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Bitcoin’s Top Mining Pool Foundry USA’s Hashrate Climbed 350% in 12 Months
7.11.2022
Last year, Bitcoin’s total network hashrate was around 160 exahash per second (EH/s), and 15 known mining pools dedicated hashrate to Bitcoin on Nov. 6, 2021. At that time, the mining pool Foundry USA was the fifth largest mining pool with 18.44 EH/s dedicated to the Bitcoin chain. During...
Solana’s co-founder addresses the blockchain’s reliability at Breakpoint
7.11.2022
In 2022 the blockchain has suffered from ten partial or full outages along with slow block times and Solana’s co-founder said it’s “not the experience that we want to deliver.”
Helium, Building Out Mobile Network, Plans to Give Free Trials to Solana Phone Users
5.11.2022
Under the agreement, Saga phones sold in the U.S. will get a 30-day free subscription to Helium Mobile
MEXC and Coinbase Reach Partnership to Jointly Fulfil the Privacy and Security Obligations of Cryptocurrency Under the TRUST Framework
5.11.2022
PRESS RELEASE. On October 31st, the cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC announced that it had reached a cooperation with Coinbase to jointly fulfil the privacy and security obligations of cryptocurrency under the framework of Coinbase’s TRUST Network (TRUST). The TRUST network is an alliance...
Traders expect 200% upside from MATIC, but does Polygon network data support that?
4.11.2022
MATIC’s recent rally and partnerships are turning heads and on-chain activity may hint at further growth
Bitcoin Core’s Version 24.0 Full-RBF Proposal Sparks Controversy, Synonym CEO Calls ‘Pet Agenda’ an ‘Attack’
4.11.2022
During the last few weeks, a number of individuals have been discussing the upcoming release of Bitcoin Core version 24.0 and how the codebase will include full-replace-by-fee (RBF) logic. The discussion has become controversial as a few Lightning Network and zero confirmation advocates have...
Standard Chartered Invests in JPM and DBS-Backed Blockchain Payment Network Partior
3.11.2022
Standard Chartered has invested in Partior, the blockchain-based payment network founded by JPMorgan, DBS and Singapore government-owned investment fund Temasek
South Africa Retailer Pick n Pay Now Accepts Payment in Bitcoin at 39 Outlets
3.11.2022
Pick n Pay, the South African retailer, has revealed that some of its grocery stores are now accepting bitcoin payments. To ensure payments are affordable, Pick n Pay reportedly uses the Bitcoin Lightning Network which is said to be suitable for “high volume, low-value transactions.”...
Leading Global Payments Network MoneyGram to Offer Cryptocurrency Services
2.11.2022
Global payments company MoneyGram has announced that US users can now use its platform to buy, sell, and hold some major cryptocurrencies.
In a November one press release, the payments giant said that it will offer crypto purchase services via its app to customers in nearly all U.S. states...
Rogue Actor Disrupts Lightning Network With a Single Transaction
2.11.2022
The individual exploited a Bitcoin consensus bug that had a downstream effect on certain Lightning nodes
Lightning Network releases emergency update after critical bug on LND nodes
1.11.2022
The bug led LND nodes to fail to sync chain in the second critical bug in less than a month
South African grocery giant ‘Pick n Pay’ intends to accept Bitcoin in all stores nationwide
1.11.2022
The company said it will allow customers to pay with any bitcoin lightning-enabled app and QR codes for speedy payments
Bitcoin, not blockchain: Synonym launches mobile BTC wallet
31.10.2022
The new mobile wallet, called Bitkit, was unveiled at the PlanB Forum conference in Lugano, Switzerland on Oct. 29
3 Bitcoin Mining Records Set in October — BTC Hash Price Taps Lifetime Low, While Hashrate and Difficulty Surged
31.10.2022
This month bitcoin’s hash price tapped an all-time low of $66,500 per exahash on Oct. 25, according to statistics from the onchain market intelligence firm Glassnode. Alongside this, the network’s mining difficulty reached a lifetime high at 36.84 trillion on Oct. 23. Despite the high...
Theta Network seems in trouble; Should you invest in THETA?
31.10.2022
Theta Network is a decentralized content delivery platform with high bandwidth blockchain facilities running on smart contracts. Theta Lab, the founder of Theta Network, aims to disrupt the streaming video platforms with this decentralized network. Currently, YouTube and Netflix are popular...
Celsius Network’s bungling showed why centralization can’t protect privacy
29.10.2022
Celsius’ bankruptcy proceedings resulted in 14,000 pages of customer data leaking to the public. The incident displayed the pitfalls of centralized finance
The Merge brings down Ethereum’s network power consumption by over 99.9%
29.10.2022
Before the Merge upgrade, in 2022, the energy consumption of Ethereum ranged between 46.31 terawatt hour (TWh) per year to 93.98 TWh per year
THORChain network resumes following 20-hour chain halt
28.10.2022
The network was halted on Oct. 27 after the team said a bug had caused “non-determinism between individual nodes.”
Crypto Biz: Is Zuckerberg’s $100B metaverse experiment doomed to fail?
28.10.2022
Meta's Reality Labs division lost $3.672 billion in the third quarter. Some shareholders aren't happy with the company's oversized investment in metaverse technology
Fantom Network Launches Automated Smart Contract Audit System Watchdog to Monitor for Bugs
28.10.2022
On October 27, the Fantom Foundation announced a collaboration with the security and analysis platform Dedaub in order to bolster Fantom’s decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem. Dedaub’s monitoring system called Watchdog will monitor smart contracts on the Fantom blockchain for exploits and buggy...