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Bitcoin [BTC] bashers list gets another addition with billionaire investor’s statements

It is a running joke among the Bitcoin [BTC] community that bull runs will ensue when prominent investors and players in the investment space bash it. The star-studded line-up of individuals who have spoken against the coin now has another addition in the form of billionaire investor Howard Marks. Marks’ firm, Oaktree Capital, reported that […] дальше »

2018-7-22 15:55


Monero [XMR] mining malware Coinhive takes another victim, League of Legends infected

Players of the popular internet game, League of Legends have fallen prey to a malicious software that programs their system to involuntarily mine Monero [XMR]. A Reddit user named Lestergonzaga discovered this through the Garena server, where many players all around the world have been mining Monero without their knowledge. The mining process took place […] дальше »

2018-7-22 02:28


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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


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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Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange Koinex Launches Loop, a P2P Token Transaction Network

Koinex, a prominent Indian crypto exchange, has launched its peer-to-peer (P2P) service called Loop. Loop is a P2P trading platform for crypto assets transactions using fiat currency (INR). Koinex Loop – An Attempt to Preserve the Crypto Industry in India This step follows the move by another Indian exchange, WazirX, who started their P2P operations earlier. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:00


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Banking On A Decentralized Bank

Last week Binance made headlines by announcing its first foray into banking. For a price of $133 million, the exchange had acquired a 5% stake in Malta’s future “Founders’ Bank.” Ordinarily, an investment by one moneymaking organization into another would scarcely deserve mention, except for one fact: ownership of Founders’ Bank will rest on the […] The post Banking On A Decentralized Bank appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-7-20 20:23


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Billionaire Marc Lasry: Bitcoin Could Hit $40,000 In The Upcoming Years

Price predictions, you may love them or hate them, but yet another billionaire has just added his name to a long list of Bitcoin predictions. Marc Lasry On Why Bitcoin Has The Potential To Hit $40,000 On Wednesday, billionaire Marc Lasry told CNBC that Bitcoin could reach $40,000 in the future, which would be a gain […] The post Billionaire Marc Lasry: Bitcoin Could Hit $40,000 In The Upcoming Years appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-18 21:27