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Bitcoin Lightning Network Booms Amid “Crypto Winter”

Since Bitcoin’s earliest blocks, the network’s lead developers have been hard at work attempting to scale the world’s first blockchain. And while 2018’s “crypto winter” has deterred a multitude of startups, developers, and key industry participants, the Bitcoin Lightning Network, the first viable second-layer scaling solution, has continued to see monumental growth. дальше »

2018-12-23 23:00


Crypto Artist Sells This Art Piece At $0.000000037 Using Lightning Network

Is “pay for coffee” your standard for micro-transactions? You may want to think again… Cryptograffiti, an anonymous artist dedicated to working with topics related to crypto and blockchain technologies recently published in Reddit a post claiming to have conducted a “micro auction” to sell a small work of art made from a dollar bill. дальше »

2018-12-22 09:43


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Ripple Calls 2018 ‘The Year of Breakthroughs in Blockchain’

As the year is coming to a close, San Francisco based Ripple wrote in a blog post that it is looking forward to broader adoption of the blockchain technology in the upcoming year. It also went on to call 2018 ‘the year of breakthroughs in blockchain’ acknowledging the development work done during the year despite […] Ripple Calls 2018 ‘The Year of Breakthroughs in Blockchain’ was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-12-20 19:24


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Can A Blockchain Save Endangered Species?

Cryptocurrency isn’t known for being environmentally friendly (well, not Proof of Work mechanisms like Bitcoin), but a new blockchain project could help save endangered species—at a discount. The Newton Project, which seeks to replace centralized intermediaries with trustless markets, has announced plans plans to help fight animal poaching with the help of blockchain-based monitoring devices. дальше »

2018-12-20 02:04


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Syncing Data Between Bitcoin Nodes Is About to Get Easier

Minisketch is a new solution that’s trying to solve an old problem. Spearheaded by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, Bitcoin Core contributor and fellow Blockstream co-founder Gregory Maxwell, and Blockstream software engineer Gleb Naumenko, the open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node. дальше »

2018-12-18 18:48


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Facebook is hiring engineers and researchers for its blockchain team

It seems Facebook is looking to step up its “decentralization” efforts. The social media giant is currently recruiting blockchain engineers and researchers. Facebook wants to add a data scientist, a data engineer, and a couple of software engineers to its growing blockchain team, according to its careers page (via SludgeFeed). дальше »

2018-12-10 14:01


How Blockchain Can Transform Digital Media

In an era of digital triumphs, trials, and security breaches, 2018 has simultaneously become both the best and worst time to be a content creator in the digital media space. While it’s now easier than ever for writers and artists to share their work with the world, whether it’s through publishing an e-book on Amazon […] The post How Blockchain Can Transform Digital Media appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

2018-12-9 14:20


How blockchain is bringing staffing innovation

Blockchain technology is rapidly spreading into every available corner in the market, leading many business owners and managers to encounter it for the first time recently. While many have heard about the exciting cryptocurrencies that are sucking up media attention, like Bitcoin, few have heard as much about the blockchain tech that’s powering those cryptocurrencies and other dizzying digital trends forward. дальше »

2018-12-9 07:50


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BitGo Hires Trust Company Veteran as CEO of Its Custody Arm

BitGo has a new CEO for its custody business. The cryptocurrency solution provider has recruited Richard Corcoran as its new chief executive officer. Having retired some years back after over 30 years in the traditional banking and finance industry, Corcoran has come out of retirement to lead the BitGo Trust Company, BitGo's crypto custody arm. дальше »

2018-12-8 21:38


R3 Announces Global Payment App With XRP as Base Currency

R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency. The app, dubbed Corda Settler, continues R3’s track record for pursuing  ambitious blockchain projects, and it is allegedly “purpose-built to allow for payment obligations raised on the Corda blockchain platform to be made through any of the world’s payment systems, both traditional and blockchain-based. дальше »

2018-12-6 01:54