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Op Ed: In Defense of Bitcoin: A Response to Nouriel Roubini
Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it. дальше »
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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Litecoin Will Fly If It Makes The Most Of Social Media
The pursuit for cryptocurrency adoption seems to focus on three major cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Indeed, this isn’t to disregard the likes of XRP and Stellar, both of which also provide a solid use in mainstream society, however in terms of worldwide societal adoption, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin tend to be the go-to currencies. дальше »
2018-10-10 16:30 | |
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The Focal Elegia are $899 closed-back headphones that promise open-back sound
Earlier this year, I raved about the Focal Clear, a $1,500 pair of high-end heaphones. Not only does it sound good enough to justify the price – assuming you’re the type of person to even consider dropping $1,500 on headphones – they are also unusually easy to power from a smartphone or laptop. дальше »
2018-10-6 20:01 | |
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Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 Is Released: Here’s What’s New
Today marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 17. 0, the 17th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 10 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today. дальше »
2018-10-3 16:28 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: What We Know About Grin and Beam’s Mimblewimble
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger of transactions. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-10-2 17:27 | |
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Crypto Buyers, Here’s 7 Mistakes New Bitcoin Investors Make While Using BTC
The world of cryptocurrencies is still new, and even the most experienced investors still only have a few years of experience with it. The crypto space still lacks the proper infrastructure, so finding the best way to use cryptos is still quite difficult. дальше »
2018-9-30 09:43 | |
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Monero Releases Malware Response Group and Successfully Patches Burn Bug
Monero has officially released its Malware Response Workgroup website yesterday. In an effort to help protect Monero’s community, the website aims to provide resources to educate about the types of malware that may take advantage of users. дальше »
2018-9-29 23:18 | |
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McAfee Report: Cryptocurrency Mining Malware to only Grow in Magnitude
The crypto community is well aware of cryptojacking – a crypto-malware attack that uses the hosts’ computer power to mine cryptocurrencies without their knowledge. In what comes as unfortunate news for the budding community, the problem is only going to get worse. дальше »
2018-9-27 23:00 | |
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Novice, Intermediate or Expert? A Quiz to Test Your Bitcoin Knowledge
Think you know the ins-and-outs of bitcoin? Test yourself with 30 questions that grill you on Bitcoin’s history, technology and politics. The 30 questions are split up into three segments ranging from novice to intermediate to expert, and cover a wide range of topics across the Bitcoin landscape. дальше »
2018-9-26 02:13 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: Zcash Is Groundbreaking (If You Trust It)
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger of transactions. While this is required for these system to work, it comes with a significant downside: privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-9-25 19:47 | |
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SEC And FBI Eye Blockchain Analysis Services, Money Launderers Watch Out
“Bitcoin is only used for money laundering and terrorist financing,” cynics of this nascent industry continually cry, as these wanton critics believe that blockchains, in all their the pseudonymous glory, are solely used for illicit acts. дальше »
2018-9-25 12:00 | |
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eCash Founder David Chaum Makes Bold Promises with Elixxir Blockchain
Over 30 years after creating eCash, a predecessor of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which spawned the Cypherpunk movement of the 1980s, Dr. David Chaum is back in the public eye with a claim of having invented “the world’s fastest cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-9-22 23:59 | |
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Women get just 47 cents in equity for every $1 awarded to male colleagues
The gender pay disparity isn’t a secret. We know that women make $0. 82 for every dollar a man makes, still, in 2018. It’s well-documented that tech’s biggest companies, including two newly-minted trillion dollar corporations, employ women in fewer than a third of their leadership positions. дальше »
2018-9-19 01:50 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: Verge Offers Little Privacy and Nothing Unique
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 »
2018-9-18 19:50 | |
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Crypto Startup Reels in Twitch Executive to Spearhead Adoption Strategies
Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018. дальше »
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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Crypto Wallet Protection App Wants to Secure Your Wallets Against Malware
Malware, a persistent thorn in the side of the internet’s wider community, has become an increasing concern for cryptocurrency users. A problem that comes in many forms, malicious software is leveraged by hackers to rob community members of their funds. дальше »
2018-9-18 23:37 | |
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Cryptocurrency may be the help Zimbabweans have been waiting for – Finance Minister
The appointment of a new finance minister for Zimbabwe may also mark the beginning of a new era as the minister said cryptocurrency may help solve Zimbabwe’s cash shortage problem, a view that is contrary to what the government had believed. дальше »
2018-9-17 14:46 | |
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Lightning Labs Releases Redesigned and Optimized Desktop App
An alpha version of the new Lightning desktop app has been released. The application includes a redesigned and optimized backend for light clients, as well as a simplified interface for users with little to no cryptocurrency experience. дальше »
2018-9-15 21:22 | |
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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 | |
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Another Day, Another Dollar: Why Gemini Can’t Solve The Stablecoin Problem
Volatility is probably the second-biggest barrier to cryptocurrency adoption. Appreciation is an even bigger obstacle; no one’s going to spend a cryptocurrency if they think it’s going to be worth more tomorrow, and consequently the only places where crypto is regularly used are those where fiat is even more volatile. дальше »
2018-9-12 21:37 | |
