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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


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Spanish Central Bank Backs Cryptocurrencies in New Report

Central banks around the world have had hawkish, unfavorable views towards cryptocurrencies. However, the Spanish Central Bank, Banco de Espana (BDE), stands as a striking contrast. The regulator has released a report in which it states that the use of digital currencies, especially when there is a digital version of the state currency, will help in […] Spanish Central Bank Backs Cryptocurrencies in New Report was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-7 19:29


Watch this immersive light show made with astronomical data

As a scientist, I was recently involved in bringing my work to the big screen. This was not a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster but “big screen” in the literal sense: an art production about science that used the Lovell radio telescope, a 3,200-ton steel behemoth supporting of a 76-meter wide dish, to generate and show audio-visual art that drew on scientific data. дальше »

2018-8-6 12:43


New Study Finds 88% of Cryptocurrency Exchanges Want Regulation

A new study by crypto-friendly payment company Mistertango reveals that 88% of cryptocurrency exchanges want industry regulation, Finextra reports. The cryptocurrency market is currently trying to change its “Wild West” image that it received as a result of the 2017 ICO boom, the extreme market volatility, and the numerous cyberattacks on investors and exchanges. However, […] дальше »

2018-8-3 13:29


New Study Finds 88% of Cryptocurrency Exchanges Want Regulation

A new study by crypto-friendly payment company Mistertango reveals that 88% of cryptocurrency exchanges want industry regulation, Finextra reports. The cryptocurrency market is currently trying to change its “Wild West” image that it received as a result of the 2017 ICO boom, the extreme market volatility, and the numerous cyberattacks on investors and exchanges. дальше »

2018-8-3 21:03


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Brand new digital wallet that assures safety and security of Bitcoins stored in the app

However, Samourai Wallet’s Android app, arguably the bitcoin industry’s leading privacy wallet since the project was founded in 2015, has garnered at least 27,000 downloads. Although funds are otherwise viewable on the blockchain itself, Wasabi will be the only wallet that obscures from nodes how much bitcoin the total wallet holds. Plus, Samourai Wallet offers дальше »

2018-7-24 09:56


Coinbase-Backed ‘Gods Unchained’ Card Game Launches on Ethereum Network

Coinbase has been in the news a great deal lately, largely due to its attempted expansion into Wall Street. Today, however, Coinbase is making headlines for a lighter reason: the exchange has partnered with Fuel Games to launch the first competitive E-Sports game on the Ethereum Network. Gods Unchained is a new free-to-play fantasy card […] дальше »

2018-7-24 07:28


Swipe Token ICO: Blockchain Mobile App Crypto Network Monetizing?

In the era of advanced technology, it is rather unfortunate that the world of mobile advertising remains in the hands of a few monopoly firms controlling the display and compensation. However, this is not the only problem facing global digital advertising, and advertisers are hoping for the emergence of a new legitimate platform to help […] дальше »

2018-7-23 14:52


‘Blockchain Coffee’ Sparks Debate in Crypto Community

The disruptive nature of blockchain technology has sparked innovation across a spectrum of industries, promising to decentralize cumbersome, inefficient systems. The “blockchain revolution,” however, has also created a market environment in which solutionism runs rampant — as evidenced by a new “blockchain” project that has captured the attention of the crypto community. дальше »

2018-7-23 06:14


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03