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Michael Dubrovsky Explains What Optical Proof-of-Work (PoWx Algorithm) Is
In a recent blog post, Michael Dubrovsky, the founder of PoWx, explains how the Optical Proof-of-Work (oPoW) works and how it can help Bitcoin (BTC) scale and reduce energy consumption. At the moment, Proof-of-Work (PoW) activities to secure the Bitcoin network require a lot of energy to power the ASIC mining hardware. This is something […] дальше »
2019-1-28 23:19 | |
Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 21–27: Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUD of the Week
The Bank of International Settlements is bearish on Bitcoin’s proof-of-work system, while the CBOE has withdrawn their BTC ETF rule change application
дальше »2019-1-27 18:57 | |
Bitcoin Should Look Away From PoW says BIS Report
The Bank for International Settlements has suggested that the Bitcoin Network discontinue using Proof-of-Work (PoW) because it is expensive and once block rewards from mining bitcoin decrease, the network will slow down, this according to a BIS report published January 21, 2019. дальше »
2019-1-23 13:00 | |
Bitcoin Should ‘Depart’ From Proof-of-Work, Says Bank Of International Settlements
Bitcoin figures have dismissed the latest report on cryptocurrencies by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) after it claimed Bitcoin must stop using its Proof-of-Work algorithm. BIS: Bitcoin Must Drop Proof-of-Work The report, ‘Beyond the doomsday economics of “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies,’ was released January 21. дальше »
2019-1-22 18:00 | |
BIS: Proof Of Work Bitcoin (BTC) Won’t Replace Wall Street
Proof of Work-Enabled Bitcoin Unlikely To Succeed On Monday, the Basel, Switzerland-based Bank of International Settlements (BIS) — the so-called central bank of central banks — released a paper titled “Beyond the doomsday economics of “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies. дальше »
2019-1-22 06:00 | |
Major Central Bank Institution BIS: Bitcoin Must Depart From Proof-of-Work
Bitcoin’s problems are only solvable by departing from proof-of-work, according to research conducted by the Bank for International Settlements
дальше »2019-1-22 18:45 | |
Best Bitcoin Gold Wallets – Top solutions for storing your BTG coins
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a hard fork on Bitcoin blockchain. The idea behind the fork was to change the proof-of-work algorithm from the SHA256 algorithm, originally selected by Satoshi Nakamoto, to Equihash. дальше »
2019-1-17 14:11 | |
An introduction to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining pools
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. When Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper, the concept of mining was pretty simple. дальше »
2019-1-16 14:02 | |
Educating the Next Wave of Bitcoin Developers
Bitcoin is an open-source protocol that anybody can interact with. It is getting attention and attracting participation in different ways, whether it is through speculation, investing and sending money, all the way to contributing to what’s underneath the hood. дальше »
2019-1-16 01:14 | |
Is Merge Mining the Solution to Proof-of-Work Woes?
Although Proof-of-Work (PoW) has proven through Bitcoin to be the most secure mechanism for securing a blockchain, this past year has shown that mining as we know it is not secure. As PoW problems be continuously revealed and amplified over the course of 2018, the value and success of mining has been increasingly contended. дальше »
2019-1-2 09:08 | |
Виталик Бутерин назвал BSV «пожаром в мусорной корзине» и усомнился в PoW
Виталик Бутерин, к чьему мнению в Твиттере всегда прислушивается криптосообщество, участвуя в дискуссии, по поводу Биткоина и его противоречивых побочных форков, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) и Bitcoin SV (BSV), назвал последнюю криптовалюту «пожаром в мусорной корзине». дальше »
2018-12-27 15:54 | |
Бутерин усомнился в механизме работы биткоина и раскритиковал Bitcoin SV
Виталик Бутерин, являющийся создателем Ethereum, снова вступил в спор с криптосообществом в твиттере. На этот раз он высказал сомнения, касающиеся механизма работы биткоина, а также раскритиковал Bitcoin SV. дальше »
2018-12-27 12:38 | |
И не поспоришь. Виталик Бутерин назвал Bitcoin SV дымом из мусорного контейнера
Сооснователь Эфириума Виталик Бутерин назвал новый хардфорк Bitcoin SV дымом из мусорного контейнера. При этом Биткоин он считает «по-настоящему крутой технологией». В Твиттер-перепалке с криптоэнтузиастом и предпринимателем Тууром Демистером Бутерин высказался о преимуществах и недостатках алгоритмов Proof-of-Work (PoW) и Proof-of-Stake... дальше »
2018-12-27 11:30 | |
Vitalik Buterin: Bitcoin is ‘Genuinely Cool Tech,’ Bitcoin SV Is ‘Pure Dumpster Fire’
Bitcoin Cash ‘Satoshi’s Vision’ (BSV), the new hard fork of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), is a “pure dumpster fire,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said. Cool Vs. Dumpster Hot Air In a Twitter discussion with cryptocurrency commentator and entrepreneur Tuur Demeester December 25, Buterin debated the pros and cons of two algorithms used by many cryptocurrencies: Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS). дальше »
