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Blackmailers made $332,000 in Bitcoin during ‘sextortion’ scam

Cybercriminals raked in more than $300,000 in Bitcoin payments during a ‘sextortion’ email-based blackmail campaign, which was first spotted in 2017 but saw increased activity mid-last year. According to a report by UK firm Digital Shadows, which tracked a sample of 792,000 emails as part of their analysis, criminals received some $332,000 from more than 3,100 unique sender Bitcoin addresses. дальше »

2019-2-22 16:12


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Paxful Investing in Young African Leaders by Building Schools With Bitcoin

Paxful CEO Ray Youssef plans on building 100 schools in Africa. Two schools have already been built in Rwanda, while a third is currently in development.   Paxful is a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace that directly connects those looking to buy with those looking to sell, with a special focus on the unbanked and underserved world. дальше »

2019-2-18 03:00


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Zebpay Continues European Expansion, Launches EU-Wide Trading Tournament

Cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay is opening new offices in five European countries, increasing its presence on the continent to 43 countries. Launched in 2015 in India, Zebpay grew into one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges before shuttering its operation in September 2018, due to the crypto ban in the country. дальше »

2019-2-1 00:24


USDC Ecosystem Spotlight: USDC crosses $300 million in market cap and has support from nearly 100 companies

USDC this week surpassed $300 million in market cap (including Circle activity) and earned the support of six new companies, bringing to nearly 100 the number of exchanges, protocols, platforms, applications, wallets and service providers that are part of the USDC ecosystem. USDC, launched in September, is now the second дальше »

2019-1-10 19:03


P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful Builds Second School in Africa with Crypto

Paxful has announced the completion of its second built school in Rwanda, funded entirely with crypto as part of their initiative #BuiltwithBitcoin. The Delaware-based peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplace built the school in partnership with humanitarian organisation Zam Zam Water, which saw over $100,000 in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Dash donations. дальше »

2018-12-10 00:35


Tumultuous Crypto Market: Bitcoin Market Cap Finds YTD Low Under $100 Billion

After remaining stagnant at $6,400 for the better part of a season, Bitcoin (BTC) finally saw an awakening on Wednesday, as the now-1o-year-old crypto asset saw an influx of trading pressure.  However, as many feared, this awakening, while powerful in its own right, wasn’t the one that many optimistic crypto investors were hoping for. дальше »

2018-11-15 17:00


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Citizens In South Korea Begin Training To Become Proficient In Blockchain Technology

Forty-two lucky South Korean citizens are soon to undergo intensive training to become proficient in Blockchain technology, thereby setting them up for immediate employment within the country. According to Kinews, a South Korean news service, the training is part of a wider $100 billion development strategy to help boost South Korea’s technology industry, specifically in the realm of distributed ledger technology. дальше »

2018-9-6 16:00


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Did Tether Trigger a Short Squeeze or a Dead Cat Bounce? (Bitcoin Price Analysis)

This time yesterday it appeared that all was lost, as Bitcoin price slipped within $100 of the current 2018 low. Then something unexpected occurred. Perhaps shorts got squeezed out of their loftily precarious positions or was it Tether’s newly minted $130 million USDT that saved the day? Bitcoin Price Market Overview Bitcoin  spent the better part of the day fighting off bears and the cryptocurrency managed to post an impressive 10% gain as it briefly Read More The post Did Tether Trigger a Short Squeeze or a Dead Cat Bounce? (Bitcoin Price Analysis) appeared first on Bitcoinist.com. дальше »

2018-8-16 13:00


A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus

Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type). дальше »

2018-8-9 04:03