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Ethereum Classic Attacker Successfully Double-Spends $1.68M in Second Attack: Report
7.8.2020
The attacker attempted to double-spend roughly $3.3 million during the second attack
$5.6 Million Double Spent: ETC Team Finally Acknowledges the 51% Attack on Network
6.8.2020
The Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain network lost $5.6 million to one miner following a 51% attack initially thought to be a chain split. During the attack, the offending miner managed to double-spend 807,260 ETC ($5.6 million) after spending 17.5 BTC or $200,000 (at time of writing) to acquire...
Carbon Credits Have a Double-Spend Problem. This Microsoft-Backed Project Is Trying to Fix That
29.7.2020
The Microsoft-backed IWA sustainability group is building a tokenization standard that aims to bring transparency to carbon accounting
5 Most Common Developer Portfolio Mistakes (Sponsored)
20.7.2020
A portfolio site is one of the best marketing and sales tools you as a web developer have in your arsenal. And if it’s set up right, it’ll save you a bunch of time having to:  Chase down new clients,  Spend time convincing them to work with you, Answer questions about your experience as...
BCH Backer Claims Bitcoin Wallet Double-Spend Issue Hasn’t Been Fixed
3.7.2020
BRD, Ledger Live, and Edge are among the wallets vulnerable to a new double-spend exploit, but some believe the vulnerability is inherent to Bitcoin itself
Austrian Crypto Users Will Soon Be Able to Spend Crypto at 2,500 Locations
2.7.2020
Over 2,500 Austrian merchants can now accept cryptocurrencies as a payment method
Chainlink Expected to Spend $25M More on Development Than Ethereum
2.7.2020
According to the latest report from Flipside Crypto, Chainlink is expected to spend $20 million more than Ethereum on ecosystem development this year
Researchers Expose Flaw in Bitcoin Wallets That Could Be Exploited for Double-Spending
2.7.2020
A standard way to transact Bitcoin could be vulnerable to double-spending and DoS attacks, ZenGo has found
70% of Surveyed Chinese Companies Want to Spend Big on Blockchain
12.6.2020
Many Chinese companies that were betting big on blockchain technology prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic have lost none of their fervor for the technology – and some could even be keen to spend more on adoption in the post-COVID-19 world.
Per Xinhua, a survey of some 350 Chinese...
Patoshi Researcher Says “Altruistic” Satoshi Will Never Spend His 1.1M Bitcoin
6.6.2020
Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto will never spend his “1.1 million bitcoins” because he is altruistic, Patoshi Pattern researcher Sergio Demian Lerner has said. The Patoshi Pattern exploits privacy flaws of an early protocol, v.01, to identify blocks possibly minded by Satoshi Nakamoto....
How to Build a Chrome Extension
19.5.2020
I made a Chrome extension this weekend because I found I was doing the same task over and over and wanted to automate it. Plus, I’m a nerd during a pandemic, so I spend my weird pent-up energy building things. I’ve made five Chrome extensions with that energy, yet I still find it hard...
How Investors Are Presented With Bitcoin: ‘A New Decentralized Monetary Asset, Akin to Gold’
16.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) is a compelling investment case “for patient, long-term investors” willing to spend the time to understand the top cryptocurrency, a new paper by Paradigm co-founder managing partner Matt Huang notes. The crypto entrepreneur places BTC besides gold, as a go-to store...
New Portfolio Management App Targets Investors With Just $25 to Spend
7.5.2020
Simplified crypto portfolio app hopes to attract new users to the space by targeting investors with as little as $25
90 Million More People Can Now Spend Crypto With TenX
4.5.2020
TenX’s popular Visa debit card—which lets you spend cryptocurrency without having to manually top up—has launched in Germany and Austria. It supports Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC), all of which can be spent anywhere that accepts Visa thanks to the card’s unique auto-convert...
Don Tapscott: Blockchain Enabled P2P Trust For First Time in History
3.5.2020
In the closing keynote for Virtual Blockchain Week, acclaimed author Don Tapscott argued DLT is the foundational technology of “the second digital era.”
My Visual Studio Code Setup: Extensions and Themes
22.4.2020
Matthias Ott’s posted his VS Code setup. I find lists like this (I rounded up some recent updates of my own) irresistible, probably because, like y’all, I spend an awful lot of time in VS Code and wanna make sure I’m getting the most out of it.
Things from the list that stood...
People Spend More Crypto on Food and Clothing Than on Illegal Drugs
20.4.2020
People aren’t using crypto the way you think they are
Bitcoin Miners Are Selling Coins Faster Than They Can Generate Them
27.3.2020
According to data sites and a number of observers, bitcoin miners are selling coins faster than they can produce them. Ever since the market downturn on March 12 and the week of falling prices that followed, bitcoin miners have been struggling. Also read: Bitcoin Hashrate Down 45% – Miners...
3 Debit Cards Nigerians Can Use to Spend Cryptocurrencies in Stores and Online
20.3.2020
Options to acquire cryptocurrencies in Nigeria have been growing in number, along with increasing interest in bitcoin. Nigerians are also starting to see more opportunities to spend their coins in brick and mortar stores and at online merchants. Three crypto debit cards are now available to...
13 Crypto Debit Cards You Can Use Right Now
28.2.2020
If cryptocurrency is designed to reconstruct the financial world while introducing major improvements in transaction speed, privacy, cost and convenience, debit cards represent a useful bridge between old and new. A preponderance of crypto debit card options now exist that allow cryptocurrency...