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Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ is missing one thing: monetary policy

Facebook has outlined the economics of its new Libra cryptocurrency, revealing it will create a secondary token intended specifically to pay dividends to early backers. It’s called the Libra Investment Token, and it will only be available to members of the Libra Association (which maintains the network) and other accredited investors. дальше »

2019-6-18 13:52


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


Bitwage Adds Payroll Payment Option, Enabling Employers to Pay Salaries in Ethereum (ETH)

Getting Paid in Bitcoin, And Now In Ether (ETH) You have probably already heard of people paying their employees using Bitcoin (BTC) in order to pay their employees. However, now a new crypto startup is helping companies that want to pay their employees using Ethereum (ETH) instead. The company has recently announced that it was […] дальше »

2019-6-11 23:52


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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: ‘It’s a Ponzi Scheme’

The accusation that bitcoin is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme is perhaps the oldest, longest-standing criticism of the digital bearer asset. The basic idea is that there is nothing of value here and the entire purpose of bitcoin’s existence is to enrich Satoshi Nakamoto and the speculators who bought in for a few pennies or dollars in the early days by tricking others into buying in at a higher price. дальше »

2019-6-4 19:03


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Bitcoin scammers net nearly $1M by telling people they can see them masturbate

A new kind of scam has accrued almost $1 million in bitcoin from frightened porn viewers, says a new report — and they’re staining the good names of Shakespeare and Austen to do it. According to the report, from cybersecurity firm Area 1, this scam involves a threatening email, in which the victim is told videos or pictures of them watching pornography will be leaked to their contacts, along with whatever they were watching, unless they pay a ransom in Bitcoin. дальше »

2019-5-16 04:07


Why The Color Of Joe Lubin’s T-Shirt Matters: ConsenSys Prediction Markets

ConsenSys is doing its best to onboard new users, demonstrating innovative blockchain tech at this weekend’s Ethereal Summit.   In addition to the usual conference swag—including water bottles, stickers, and programs – attendees at the annual summit were given an unusual form of payment: a single-use wallet, containing voucher tokens to pay for food. дальше »

2019-5-11 21:17