2020-6-11 20:41 |
Now, more than ever, the need for economic efficiency and transparency is omnipresent, and emerging technologies such as blockchain have highlighted the dire need for such solutions. origin »
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The need to catalog, organize, and rank stems from basic human tendencies wired into our collective consciousness. Relative strengths and weaknesses are on display in such efforts on the basis of certThe post Do blockchain, crypto-rankings serve any purpose or are they just headline-grabbers? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-4-28 19:00 | |
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According to a new announcement, the Chinese state has approved another 224 blockchain-related projects. Blockchain projects in China need to be approved to be added to a registry. The state has been ramping up such approvals and has now announced it is allowing another 224 projects to proceed.
2020-4-28 13:15 | |
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Crypto mining is becoming exponentially competitive. It used to be that anyone with a PC could mine at a profit, but now you need expensive equipment to stand any chance. So what’s the most profitable crypto to mine in 2020? Bitcoin is the most profitable if you have millions to invest Crypto mining profitability is highly nuanced, it depends on a wide range of variables such as hardware, electricity costs, and the type of cryptocurrency […]
2020-3-11 01:00 | |
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Crypto-adoption catalyzed the immediate need for regulation to curb illicit activities such as money laundering. Latin America, for example, holds the largest number of cryptocurrency users in the worThe post How criminals launder money using crypto in Latin America appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-2 11:30 | |
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Gamers have been frustrated at having to use the Epic Games Store to play exclusive games such as Metro Exodus. The Funcom launcher just adds to the list of launchers that fans will need to install and keep updated.
2020-2-21 05:45 | |
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The adoption of blockchain technology and decentralized applications by mainstream industry segments doesn’t need any more introductions, as there are many glowing examples of Fortune 500 companies as well as startups in their respective spaces implementing such solutions to further optimize their processes.
2020-1-12 15:29 | |
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The crypto industry is full of eccentric characters, controversy, and memes. One such meme has emerged, called the “Bart” or “Bart Simpson” chart pattern, that occasionally appears on Bitcoin price charts.
2019-12-6 22:00 | |
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Our civilization is now on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution, which will be characterized by a combination of technologies that erases the boundaries between the physical, digital and biological spheres.
2019-11-29 12:14 | |
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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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Coinbase recently published an article regarding security for Proof of Work (PoW) blockchains. While discussing the topic of ASIC resistance, Coinbase criticized such an approach, highlighting Monero’s need to hard fork every 6 months a significant burden that may not be worth it just to block out ASIC miners.
2019-11-14 16:00 | |
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Some believe that the retail payments sector is so saturated in the US that the Asian market is the best bet for crypto penetration. However, Jason Choi, Head of Research at a crypto hedge fund, thinks the continent may not be such an easy ride.
2019-10-25 11:30 | |
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Privacy may not be the main concern of people that use digital currencies such as Bitcoin mainly because many of them are not aware that the blockchain is an open ledger that everyone can easily access.
2019-10-5 15:27 | |
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We’ve seen multiple instances of deepfake technology being used to harm someone mentally or financially. To fight this, researchers need to develop detection algorithms to weed out such videos.
2019-9-25 10:38 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake, Karl Floersch, Hsiao-wei Wang, Barry Whitehat, Dankrad Feist, Kobi Gurkan and Zac Williamson for review Very recently, Ariel Gabizon, Zac Williamson and Oana Ciobotaru announced a new general-purpose zero-knowledge proof scheme called PLONK, standing for the unwieldy quasi-backronym “Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge”.
2019-9-24 04:03 | |
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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is a priority for governments around the world. For example, the UK’s current commitment to increasing investment in research and development to 2.
2019-9-16 17:01 | |
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After unidentified criminals used AI-assisted audio deepfakes to steal more than $240,000, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan suggested that blockchain-enabled phones could be the solution to call authentication.
2019-9-10 14:30 | |
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If you think that virtual reality is something that relates exclusively to the field of games and entertainment, then you are deeply mistaken. Goldman Sachs predicts that by 2025, the VR industry will grow up to $ 80 billion.
2019-9-5 13:23 | |
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Special thanks to the Plasma Group team for review and feedback Current approaches to layer 2 scaling - basically, Plasma and state channels - are increasingly moving from theory to practice, but at the same time it is becoming easier to see the inherent challenges in treating these techniques as a fully fledged scaling solution for Ethereum.
2019-9-2 04:03 | |
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The world has gone digital, and so has the way of living. With the advent of blockchain technology, financial transactions have found a safer and secure haven. Be it the smallest of purchases to mega business deals, blockchain is gradually forming a steadfast presence in the domain of cashless economy.
2019-8-24 04:08 | |
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Given the need to build differentiators in order to survive the market, crypto businesses have taken the “collaboration” approach to the next level. While ecosystems such as Cardano and Ripple are making headlines for hiring some of the most influential players across the fintech landscape, crypto exchanges are racing to list the most innovative and […] The post Kraken exchange lists BAT and WAVES token for trading appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-8-21 17:25 | |
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At a time when cryptocurrencies are under strict surveillance such as this, there is a need to preserve the privacy and identities of those who use cryptocurrency for transactions. This is achieved through mixing services provided by several firms.
2019-8-12 20:53 | |
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As technology and urban design march into the future, more and more urban centers will begin looking like the “smart cities” science fiction began promising us many decades ago: City infrastructure that talks to cars, cars that talk to each other, sensors everywhere, high-speed wireless communications, self-driving and self-parking cars and much, much more.
2019-8-8 18:25 | |
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Apple is rolling out its much sought-after credit card to select users today. The company said the card, issued in partnership with Goldman Sachs, will be made available to all iPhone users in the US later this month.