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Dash (DASH) Poised To Fall Back To $138 Support As Bulls Lose Momentum
Dash (DASH) may not be a game changer like Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH). Some may even call it a spin off coin or a copycat. However, there is no denying that Dash (DASH) has succeeded in such a level of mass adoption with its only use case being a spendable cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-9-11 00:30 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Dash Is Not Really That Private
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 »
2018-9-7 00:27 | |
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Social media is the source of the Infowars problem, not the solution
The swirling maelstrom of fake news and absurd conspiracy theories that’s surrounded the ongoing Infowars mess has perplexed today’s leading social media platforms like no other, and major companies like Twitter are still struggling to formulate a game plan for handling these situations in the future. дальше »
2018-9-1 19:30 | |
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Op Ed: DApps Can Increase Audience Engagement for Creators and Influencers
Many of us are familiar with the term “DApp,” which stands for “decentralized application. ”Foundationally, a DApp is an application that runs using blockchain technology on a decentralized network of computers instead of on a central database. дальше »
2018-9-4 21:43 | |
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The Anatomy of Anonymity: How Dandelion Could Make Bitcoin More Private
Many people know bitcoin as an anonymous digital currency, one whose privacy features prime it for concealed payments in sketchy recesses of the internet’s dark web. дальше »
2018-8-29 17:33 | |
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Layer 1 Should Be Innovative in the Short Term but Less in the Long Term
One of the key tradeoffs in blockchain design is whether to build more functionality into base-layer blockchains themselves (“layer 1”), or to build it into protocols that live on top of the blockchain, and can be created and modified without changing the blockchain itself (“layer 2”). дальше »
2018-8-28 04:03 | |
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Op Ed: Making Friends With Time in the Cryptocurrency Space
What follows is an open letter from Jimmy Zhong, co-founder and CEO of IOST, to his team members and shared with Bitcoin Magazine with permission. Recently, I’ve been thinking about an ultimate way of safely storing value — gold, Bitcoin, real estate and power all came to mind. дальше »
2018-8-23 22:20 | |
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Crypto Industry Consortium Launches Self-Policing Program
ECoinmerce, a DAO e-commerce platform, has announced the launch of the Crypto Community Watch program, in partnership with a consortium of crypto industry organizations including ICO Alert, GZH, Step VC and NewEconomies. дальше »
2018-8-21 19:07 | |
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U.S. Research Team Attempts to Solve Bitcoin’s Scalability Crisis
A research team from Northwestern University, in Illinois, U. S. A. , believes they have unraveled one of Bitcoin’s long-standing nemesis: The problem of scalability. As reported by MarketWatch on August 15, 2018, the scholars put out details of their innovative solution. дальше »
2018-8-18 12:00 | |
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Paragon Partners With Civic Technologies to Deliver Transparency, Digital IDs to Cannabis Industry
Paragon, a blockchain company that develops seed-to-sale tracking solutions for the marijuana industry, is joining hands with Civic Technologies Inc. , a digital identity firm, to bring secure and trusted identity services to Paragon’s digital community. дальше »
2018-8-16 19:48 | |
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John McAfee’s Latest Tweets Still Assures Users Of Total Safety On BitFi Wallet
Safety is a general problem that is facing most cryptocurrency wallet operators. This is due to the activities of hackers, who have not only scare away investors but give major players in the industry sleepless nights, as they tend to put an end to the menace, once and for all. дальше »
2018-8-14 20:54 | |
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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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“Not a Great Precedent”: Commissioner Discusses the SEC’s Latest ETF Decision
When the SEC announced its rejection of the Winklevosses’ latest bitcoin ETF filing, the industry found itself reckoning with a problem on repeat: striving toward the goal of approval, another Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) proposal faced the SEC’s death knell. дальше »
2018-8-4 22:49 | |
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Audits and Quality Assurance: Patching the Holes in Smart Contract Security
On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23. дальше »
2018-8-3 19:24 | |
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Prominent Investor: Real Value of Crypto is Only a Fraction of its Listed Price
Vinny Lingham, the CEO of Civic Key and well respected crypto investor, has said on the Venture Stories podcast that the actual value of most cryptocurrencies is likely lower than their listed prices. дальше »
2018-8-2 08:00 | |
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Prominent Investor: Real Value of Crypto Is Only a Fraction of its Listed Price
Vinny Lingham, the CEO of Civic Key and well respected crypto investor, has said on the Venture Stories podcast that the actual value of most cryptocurrencies is likely lower than their listed prices. дальше »
2018-8-2 08:00 | |
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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 | |
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InsCoin for Knox Project ICO
The KNOX project will be the first insurance company that merges the real world with the digital one using Blockchain technology, creating the an efficient and advanced structure in the sector, to find a solution to the problem of certification and anti-forgery of insurance policies. дальше »
2018-7-22 11:30 | |
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A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol
Although the ideas behind the current Ethereum protocol have largely been stable for two years, Ethereum did not emerge all at once, in its current conception and fully formed. Before the blockchain has launched, the protocol went through a number of significant evolutions and design decisions. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials
Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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STARKs, Part II: Thank Goodness It's FRI-day
Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help and explanations, and Justin Drake for reviewing In the last part of this series, we talked about how you can make some pretty interesting succinct proofs of computation, such as proving that you have computed the millionth Fibonacci number, using a technique involving polynomial composition and division. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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