull run throughout 2017, either under the guise of cloud computing or providing mining hosting services, in an effort to bypass regulations considering the country’s tough stance on bitcoin. дальше »

2019-5-29 18:53


“Cashless” Sweden Wants Citizens to Hoard “Cash” in Case of Cyberwarfare

Sweden’s Civil Contingencies Agency issues guidance to stockpile cash Could Bitcoin have a role to play in case of emergency like power cuts, technology glitches, terrorism or war Cashless payments are what the world is moving towards and the Swedish government has been the example for that “cashless society.” The central bank of Sweden, Riksbank […] дальше »

2019-5-11 20:44


Major Influencer in Anti-Bitcoin Case in India Calls Crypto a Ponzi Scheme (Doesn’t Imply Bitcoin Is)

The Reserve Bank of India is due to finally conclude a case that will finally determine how cryptocurrency will be used within the country. However, Anurag Agarwal of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs could have a major influence – will he use that power towards the good of the crypto industry? Anurag Agarwal states that […] дальше »

2019-5-5 00:36


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Bitfinex Faces Legal Action From NY Attorney General: Here’s What This Means

The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million. дальше »

2019-4-27 01:30


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Sparkswap, World’s First Lightning Atomic Swap Exchange, Now in Beta

Bitcoin’s first decentralized exchange to make use of the Lightning Network’s Atomic Swaps is now in beta. Sparkswap, an exchange with backing from Pantera Capital (which announced its ambitious mission to become the most decentralized bitcoin exchange on the market in August 2018), has now opened its beta to users. дальше »

2019-4-9 23:28