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Canadian University Shuts Down Entire Network After Mining Attack
Last week St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada reportedly shut down its entire computer network for four days due to an attempted mining attack. St. Francis Xavier, a Canadian university, shuts down its IT network to deal with a cryptocurrency mining malware infectionhttps://t. дальше »
2018-11-9 00:00 | |
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Your right to anonymous messaging is under threat
This week Russia has stepped up its war on anonymity. After an attempt last April to block the service, on Friday a court in Moscow ordered encrypted messaging app Telegram to pay 800,000 rouble – around €10,600 – for failing to hand over users’ information. дальше »
2018-11-8 17:05 | |
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University shuts down its entire network to stop Bitcoin crypto-jackers
A Canadian university had to shut down its entire campus network after it discovered hackers had hijacked its computing power to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency – Bitcoin, to be exact. In a statement released earlier this week, Nova Scotia-based St. дальше »
2018-11-7 13:44 | |
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Bitfury Secures $80M in Private Funding Round
Cryptocurrency mining firm Bitfury Group has closed a Series C, $80 million funding round led by EU-based Korelya Capital. The round also included crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, Lian and Jabre Group, Dentsu Inc. дальше »
2018-11-7 01:06 | |
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Blockchain is Airdropping $125M in Stellar Lumens to Its Wallet Users
Blockchain will be airdropping approximately $125 million worth of Stellar lumens to its users, in conjunction with the Stellar Development Foundation. This marks the largest airdrop in cryptocurrency history. дальше »
2018-11-7 00:24 | |
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Miners Have Begun Using Asicboost on the Bitcoin Cash Network
On Oct. 22, Bitmain released new firmware for the company’s Antminer mining rigs that enables the use of an optimization known as (overt) version-rolling Asicboost. Since then, Bitcoin Cash mining pools have been using the protocol and 63 Asicboost blocks were mined last week on the network. дальше »
2018-11-5 03:15 | |
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A Week of Satoshi Pt. 5: What Is on the Horizon for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is set to witness a range of upgrades that will address its network’s challenges and potentially cement its leadership position as the world’s largest digital currency for decades to come. The fifth part in our A Week of Satoshi series will provide insight into the planned improvements for the pioneer crypto network and how these upgrades may affect the. дальше »
2018-11-3 21:00 | |
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Tron (TRX) Blockchain Network to Release a New “Coin War” Game After Magic Academy Success
Tron is working really hard in order to improve the offer it has for users and developers. In general, Tron (TRX) is one of the most active projects in the cryptocurrency market. And this can be seen with the number of improvements released every week by the team behind Tron. Tron has already launched a […] дальше »
2018-10-31 07:45 | |
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XRP Price Doesn’t Budge Despite Ripple’s Payment Network Growth
The start to this new week of cryptocurrency trading is not necessarily off to a bad start whatsoever. In fact, it would appear things are looking somewhat promising for specific currencies and assets on the market. дальше »
2018-10-29 10:58 | |
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BitGo and Kyber Create BTC-backed Ethereum-Based Wrapped Bitcoin Tokens (WBTC)
A new token could soon be launched on the Ethereum (ETH) network. This information could not sound very exciting since there are many tokens being launched on Ethereum every single week. However, this token will be backed 1:1 by Bitcoin and will be launched in January. In order to make this possible, the companies Kyber […] дальше »
2018-10-27 18:13 | |
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Ethereum Price Analysis - ICO activity continues to be relatively strong
Network use this year remains low overall, with a marginal increase in the past two weeks. Curiously, despite relatively low network use, pending transactions continue to rise week over week. дальше »
2018-10-24 14:01 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine Week in Review: Stablecoins Take the Spotlight
With the exception of the SEC’s FinHub announcement, it has been a quiet week for regulatory news — something we’ve been getting a lot of recently as U. S. officials clamp down on unscrupulous coin offerings and crypto companies. дальше »
2018-10-20 17:49 | |
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No Scaling Issues for Ethereum Only Bitcoin Claims Comma.ai’s George Hotz
Comma. ai’s George Hotz Says Ethereum Does not Have Scaling Issues as Bitcoin At the San Francisco Blockchain Week, George Hotz, founder and Head of research at Comma. ai talked about Ethereum, decentralized applications and the scaling solutions being developed Lightning Network. дальше »
2018-10-18 20:15 | |
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Nexo Crypto Backed Instant Loan Network Adds XRP As Collateral Option
The crypto loan company Nexo has decided to unofficially add Ripple’s XRP as the fifth collateral option in the company’s platform. Why unofficially? Because no official statement from the company has been released so far but Nexo users have already noticed that the company added a deposit button for XRP this week. At the moment, […] дальше »
2018-10-18 09:57 | |
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BlockFi Now Offers Litecoin and Gemini Stablecoin-Backed Loan Options
Crypto-to-USD lender BlockFi has announced that it will support loans backed by both Litecoin and Gemini’s recent stablecoin token GUSD. This is the first time the company is expanding to accept collateral in one of the crypto industry’s top-10 assets besides bitcoin and ether. дальше »
2018-10-16 16:07 | |
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Tron (TRX) Developer Update: 90 Smart Contracts Deployed and Counting
The activation of the Tron (TRX) Virtual Machine last week was particularly important in the sense that developers could now develop smart contracts that would power Decentralized Applications on the network. дальше »
2018-10-16 11:07 | |
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Congress is fed up with Google after it hid major data breach for months
Google’s childish approach to business ethics has landed it in hot water with Congress yet again. After discovering a software glitch earlier this year – persisting since 2015 — the company chose to hide it from consumers and regulators. дальше »
2018-10-11 22:27 | |
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Zigzag Platform Provides Bitcoin Cash Swaps Over the Lightning Network
There’s a new exchange system under development called Zigzag. io, an app that allows users to swap bitcoin core for other digital assets like bitcoin cash, dash, and ethereum over the Lightning Network. дальше »
2018-10-11 07:20 | |
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Why 100k Could Be The Limit For Bitcoin?
