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Altcoins Beware: An Overview of Recent 51% Attacks

The so-called 51% attacks are among the major security threats to digital currencies as they allow enable perpetrators to control the network and all transactions passing through it. What Is a 51% attack? Cryptocurrencies are bolstered by blockchain technologies or distributed ledgers which store information about all transactions ever made in a network. дальше »

2019-2-7 21:00


Bitcoin is the Only Crypto Asset for Twitter’s Jack Dorsey as He Uses BTC’s Lightning Network

A recent initiative was launched by a pseudonymous Twitter user, promoting the reach and functionality of the Lightning Network with an experiment called the “lightning torch.” Each person in the lineup is meant to send the accumulated amount to someone else that they think will pass on the BTC. One of the most recent recipients […] дальше »

2019-2-6 08:11


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Ethereum Myth Busted: Apples To Oranges On 51 Percent Attacks

Recently, Richard Gendal Brown, CTO of Corda, published an argument that Ethereum is not prepared for enterprise adoption because of the recent 51% attack on Ethereum Classic (ETC). Brown’s argument is paraphrased as follows: The Ethereum network’s utility to enterprise blockchains rests in the ability of those consortia blockchains to ‘anchor’ their data in the […] The post Ethereum Myth Busted: Apples To Oranges On 51 Percent Attacks appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-1-30 00:30


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


Justin Sun Addresses Recent Questions About BitTorrent’s Upcoming BTT Token Rollout

As some of our regular readers may remember, a few days back the BitTorrent token project was thrust into the spotlight when an article published by a respected media outlet questioned whether the TRON network possessed the “necessary processing capacity” to handle the thousands of transactions per second which were needed to make BitTorrent’s Token […] дальше »

2019-1-14 18:58


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After reports of Nicehash controlling around 70% of DASH Nethashrate, the 51% attack is once again a real Threat

Nicehash owns about 70% of DASH mining network according to a Reddit user (Jan 10), and the news is already causing a wave of concerns within the community Investigation It looks like someone currently controls over 51% of DASHs hashrate over Nicehash mining pools; a recent Reddit post accusing Nicehash of being a threat to Proof of Work (PoW) cryptocurrencies. дальше »

2019-1-11 15:22


Bitstamp Shows How Much Money A Bitcoin Blockchain Attacker Would Need To Perform A 51% Attack

Bitstamp Shows How Much Money An Attacker Would Need To Perform A 51% Attack On Bitcoin In a recent post on Twitter, the popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp provided information about how much money an attacker would need a day to perform a 51% attack on Bitcoin’s network. The post mentions that hacking Bitcoin with a […] дальше »

2019-1-10 01:45


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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Adjusts 10% Upwards For the First Time in Months

Bitcoin continues to stabilize its network activity with a return to upward difficulty adjustments after hash rate reversed its decline last month. Bitcoin Continues To Police Itself Data from statistics resources Blockchain and Bitcoin Wisdom confirms that the Bitcoin network’s most recent difficulty adjustment was up, not down, by just over 10 percent. дальше »

2019-1-1 17:00


Amidst Bearish Bitcoin Market Conditions, BTC Lightning Network Continues to Prosper

For the past couple of years, Bitcoin’s core dev team has been working tirelessly to scale-up the world's premier blockchain ecosystem in a sustainable fashion. In this regard, despite bearish market conditions continuing to persist throughout the year, recent statistical data has shown that the Bitcoin Lightning Network (a viable second-layer scaling solution for the […] дальше »

2018-12-24 21:21


Cryptograffiti’s Blockchain Art Collective Profile Promotes Bitcoin’s Lightning Network for Payments

Art Micro Auction Brings To Focus Bitcoins Lightening Network Art is expressive of its times, a certain je ne sais quoi that the artist wants to highlight. And that is exactly what was achieved when a recent auction was held for the artwork by Cryptograffiti, simply named the ‘Black Swan’. The piece is exactly what […] дальше »

2018-12-22 20:09


Zcash (ZEC) Sapling Privacy Features Becomes a Desirable Trait for Many New Services

ZCash (ZEC) is one of the so-called privacy coins in the cryptocurrency market. It allows individuals to transact funds without others knowing the number of funds moved and transacted. According to a recent post uploaded by Paige Peterson, since the Sapling network upgrade, the network has experienced an increased adoption of shielded addresses in the […] дальше »

2018-12-18 19:53