2019-8-6 16:52 | |
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I think the one moment that summed up the overall naffness of the Doogee S40 was when I tried to take some product shots on a bright summer’s day. My brother-in-law was holding the phone with his arm outstretched, the screen showing TNW’s homepage.
2019-7-23 11:07 | |
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Although cryptocurrency’s ability to become a global currency has been applauded by many, few understand its ripple effect on cross-border applications. A common example are OFAC rules that prohibit U.
2019-7-22 22:00 | |
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In 2018, trust in charities dropped from 67% to 55% in comparison to 2008. Blockchain projects such as GiveTrack, AidCoin, Pinkcoin and Electroneum are ensuring donations get to those in need.
2019-7-18 17:01 | |
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US President Donald Trump, known for his complicated relationship with technology and his incessant need to share his ill-advised thoughts with the world, has admitted he’s not a fan of cryptocurrency.
2019-7-12 13:25 | |
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American banking giant Goldman Sachs might be following in the footsteps of its competitor JP Morgan. The bank is considering launching its own cryptocurrency. In an interview with French financial newspaper Les Echos today, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that they are doing extensive research on the concept of “tokenization.
2019-6-29 16:09 | |
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I know you come to this site for deep, contemplative thought on the technological issues of the day, but sod it: the Microsoft Pro Intellimouse is really bloody lovely, and if you need a new mouse, you should buy this one.
2019-6-27 23:51 | |
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In the past two months Binance, Poloniex, Bittrex, and Bancor have all decided to exclude U. S. customers from using parts of their exchange services due to regulatory concerns. Other exchanges, such as BitMEX and Bitfinex, have been blocking US customers since 2017.
2019-6-25 19:17 | |
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Bitcoin has soared through $10k – and even peaked well above $11k earlier today – but we need to caution our readers that it’s not going to be entirely smooth sailing all the way to new all time highs.
2019-6-23 18:39 | |
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On Saturday, 8 June 2019, during the ‘We are Developers' conference in Berlin, the Ripple Chief Technology Officer (CTO), David Schwartz, talked about the need for a holistic change in payment processes and how purpose built blockchain technology will be beneficial to such change.
2019-6-10 03:48 | |
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Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are the strongest pillar for both developed and developing economies around the world. Additionally, they have been at the center of international payments. As such, they need products and services.
2019-6-4 11:30 | |
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Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize the African continent. Through Bitcoin, millions of unbanked Africans will have access to financial services. These and many more such statements exist across the internet.
2019-6-1 21:48 | |
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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 | |
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About two months ago, Lightning Labs released Lightning Loop, a service that allows users to fill or empty Lightning channels without closing them, thus reducing on-chain fees.
2019-5-29 16:58 | |
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There is a growing focus on Facebook’s recent digital currency announcement. Known as GlobalCoin, many people expect this venture to disrupt the appeal of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. As is always the case, there are still a lot of unknown factors which need to be addressed.
2019-5-24 16:00 | |
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To Bitcoin or Not to BitcoinDuring the “scaling debate” before the SegWit2X user-activated soft fork (UASF), Bitcoin businesses were getting their first bitter taste of Bitcoin’s censorship resistance.
2019-5-21 21:10 | |
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Blockchain security company BitGo is launching a new service for institutional clients: a clearing and settlements system that operates off-chain. BitGo announced this new service in a press release on May 14, 2019, describing some of the features that this new system will have.
2019-5-15 23:44 | |
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Former Congressman and current presidential candidate Ron Paul disagrees with possible ban on cryptocurrency purchases. Paul says the best approach to cryptocurrency is a light-handed one. With cryptocurrency being such a hot topic in multiple entities of the government today, decisions need to be made soon.
2019-5-14 04:06 | |
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Decentralized Architectural Design & Construction Management Network Darch Network is a decentralized project management network where an unlimited number of architects have the freedom of working on any project they want.
2019-5-14 03:22 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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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).
2019-5-14 04:03 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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Chinese crypto exchange Binance suffered a major hack on Tuesday, which the company’s CEO responded to by proposing a rollback of the Bitcoin blockchain to rectify — a suggestion that riled up the community.
2019-5-8 21:39 | |
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By CCN. com: Bitcoin XT developers announced late yesterday that they would not be following the upcoming scheduled hard fork for Bitcoin Cash. In a somewhat lengthy post, the developers speak of their history as big block proponents and their participation in the Bitcoin Cash network.
2019-5-8 20:17 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.
2019-5-7 01:42 | |
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As a community health worker tasked with tracking infant vaccinations in Kenya, Collince Oluoch was overwhelmed by the burdens of the job. He encountered mothers with no record of their children’s vaccinations, caregivers who could not remember clinic visits and colleagues who fudged figures.
2019-5-5 19:08 | |
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Nocturne, Untangled Finance, Account Labs, Rymedi and Waterfall network secure venture capital funding in the latest funding blitz.
From enhancing disease diagnosis to personalizing patient care, here’s how AI can reshape the future of healthcare.
A Bitcoiner in London brings new meaning to the phrase “generational wealth.” Noodle sold some Bitcoin to pay for IVF treatments for two babies
In a time of monetary inflation, the only place to pool funds for insurance companies is bitcoin.
Ideas like soil guardian bitcoin faucets allow Bitcoiners to utilize their accumulated wealth to enact change.
The COVID-19 Digital Health Passport will be trialed by healthcare professionals in Hong Kong. Later on, patients will be able to access the passport through a mobile app.
With secure data tokenization, we will see a mass migration of both applications and users from existing power infrastructures to blockchain.