Earlier this week an article was published which discussed how Bitcoins valuation could be set to 100k at most. As we know, the upper limit for BTC is currently set at $20k, an all time high that has not yet been matched since the cryptocurrency boom of late 2017. дальше »
2018-10-11 23:00 | |
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Justin Sun Claim’s TRON’s Latest Update Will Make It ‘200x Faster’ Than Ethereum, ‘100x Cheaper’ Than EOS
Justin Sun, CEO of eleventh-ranked cryptocurrency TRON, took to Twitter this week to lay down some big claims for his platform’s latest ‘Odyssey 3.1′ update. The new upgrade has been promised to drastically reduce transaction costs to 1 percent of EOS’ current fees, while ramping up TRON’s network speeds to 200 times faster than leading… The post Justin Sun Claim’s TRON’s Latest Update Will Make It ‘200x Faster’ Than Ethereum, ‘100x Cheaper’ Than EOS appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »
2018-10-10 22:38 | |
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Top 6 Airdrops for Token Holders – 2018 Week 41 Edition
Existing cryptocurrency users and token holders can take part in airdrops. There is potential for money to be made in the process as well. It is an interesting addition to how cryptocurrencies work as a whole, and it may incentivize a lot more people to hold their tokens accordingly. дальше »
2018-10-9 17:00 | |
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Tron Powers Up Its Virtual Machine As TRX Jumps 17% In A Week
The Tron Virtual Machine went live today at 8 pm Singapore time, after the Network’s Super Representatives voted in favor of launch. Dubbed Odyssey 3. 1, the upgrade makes it possible for Tron to host Ethereum-like smart contracts on the high-throughput, proof-of-stake blockchain. дальше »
2018-10-8 19:45 | |
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14% Surge For TRON After Mainnet Upgrade Announcement
As we enter this new week, we see a 14% surge for TRON’s currency XRP as shown on CoinMarketCap. This came hours before the TRON founder, Justin Sun took to Twitter to announce that the platforms super representatives have reached a general agreement. дальше »
2018-10-8 13:00 | |
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List of Tools Availed by Cardano Rust Project to Fast-track Network Decentralization
Cardano Rust Project news dominated this week. Charles Hoskinson has been quoted saying he and his team is proud of the project and how it’s kick starting the second year of development. Generally, Cardano’s core objective is to take on the likes of Ethereum and become a go-to smart contracting platform. дальше »
2018-10-6 11:23 | |
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Coda Testnet State Explorer: Full Node Blockchain Network on a Web Browser
Earlier this week, the Coda Protocol team introduced the Coda Testnet state explorer. Amazingly, the blockchain network can comfortably run full nodes on the web browser installed on standard home computers. дальше »
2018-10-4 19:33 | |
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EOS Developer Responds to Collusion and Voting Manipulation Claims
EOS developer Block. one recently responded to claims of suspicious voting activities among block producers (BPs). Last week, reports emerged that Huobi and other BPs were colluding to manipulate votes in the network. дальше »
2018-10-3 14:00 | |
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Facebook Latest Hack Confirms An International Need For Blockchain Technology
The latest news out of Facebook this week is that the social network has been subject to yet another mass data hack, one that calls into question once again the integrity of users data on Facebook. дальше »
2018-10-3 12:30 | |
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Ripple Highlights Record Year, xRapid Now Commercially Available
In 2018, RippleNet has dramatically expanded its reach and network. This year we’ve seen massive customer growth quarter over quarter, signing an average of two production customers per week. RippleNet has also become a truly global network, powering faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments to over 40 countries and six continents. дальше »
2018-10-2 23:00 | |
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Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go
The creators of the counterparty. cash protocol and Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia have announced two separate Bitcoin Cash full node clients written in the programming language Go (golang) — Gocoin-cash and Bchd (gcash). дальше »
2018-9-28 18:30 | |
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[Newsflash Update]: Bitcoin Network Bug Leaves BTC Blockchain Particularly Vulnerable Still
Last week, the Bitcoin Core team came out with a brand-new update to its client which was supposed to address a major vulnerability on the chain. The vulnerability made it easy for hackers to execute a “denial of service” attack on the network, which could be a potentially devastating security problem. But in many ways, […] дальше »