2018-12-26 14:00 | |
Crypto Analyst Alex Kruger Thinks Ethereum’s Constantinople Will Hurt The ETH Mining Business
Miners Won’t Be Able To Work For Much Longer With Ethereum, According To A Market Analyst Alex Kruger The bearish market has already brought down faith in Bitcoin for many users, and their mining scene isn’t doing too swell either. дальше »
2018-12-21 23:00 | |
BitDeer Partners with BTC.com and AntPool to Provide World-Class Computing Power Sharing Service
BEIJING, CHINA – On December 12th, 2018, BitDeer announced its official launch as a world-class computing power-sharing platform and strategic partnerships with BTC. com and AntPool, the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining pools. дальше »
2018-12-13 01:21 | |
TRD COIN ICO
INTRODUCTION We want to build an exchange website known as Bittrader where many coins will be listed and the main pair will be the TRD Coin. Similar to Binance, some of the notable features of Bittrader include strong security, privacy, and untraceable features. дальше »
2018-12-11 09:03 | |
Explained: 51 Percent Attacks on Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
One of the worst things to happen to a proof-of-work cryptocurrency is a 51 percent attack. Such attacks undermine the immutability—and consequently the trust—in a blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto summarized proof-of-work as “one-CPU-one-vote. дальше »
2018-12-10 13:20 | |
What is Scrypt?
Scrypt is a hash function that was first used by the cryptocurrency, Litecoin (LTC), as an alternative to the more well-known SHA-256 hash function. Scrypt and SHA-256 are used as mining algorithms within the Litecoin and Bitcoin (BTC) protocols respectively. дальше »
2018-12-8 09:00 | |
Bitcoin Miners Ruined by Downturn, “Selling Hardware by the Pound”; Giga Watt Files Bankruptcy
Miners have been decimated by the market downturn. In response, miners have started decommissioning hardware, mothballing rigs, and even selling hardware by the pound. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency proof-of-work (PoW) mining is a controversial topic. дальше »
2018-11-22 03:55 | |
Hoskinson: Satoshi Did “An Amazing Thing”...But There Are Lessons to Learn
Charles Hoskinson is best known today as a co-founder of both Ethereum and IOHK, where he leads the research, design and development of Cardano. But before these projects, there was Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-11-20 23:08 | |
Cryptocurrency Miners May Have to Pay More for Electricity in Chelan County
There is little doubt that cryptocurrency mining is extremely power intensive, with particular emphasis on coins that still rely on the Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism. Recognizing this, Washington State’s Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) has proposed a rate hike for mining enterprises within the region. дальше »
2018-11-18 17:00 | |
One Day After the Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork: Takeaways and Latest Developments
Bitcoin Cash, the “big block” project that forked away from the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017, “hard forked” (split) into two different coins: “Bitcoin Cash ABC” (BCH ABC) and “Bitcoin Cash SV” (BCH SV). дальше »
2018-11-17 02:13 | |
Bitcoin UASF Showed Users Are In Control via ‘Market Forces,’ Says HashCash Inventor
More than a year later after Bitcoin UASF, Blockstream CEO and inventor of Bitcoin’s proof-of-work technology, Adam Back, recalled the event as ‘an emphatic’ victory’ for users. Who Was in Charge of UASF? Remember UASF? The movement to get users to run full-nodes and support SegWit? Yes, the one with the cool-looking hats. дальше »
2018-10-24 03:00 | |
Decred (DCR) price rises amid listing on Binance
Decred (DCR) is a cryptocurrency, similar to Bitcoin, with a strong focus on community input, open governance and sustainable funding and development. It utilizes a hybrid “Proof-of-Work” and “Proof-of-Stake” mining system to ensure that a small group cannot dominate the flow of transactions or make changes to Decred without the input of the community. On […] дальше »
2018-10-23 11:20 | |
Horizen updates Bitcoin consensus algorithm to enhance security against 51% attacks
CryptoNinjas Horizen (formerly ZenCash), the privacy-oriented blockchain technology platform, has released a security adjustment to Bitcoin’s Satoshi Consensus algorithm. The adjustment, thoroughly tested by Horizen and its community, is designed to enhance protection of Proof-of-Work blockchains against 51%. дальше »
2018-10-11 19:51 | |
Siacoin анонсировал новый хардфорк, чтобы блокировать ASIC-майнинг
Команда разработчиков цифровой валюты Siacoin решили отказаться от своего изначального решения позволить ASIC-ам Bitmain и Innosilicon преобладать в этой сети и провести для этого хардфорк. Об этом они сообщили в своём Твиттер. дальше »
2018-10-2 20:54 | |
Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Monero Is Hard to Beat (and Hard to Scale)
