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France’s Societe Generale Still in Limbo on $110 Million ETH Bond To Itself After Six Months Pass

About six months have passed since Societe Generale issued a $100 million EUR (around $110 million USD) bond using the blockchain technology. The company issues the asset on the Ethereum blockchain, but it hasn’t used it for a single client yet, as the bond was sold to itself at the time. So, why has the […] дальше »

2019-10-12 01:03


In-person meatspace protocol to prove unconditional possession of a private key

Recommended pre-reading: https://ethresear. ch/t/minimal-anti-collusion-infrastructure/5413 Alice slowly walks down the old, dusty stairs of the building into the basement. She thinks wistfully of the old days, when quadratic-voting in the World Collective Market was a much simpler process of linking her public key to a twitter account and opening up metamask to start firing off votes. дальше »

2019-10-2 04:03


Understanding PLONK

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”. дальше »

2019-9-24 04:03


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VanEck Bitcoin Trust Fails to Capture Assets and Attention

Almost six days after the launch of VanEck’s structured bitcoin investment product for institutions, it has only managed to raise $41,000 or four bitcoin, September 9, 2019. Bitcoin ETFs have been a focal point of the investment scenario around digital currency, so to see such a poor response from institutional investors is surprising. дальше »

2019-9-11 19:00


Multi-Billion Crypto Manager Sees Next Halving Triggering Bitcoin Price Boom

By CCN: In the past six months, the bitcoin price has increased from around $4,000 to $8,000, recording a staggering 115 percent year-to-date gain against the U. S. dollar. Historically, the bitcoin price has tended to recover a year before and after the block reward halving, a mechanism that decreases the rate in which new bitcoin is produced by miners by half. дальше »

2019-6-7 16:14


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The frontline of the abortion battle isn’t in Alabama, it’s online

As the legislative noose draws tighter around women’s necks, it’s centuries-old technology, or modern adaptation of it anyway, that could provide some much-needed breathing room. After Louisiana and Georgia recently joined the ranks of states passing so-called “heartbeat bills” — legislative bans and restrictions on safe abortion for women housing an embryo after approximately six weeks — TelAbortion could provide the answer, albeit an answer shrouded in dubious legality. дальше »

2019-6-7 04:12


April’s Bitcoin Price Surge Results in Direct Increase for BTC Blockchain Transaction Fees

The transaction fees of Bitcoin is on the rise again, after successfully hovering around the $0.50 mark over the last six months. Data obtained from Bitinfocharts on April 18, 2019, shows that average fees hit their highest levels in nearly a year in early April, and ever since then, average fees have swelled to around […] дальше »

2019-4-19 01:03


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Bitfinex Scraps Its $10,000 Minimum Balance Rule

Bitfinex is now open to every trader as the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange has removed its $10,000 minimum balance rule. Citing a rising demand from retail traders who couldn't trade on the platform due to the requirement, Bitfinex CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde said the platform is now ready for a “new wave of customer accounts,” according to a company Medium post. дальше »

2019-4-11 21:50


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Germany: Six Arrested in Illegal Crypto Mining Operation

German police have arrested six members of a mining ring who were making use of stolen electricity to mine currency since 2017, as reported by Freie Presse, February 6, 2019. Hijacked Power While people around the world enjoy using cryptocurrency, the actual process of mining crypto is quite tedious and more importantly, expensive, particularly inRead MoreRead More. дальше »

2019-2-9 06:00