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Hashflare Cloud-Mining Service Shuts Down, Users Struggle to Withdraw Earnings
According to an announcement posted on its Facebook page yesterday, the cloud-mining service Hashflare has shut down almost all of its mining operations. The site is still functional, but as of now, Bitcoin, ZCash, and Dash mining contracts are listed as “out of stock. дальше »
2018-7-22 00:53 | |
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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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A Quick Gasprice Market Analysis
Here is a file that contains data, extracted from geth, about transaction fees in every block between 4710000 and 4730000. For each block, it contains an object of the form: { "block":4710000, "coinbase":"0x829bd824b016326a401d083b33d092293333a830", "deciles":[40,40. 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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Notes on Blockchain Governance
In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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Should It Pull Back, The Bullish Will Have To Defend Bitcoin’s $6,800 Support Level
Should It Pull Back, The Bullish Will Have To Defend Bitcoin’s $6,800 Support Level Bitcoin today tested the $7,500 resistance level but quickly pulled back to $7,414 which signaled that although it has made impressive strides over the past two days, there is still more work to be done by the bullish. дальше »
2018-7-19 14:08 | |
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Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac In Limbo – Lehman’s Bankruptcy Is Still Not Over
Ten years ago Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac emerged as a major worry in the financial sector, one that would require a massive bailout from the federal government and placement into conservatorship. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc By User:AgnosticPreachersKid (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3. дальше »
2018-7-19 10:35 | |
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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 | |
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Bitcoin Cash Price: Surpassing $700 is Only Half the Work
Although it is still early in the day, there may be some positive cryptocurrency momentum to enjoy this Friday. Most of the top currencies have inched into the green once again, for the time being. Although no real big gains have materialized yet, it is evident the Bitcoin Cash price has succeeded in surpassing $700 […] дальше »
2018-7-13 11:28 | |
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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 | |
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Despite having huge risks, cryptocurrencies are absolutely a good thing, says chief security scientist
Despite the risks involved with investing in the still nascent cryptocurrency market, one chief security scientist believes that cryptocurrencies are still “absolutely a good thing” — they’ve just got some work to do. дальше »
2018-7-11 07:41 | |
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Cryptocurrencies ‘Are Absolutely a Good Thing’ (Despite Huge Risks), Says Chief Security Scientist
Despite the risks involved with investing in the still nascent cryptocurrency market, one chief security scientist believes that cryptocurrencies are still “absolutely a good thing” — they’ve just got some work to do. дальше »
2018-7-11 04:00 | |
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Syscoin: Chain “Fully Operational as per Design” After “Irregular” Trade Activity
On July 3, 2018, Binance suspended all trading and withdrawal services due to "irregular" Syscoin (SYS) trades carried out "from a number of API users. " The exchange has since resumed all activities, according to a blog post. дальше »
2018-7-5 20:11 | |
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Elrond ICO (ERD Token): Adaptive State Sharding & SPoS Blockchain?
Elrond Network is a scalable public blockchain that seeks to deploy a novel architecture that goes beyond typical scalability with their whole state sharding scheme. The sharding protocol eliminates energy and computational waste while also ensuring there is fair distribution through the Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) consensus. Still, the structure will work in line […] дальше »
2018-6-30 22:13 | |
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Decommissioned Swiss Army Bunkers Can Keep Your Bitcoins Safe
The banking sector appears almost smitten by Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies these days. Although there is still plenty of work to be done, it seems Xapo has some big plans. Using old Swiss army bunkers for Bitcoin-related purposes raises a lot of questions. дальше »
2018-6-30 21:00 | |
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Facebook Reverses Cryptocurrency Ad Ban Amidst Rumors of a Coinbase Acquisition
Facebook has reversed its blanket ban on cryptocurrency ads and will now allow pre-approved crypto businesses to advertise. However, ICOs and binary options will still be prohibited from the platform. дальше »
2018-6-29 03:24 | |
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Op Ed: Utility Token? Why You’re Still Better Off as a Security
The SEC’s proclamation that ether (ETH) is not a security has sparked some celebration amongst the cryptocurrency community. Regulatory clarity is always a good thing, but ICO operators shouldn’t see this as a reason to put the champagne on ice. дальше »
2018-6-26 19:36 | |
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Centralized exchanges are throwing the Crypto Promise to the wind!
With such a terrible track record, why would anyone still work with crypto exchanges? That is where crypto exchanges come in, and they are especially valuable to day traders. Crypto exchanges also take care of storing your money, much like a bank would. дальше »
2018-6-24 17:36 | |
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World Refugee Day: How Digital Identities Can Help a Population in Crisis
According to statistics from the United Nations Refugee Agency, there are 25. 4 million refugees in the world and some 3. 1 million asylum seekers. On this year’s World Refugee Day, we’re reminded of the perpetual crises that plague our international communities and the displaced individuals they create. дальше »
2018-6-21 02:28 | |
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ZenCash Investment Trust has just been announced by Grayscale Investments
ZenCash is a Rather Interesting Addition While it is commendable to see entities such as Grayscale Investments introduce cryptocurrency investment to the masses, there is still a lot of work to be done. дальше »
2018-6-17 07:58 | |
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The Genesis Files: If Bitcoin Had a First Draft, Wei Dai’s B-Money Was It
All Cypherpunks value privacy; it’s basically the founding principle of the collective of cryptographers, academics, developers and activists grouped around the 1990s mailing list by the same name. дальше »
2018-6-15 23:31 | |
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Jason Attar Takes Cryptocurrency to the Big Screen in New Mockumentary
Award-winning comedian, actor, writer and director Jason Attar is once again heading for the big screen with his new project KevCoin: The Movie. A follow-up to his previous film One Night in Powder, Attar will don the guise of his infamous character Kevin Powder — a rock star “fixer” who’s constantly trying to reinvent himself through wild schemes — and take on the world of digital finance as he seeks out fame and riches. дальше »
2018-6-11 22:31 | |
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From Chatroom to Classroom: The Evolution of Blockchain Education
With the creation of Bitcoin and its blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced an entirely new practical application for cryptography, unearthing an unexplored area for computer science and technological development. дальше »
2018-6-11 17:04 | |
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On Radical Markets
Recently I had the fortune to have received an advance copy of Eric Posner and Glen Weyl’s new book, Radical Markets, which could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “political economy” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect. дальше »
2018-7-21 04:03 | |
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