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-9-15 20:21 | |
Proof-of-Stake is a Rebranded Version of the Old Financial System
Over the last few years, there’s been a lot of projects, both public and private, that are attempting to create a next-generation blockchain or something better than Satoshi’s Bitcoin. A great majority of these projects have condemned proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies because they think they waste resources, and many of these new blockchains have chosen to […] The post Proof-of-Stake is a Rebranded Version of the Old Financial System appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »
2018-9-8 19:30 | |
Ripple CTO Holds Bitcoin despite Thinking Proof-Of-Work Has no Future
David Schwartz, one of the original architects of the Ripple consensus network, doesn’t see XRP being the one digital asset to rule them all any time soon and holds an unspecified amount of bitcoin despite calling its Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm a “technological dead-end. дальше »
2018-8-26 08:00 | |
Decred Is The Bitcoin You Wished BTC Could Be
Decred (DCR) is a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency that has the same coin supply as Bitcoin, but what differentiates it? Decred is essentially “Bitcoin with governance”. Many analysts attempt to categorize coins by industries, and the Level 1 hierarchy usually has three categories: currencies, platforms and applications. дальше »
2018-7-31 19:10 | |
Bank of Canada: Proof-of-Work Beats Alternative Consensus Systems
Canada’s central bank has championed proof-of-work (PoW) algorithms as part of a new research paper on Blockchain consensus. ‘Irretrievable Sunk Costs’ In its Staff Working Paper released this week, Bank of Canada (BoC) said PoW, used by Bitcoin, held more promise than alternative proof-of-script (PoS) algorithms found in various altcoins. дальше »
2018-7-25 18:00 | |
Is the XRP Ledger more decentralized than Bitcoin [BTC]?
OPINION: The XRP Ledger has been bashed by many members of the cryptocurrency community since its genesis. From wanting to work with regulators amongst the anarchism of Bitcoin [BTC] to being a pre-mined currency during the reign of Proof-of-Work, XRP has been an outlier to Bitcoin maximalists and proponents of decentralization alike. Therein lies the […] дальше »
2018-7-23 11:12 | |
Achieving Truly Useful Proof of Work: Toby Simpson of Fetch.ai
What’s the best that can happen? That’s the focus of Fetch. ai in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Episode 025 of the What Bitcoin Did podcast featured a wide-ranging conversation between host Peter McCormack and Fetch co-founder/CTO Toby Simpson about both best-case and worst-case outcomes for AI. дальше »
2018-7-20 19:38 | |
Dala Adds Stellar Blockchain to Ecosystem, Reveals Multi-Chain Strategy
Dala has officially announced a new multi-chain strategy that will include Stellar, the technology behind the seventh largest cryptocurrency (lumens) by market cap. дальше »
2018-7-20 00:07 | |
PoWx Seeks to Change Bitcoin Mining with “Optical PoW”
Nonprofit organization PoWx has launched this week with the goal of boosting the idea behind proof of work (PoW) through more innovative algorithms. The company is seeking to decentralize Bitcoin mining and make it more accessible to consumers through a new technology that executives have dubbed “optical PoW” — a new type of hardware that utilizes a more advanced and energy-efficient form of laser technology as the cornerstone of mining. дальше »
2018-7-14 01:04 | |
Op-Ed: Bitcoin’s Roots in the Great Law of Peace
Bitcoin, in its nine years of existence, has steadily gained traction, defining itself as a new digital gold. Early adopters of this technology have shown excitement for the potential of this inflation-proof sound money. дальше »
2018-7-14 00:48 | |
The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin
As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »
2018-7-13 17:16 | |
Should Bitcoin Switch to the Proposed PoWx Solution?
Bitcoin’s proof-of-work mining algorithm has sparked a few debates over the past few months. It is considered to be a huge waste of electricity and a borderline environmental disaster. A new proposal has been put forward under the PoWx banner. дальше »
2018-7-7 20:00 | |
PoWx: Optical Proof of Work Fix For Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with Photonic ASICs
The Launch of PoWx to Further Decentralize Bitcoin Mining A not-for-profit called the PoWx has recently been launched and it supposedly enhances the notion of proof-of-work (PoW), which is a method that validates transactions, by implementing a more innovative algorithm. дальше »
2018-7-6 20:06 | |
PoWx: A new effort to change the Bitcoin mines was described
In short, PoWx advocates bitcoin adopt a new technology it calls “optical” proof-of-work, which uses a more energy-efficient laser technology as the cornerstone of mining. Not to mention, the developers behind PoWx are the latest to point to one mining firm, Bitmain, and its influence on the network as a major issue. Though exact numbers дальше »
2018-7-6 09:51 | |