Blockchain, Power and Politics: How Decentralization Engenders Freedom

2019-12-1 00:51

Power in politics is at a moment of imbalance. With political power increasingly tending toward centralized structures, emerging technologies such as blockchain provide decentralized alternatives to the distribution of such power

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Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later

Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.

2019-11-25 04:03
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Bitcoin Price Will Never Hit $100,000? Gold Bug Bashes Bulls

For the longest time, Bitcoin investors have been shooting for the moon, calling for the BTC price to hit lofty price points, like $50,000 and $100,000. The cryptocurrency has the potential to usurp traditional power schema, after all.

2019-11-9 05:03
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Bitcoin Mining Rigs Set for New Upgrades as 2020 Block Reward Halving Approaches

Bitcoin halving set for 2020 has seen manufacturers of mining machines up the game in preparation for the event. Leading firms within this arena are now producing more efficient Bitcoin mining rigs with notable players such as Bitmain, Ebang and Pangolin increasing power by over 500%. At the moment, Bitcoin mining hashrates are at the […]

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5 lessons I learned from Gary Vaynerchuk at a tech conference in Armenia

WCIT is the signature event of the World Information Technology & Services Alliance. This year it was Armenia’s turn to be at the center of the IT world map. The consortium of ICT associations from 83 countries claims to represent 90% of the industry.

2019-10-11 16:56	Podium
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Nuclear fusion won’t save us from the climate crisis

The UKchange. It’s easy to see why such a pledge is appealing though. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers stars like our sun. Unlike current nuclear power plants – which split atoms in a process called fission – nuclear fusion binds atomic nuclei together.

2019-10-7 11:16	Tech
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Ready Player What? Facebook announces a new VR social network

Facebook revealed at today’s Oculus Connect event that it’s launching its own social VR platform, a very MMO-like virtual world called Horizon. Horizon is an “interconnected world” where VR avatars can meet, hang out, play games, and build their own environments.

2019-9-26 01:25	Facebook
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OpenRelay launches Rivet, a privacy-focused Ethereum gateway

OpenRelay launches Rivet, a privacy-focused Ethereum gateway - CryptoNinjas Blockchain-infrastructure company OpenRelay has announced the launch of Rivet, a privacy-focused, open source gateway to Ethereum which aims to protect Web3 users from exploitative data-mining practices.

2019-9-10 20:53	Vendor Technology
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Hostile mining attacks on minority hash power coins

Charlie Lee announced that Litecoin controls 98 percent of the hash rate for its “Scrypt” mining algorithm. This dominance is critical for the security of LTC. Meanwhile, other coins which have minority control over their algorithm, such as Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV, remain at high risk of malicious attack.

2019-8-20 11:02	Mining
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nWay Video Games Developer Adopts Blockchain Technology

nWay, a leading video games developer and publisher and creators with titles such as Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Legacy Wars, and others have introduced a new blockchain-based monetization system.

2019-8-7 23:00
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International Authorities Reveal Canada’s Enormous Influence on Italian Mobsters, a Form of “Criminal Blockchain”?

In an ongoing investigation entailing Italian mobsters, investigators were reportedly describing the ‘Ndrangheta mafia family as being a form of “criminal blockchain” reports The Next Web. As per the news outlet, such description is made in reference to the “decentralization of its internal power structures.

2019-7-25 20:24	Legal & Regulation
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Facebook’s entry a positive signal to blockchain & crypto markets, claims Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse

As the influx of new players into the crypto-ecosystem grows, the industry has come a long way from its inception a decade ago. The industry has forced mainstream institutions such as Facebook and JP Morgan to join the race.

2019-6-18 20:30
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Exploring Illegal Mining Camps in Western China

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Although China has shut down bitcoin trading platforms and deemed them illegal, its attitude toward bitcoin mining is still ambiguous.

2019-5-31 20:14	Mining
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Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson cautions against ‘Goliaths’ such as Microsoft and Facebook acquiring permanent monopoly

Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson stands as one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the crypto-ecosystem, owing to his online presence and live discussions with crypto-enthusiasts and general viewers.

2019-5-31 19:30	News
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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.

2019-5-29 18:53	Mining
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Smell Something Fishy? The CFTC Will Pay You to Report Crypto Scams

Nestled in the exhibition room at this year’s Consensus conference, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had a message for conference goers as they weaved in and out of booths representing various projects and startups in the space: “Be on the lookout for virtual currency fraud” and if you see it, let us know.

2019-5-17 19:00	#scams
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A Network of Networks Will Unleash the True Value of Blockchain

Despite all the hype, most people still think of blockchain in terms of its potential. We’re told that blockchain-enabled peer-to-peer payments and smart contracts could mean the end of banks and lawyers.

