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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


Financial Action Task Force [FATF] may be the cryptocurrency industry’s biggest challenge yet

Regulation for the better part of a decade, has been at loggerheads with the cryptocurrency industry. From being exhibited at the world stage as a rebellious, government-shunning decentralized currency to proponents of the industry voicing their support for “necessary regulation,” financial watchdogs are key players within the industry. дальше »

2019-6-12 12:30


Leading VC: Entry of Tech Companies like Facebook Leaves Little Room for Bitcoin Cash

The controversial rise of Bitcoin Cash as a possible challenge to BTC appears to be over. This is because the once shining rebel that Roger Ver was has been overtaken by events. Roger Ver was right to worry about institutional players like $FB entering the crypto space, but forking #Bitcoin and coopting the brand was […] дальше »

2019-6-11 19:41


How a #10YearChallenge tweet highlights Iran’s paradoxical relationship with social media

The 10-Year Challenge was the year’s first big internet fad. You remember? When people posted pictures of themselves from 2009 and 2019 in order to… well, actually, that was it. Depending on who you talk to, it was either a benign trend for people to show off how resilient their faces were against the tides of time, or a conspiracy by Facebook to improve its facial recognition tech. дальше »

2019-6-5 16:51


How to Explain Bitcoin Completely in Just a Single Twitter Post? Best Tweets So Far

The cryptocurrency community on Twitter is usually pretty vocal about any opinion that they have, but Jameson Lopp has issued a challenge. According to The Next Web’s Hard Fork, the cypherpunk decided to challenge the community with a task – explain Bitcoin with the 280 characters that Twitter allots to users. Explain Bitcoin as completely […] дальше »

2019-6-4 00:30


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Report: Facebook’s User Demographics Could Be “GlobalCoin’s” Biggest Challenge

On May 28, 2019, cryptocurrency analytics firm Diar published a report that paints a rather gloomy picture of the fate of Facebook’s payment-focused cryptocurrency GlobalCoin. According to the report, the social media website’s user demographics could prove to be a huge challenge to GlobalCoin’s mainstream adoption. дальше »

2019-5-29 17:26


Bitcoin Price Analysis: Two Bullish Indicators Are Flashing at $8K

Bitcoin price analysis shows that bullish momentum is building as BTC reclaims the psychological $8K level. But is a new YTD-high next? Bitcoin Price Analysis: Daily Chart Bitcoin’s price continues to track nicely inside an ascending triangle pattern, after bulls successfully springboarded off the $7,500 level yesterday. дальше »

2019-5-24 16:00


Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next

Europe is bracing itself for a big shake-up in how we pay for things online, which will have significant consequences for businesses across the region. Similar to how GDPR hugely impacted how millions of organizations handle personal data when it was enforced last year, Strong Customer Authentication (or SCA) will have profound implications for how businesses handle online transactions and how we pay for things in our everyday lives when it is enforced on September 14. дальше »

2019-5-10 12:00