2018-9-28 08:58 | |
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Bitcoin hard fork nightmare becomes reality after testnet splits
A week ago, Bitcoin developers disclosed a glaring vulnerability in the network that could’ve led to a series of abrupt chainsplits. Well, it appears this scenario has begun to play out. The good thing is that the incident took place on a controlled testnet, not the Bitcoin mainnet. дальше »
2018-9-27 18:01 | |
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A Week After Bug Discovery, Bitcoin Network Remains Vulnerable
More than a week after Bitcoin Core released a client update that addressed a denial-of-service vulnerability and consensus bug in its software, most nodes are still running old software. That’s a problem. дальше »
2018-9-27 20:15 | |
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STEEM Social Media Blockchain Network Gears Up For New Hard Fork 20 (HF20) Update
Upcoming HF20 Update Boosts STEEM Value Soon, the Steemit blockchain platform is exacted to introduce an update that will simplify the process of account creation on the decentralized media distribution network. дальше »
2018-9-25 21:01 | |
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Crisis averted: threatening bitcoin bug removed from client
On Tuesday last week, a dangerous bug was removed from the Bitcoin Core software—one that had lain undetected for eighteen months. If exploited, the bug would have allowed attackers to crash nodes on the network and potentially debase the currency. дальше »
2018-10-5 15:00 | |
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John Newbery: I’m Responsible For ‘Worst Bitcoin Bug Since 2010’
Bitcoin Core developers have decried infighting between Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters after John Newbery claimed responsibility for last week’s CVE-2018-17144 network bug. ‘Embarrassed And Sorry’ In comments on Twitter September 23, Newbery, who is tasked with checking the Bitcoin codebase, said it was because of him that the bug had gone unnoticed. дальше »
2018-9-24 14:00 | |
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Billionaire Investor Novogratz Discusses Ripple 3x Surge: 3 Possible Factors
XRP, the native cryptocurrency of the Ripple network is up another 10 percent as investors speculate on what has caused its price to nearly triple in the past week. According to prominent investors and analysts, the staggering 155 percent price increase of Ripple in the last seven days from $0. дальше »
2018-9-23 10:00 | |
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Top 6 Cryptocurrencies With the Highest Transaction Volume – 2018 Week 40 Edition
Determining the popularity of a specific currency can be done in many different ways. Just because a network generates a lot of transactions does not mean value is being transferred across the blockchain. дальше »
2018-9-23 22:00 | |
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XVG Developers Clarify Verge’s Codebase Does Not Have Bitcoin Core Vulnerability
Earlier on in the week, the crypto and blockchain community was made aware of a bug in the Bitcoin Core code. The vulnerability affected versions 0. 16. 3 and 0. 17. 0rc4 of the code behind the famous blockchain network. дальше »
2018-9-22 15:45 | |
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New Bitcoin Core Patch Fixes Vulnerability To DDoS Attacks, Devs Talk Of Possible Chainsplit
Like any technology, Bitcoin is always improving to achieve better results. The Bitcoin Core team has released a new patch this week, which fixed a vulnerability in the system that could be fatal to the network, as it allowed for DDoS attacks. дальше »
2018-9-21 19:44 | |
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Bitcoin devs warn of possible chainsplit following severe DDoS vulnerability
Bitcoin Core developers have issued an important statement to the entire community, as the fallout from a recently disclosed DDoS vulnerability intensifies. The vulnerability, which researchers disclosed earlier this week, made it possible for miners to sabotage the Bitcoin network by sending transaction data twice. дальше »
2018-9-21 15:29 | |
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Bibox Officially Debuts Gemini GUSD to the Market
In just under a week, the Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency platform Gemini has been listed for trade on Bibox, officially launching the GUSD market. The regulated stablecoin, built on Ethereum’s network, became available Sept. дальше »
2018-9-18 16:00 | |
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New Mining Manufacturer Linzhi Announces Ethereum ASIC Miner
Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. дальше »
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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