2019-5-15 19:25	Insights
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Fast Fourier Transforms

Trigger warning: specialized mathematical topic Special thanks to Karl Floersch for feedback One of the more interesting algorithms in number theory is the Fast Fourier transform (FFT).

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Ban Bitcoin! Urges Congressman After Realizing It Can ‘Disempower’ the US

It’s not often that politicians tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But US Congressman, Brad Sherman, yesterday introduced a bill to ban bitcoin basically because it erodes the US government’s power internationally.

2019-5-10 13:00
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Ammut ICO (XAMM Token): Blockchain Computing Unit Network?

What Is Ammut? AMMUT is a digital platform that is designed to provide a holistic model that answers to multiple technologies. Specifically, the AMMUT platform is ideal for solving problems that require high computing power such as deep learning, mining, scientific calculations, 3-D rendering, and CGI rendering among others. The software enables anyone to easily […]

2019-5-8 11:03	Reviews
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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.

2019-4-27 01:30	Law & justice
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TradeCloud, Digitalizing the Physical Commodities Industry With Blockchain [Exclusive]

Commodities are the basis of crucially important worldwide markets which involve the buying, selling and price discovery of some of the most common items and materials we rely on every day. From foods such as soybeans, wheat, and bananas, to valuable metals, commodities power our infrastructure and to a large extent underpin the entire global […] TradeCloud, Digitalizing the Physical Commodities Industry With Blockchain [Exclusive] was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

2019-4-18 15:24	blockchain
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On Free Speech

“A statement may be both true and dangerous. The previous sentence is such a statement. ” - David Friedman Freedom of speech is a topic that many internet communities have struggled with over the last two decades.

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F-Secure report highlights the woeful state of insecurity in the energy industry

It is the most important industry in the world. Energy. We need it. Without it, nothing works. Without the oil producers and refiners, there’s no petrol to fuel our cars. Without power plans and the supporting infrastructure, there’s no electricity to keep the lights on.

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Crypto Valley Association President Says Funds Need To Flow Back For Future Growth

Crypto Valley Association President Says Capital Needs To Be Brought Back Organizations are not without their conflict and crypto organizations are no different. Such was the case earlier this year when the Crypto Valley Association saw a change of power.

2019-4-11 01:57	News
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Chinese Bitcoin Miners Suffer in Iran Despite Cheap Power

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Many Chinese cryptominers have migrated to places with cheap electricity and favorable policies as a result of the escalated government crackdown on cryptocurrency and its production process.

2019-4-11 23:38	Mining
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QuadrigaCX Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings

It’s been a long and winding road with many twists and turns for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX and its 115,000 former users who are owed roughly $190 million.

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Give People Free Money: India’s Opposition Pledge Borrows AOC Playbook

India’s primary opposition political party, the Indian National Congress, has launched a controversial policy this week. It plans to give free money for the poorest 20 percent of the population. The policy is similar to the growing movement for Universal Basic Income (UBI), touted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

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Breez Wants to Make the Lightning Network More User Friendly

New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.

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Op Ed: Why Bitcoin’s “Toxic” Maximalism Makes Sense

Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past.

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On Collusion

Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.

2019-4-5 04:03
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Bitmain Announces Antminer s17 Date: Can It Turn the Company’s Fortunes Around?

Cryptomining manufacturer Bitmain has revealed the release date for its next-generation Antminer S17 series. The S17 set of miners includes the Antminer S17 Pro, Antminer S17 and the Antminer T17.

2019-3-30 23:28	Mining
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Cryptojacking: Malicious Cryptocurrency Mining Is not a Crime, Japanese Court Rules

A court in Japan has acquitted an individual accused of embedding a cryptojacking malware in his website to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency using the computing power of the visitors to the site. Local Japanese media platform, The Mainichi reports that the court ruled that such activity wasn’t a criminal offense. Meanwhile, Internet security experts continue toRead More

2019-3-29 20:00	Ransomware
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India Just Triggered a Ballistic ‘Space Weapon’ and Pakistan Should Be Terrified

The escalating arms race between India and Pakistan reached a dangerous pinnacle on Wednesday as India deployed a ballistic space missile. Using an anti-satellite weapon dubbed ‘Mission Shakti’, India’s military forces successfully shot down a low-orbit satellite.

2019-3-27 13:26
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India Just Triggered a Ballistic “Space Weapon” and Pakistan Should Be Terrified

2019-3-27 13:26
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‘Game-Changing’ Endothermic Mining Rigs Unveiled By Luxembourg Startup

OnMiners S. A. is launching a new generation of endothermic cryptocurrency mining rigs that promise high power but low energy consumption while reducing heat and noise generation. Lowering Mining Costs with Endothermic Chips New companies and new technologies are entering the crypto mining space with the aim of lowering costs and energy consumption.

2019-3-19 22:00
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GPU Miners May Soon Have Another Way to Make Money

GPU-based cryptocurrency miners have taken a beating throughout this bear market — just ask NVIDIA. However, users with spare GPUs may soon be able to put their ineffective mining hardware to another profitable use: renting rendering power to those looking to experience quality PC gaming on an underpowered computer.

2019-3-17 05:00
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Ammut Network ICO

The AMMUT Ecosystem is built, designed and equipped to solve tasks that require high computing power such as deep learning, mining, scientific calculations, CGI rendering, 3d rendering and it’s made of several components: AmCU (Ammut Computing Unit), a low-cost hardware platform, specialized in the execution of tasks that require high computing power and designed to specifically and significantly improve on all pre-existing models in terms of profitability and longevity and the Ammut network, made up of all the AmCU devices connected to the network.

2019-3-16 20:33
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Bitcoin Mining and Renewable Solar Power Energy Said to Slash Costs By Over 70% for One Home User

As many of our readers are probably well aware of, due to various unfavorable market conditions such as rising electricity costs, profits associated with the crypto mining industry seem to have dropped off quite significantly since the start of 2018.

2019-3-14 18:32	News
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African women have their own versions of #MeToo to address local issues

Nearly one and a half years ago when Alyssa Milano asked women to click MeToo on their social media platforms, the #MeToo movement was born. Since then millions of women have indicated through social media that they too have been victims of sexual harassment or assault.

2019-3-11 18:36	World
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Alors Monsieur Macron, stop trying to make la cha

It seems French President Emmanuel Macron wants to leverage the power of blockchain technology to make the agriculture industry more innovative, transparent, and put Europe in the “avant-garde of agricultural technology”.

2019-3-1 16:21	hard fork
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Will This Vulnerability Finally Compel Bitmain to Open Source Its Firmware?

As if Bitmain’s year hasn’t been rough enough, having posted big losses and laying off entire departments, its flagship product now has a firmware vulnerability. A few weeks ago, Bitcoin Core contributor James Hilliard discovered an exploit in Bitmain’s S15 firmware.

2019-2-21 23:44	Mining
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Shutting down the internet doesn’t work, but governments keep doing it anyway

As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it. And where regulation fails, some states resort to internet shutdowns or deliberate disruptions.

2019-2-20 15:43	Tech
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Why This Andreas Antonopoulos Talk Should Go Down as 2019’s ‘State of the Crypto Industry’ Address

In this concise overview of the cryptocurrency industry’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, renowned crypto expert Andreas Antonopoulos explains what’s going on the world that makes Bitcoin such a relevant and powerful force.

2019-2-18 04:00	Bitcoin
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Is It Time to Take an Initiative to Decrease Bitcoin’s Block Size Seriously?

Whilst debate raged throughout the Bitcoin community over whether the block size limit should be increased and how, Luke-jr for years stood out for arguing the exact opposite position.

2019-2-15 19:18	Technical
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Venezuela Denied Access to Overseas Gold: This is Why Bitcoin is Important

As part of an international effort to wrest power from Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, the Bank of England has denied the nation access to gold deposits stored with the institution. Such instances highlight just why a permissionless store of value like Bitcoin is important on both the global and personal level.

2019-1-26 02:00	Venezuela
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BloqLabs Introduces Cryptocurrency Mining Management System

BloqLabs has opened up the beta waitlist for Titan, a fully integrated software suite for managing cryptocurrency mining. The project was introduced by Bloq CEO and co-founder Jeff Garzik onstage during a brief speech at Binance Fair in Singapore in an overview discussion of BloqLabs.

2019-1-24 20:20	Mining
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BetterHash Protocol Lets Pool Miners Regain Control Over Their Hash Power

One problem that concerns many is the centralization of mining within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Fortunately, there are talented developers working to solve this problem and Matt Corallo, full-time Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs, is one of them.

2019-1-26 23:50	Mining
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Op Ed: Bitcoin Mining Attacks Are Overblown

Whenever I claim that bitcoin is the only decentralized cryptocurrency, I get one of two arguments:My X coin is also decentralized. Bitcoin isn’t decentralized because of Core and/or miners.

2019-1-21 21:52	Mining
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This Bitcoin Startup Is Working on Free Speech Alternatives to Patreon

Patreon has been making the case for censorship-resistant money increasingly apparent. The platform allows members to contribute to artists or creators that they support.

2019-1-19 22:15	Startups
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