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Sequoia-Backed Band Protocol Creeps Onto Chainlink’s Turf With Oracle Product
10.6.2020
Band Protocol 2.0 launched Wednesday with its mainnet oracle solution, BandChain, leveraging the Cosmos SDK from Tendermint Labs
Bison Trails Adds Support for NEAR Blockchain Protocol
9.6.2020
Libra association member Bison Trails aims to offer users the opportunity to participate in the NEAR network
NEAR Protocol Enlists Bison Trails for Validator Support as It Heads Toward Full Mainnet
9.6.2020
Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors
Metanyx to provide Enterprise solutions based on the IOST Core protocol
9.6.2020
Metanyx, a UK based Public Chain Validator that aims to provide Enterprise solution, which is based on the IOST Core Protocol. Metanyx will provide Enterprise Solution to Financial Services, Universities, and Governments in parts of the UK and Europe. The organization’s main aim is to help...
Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition
7.6.2020
The Bitcoin hashrate is up this weekend after the network experienced it’s fourth negative difficulty adjustment this year. The Bitcoin (BTC) protocol’s difficulty adjustment dropped over 9% on June 4, giving miners who shut off their machines a chance to join the competition once...
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....
‘Careless’ Users Are Ruining Ethereum’s Privacy: Paper
4.6.2020
Ethereum's account-based model makes it more susceptible to surveillance than some other protocols and users aren't helping, a research paper argues
No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You
2.6.2020
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next
Bitcoin Hashrate Bounces Back- 2x the Mining Pools, Farm Diversification, 100 Exahash
30.5.2020
Around 18 days ago, the Bitcoin protocol experienced it’s third block reward halving and the network saw a 33% hashrate loss. Since then, however, bitcoin miners have increased in both number and hashpower, as the network has seen a 15-20 exahash per second (EH/s) increase. Moreover, on...
South Korea's ICON Releases Blockchain Interoperability Protocol
29.5.2020
South Korea’s largest public blockchain, ICON, has released its Blockchain Transmission Protocol, allowing individual blockchains to interact and communicate with each other
Force Protocol Joins Hands With Chainlink to Power the Decentralized Finance
28.5.2020
The field of decentralized finance (DeFi) has been on the rise for quite some time. Now one of the main players in the field of decentralized finance, the Force Protocol has announced integration with the Chainlink – the partnership intended to tap into reliable data sources of token prices....
$9M and Over 4,500 Fusions – Bitcoin Cash Supporters Anticipate the Cashfusion Audit
27.5.2020
Since November 28, 2019, the Cashfusion protocol has helped facilitate 4,583 fusions to-date with roughly 40,564 bitcoin cash ($9.1M). Cashfusion is an extension of the Cashshuffle platform and the protocol has been deemed “far more practical than other coinjoin protocols.” Bitcoin Cash...
Bitcoin Cash Tokenization Bolstered by the Creation of an SLP Foundation
25.5.2020
On Monday, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters were introduced to a Simple Ledger Protocol alliance called the SLP Foundation. According to the initial members, the SLP Foundation has been in the works since December 2019, and the primary goal is to foster SLP innovation and standards. Meet the...
Ethereum Privacy Protocol Takes Foot Off Brake With Entirely Immutable Contracts
24.5.2020
Tornado.cash can no longer make changes to its protocol, offering total immutability at the expense of security
Binance and Eosfinex Join EOS DeFi Protocol to Handle Smart Contract Upgrades
22.5.2020
Binance, Eosfinex and others join the governance of an EOS DeFi project, which will allow it to seamlessly upgrade smart contracts
Band Protocol Gets Listed on Leading Indian Crypto Exchange WazirX, 58.53 BAND Tokens Up for Giveaway
13.5.2020
India’s premier crypto exchange WazirX announced on Wednesday that it had listed Band Protocol on the platform. The BAND token will be available for trade against USDT, starting at 5 pm IST on May 13. In the official tweet, WazirX also announced that it is giving away BAND tokens worth ₹1,500...
Paradigm Researcher Unveils Fixed-Rate DeFi Lending Protocol
9.5.2020
Yield Protocol claims to facilitate fixed-rate interest and lending markets backed by crypto
Wanchain Partners with Band Protocol as Official Genesis Validator
9.5.2020
Multi-blockchain open finance platform Wanchain has partnered with Band Protocol, a cross-chain data oracle network focused on Web 3.0, as the official genesis validator. In the official tweet, Wanchain stated that the partnership would allow them to strengthen their capabilities to bring off-chain...
Cointext CTO Reveals a New Protocol That Aims to Bolster a Censorship-Resistant Economy for Bitcoin Cash
9.5.2020
On May 7, the Cointext CTO and cofounder of Countermarkets, Vin Armani revealed a new project he’s been working on called “Signal, Watch, and Pay Protocol” (SWaP). Armani’s published specification and reference code of SWaP indicates that the platform allows “onchain...
Decentralized Finance Startup Focused on Bitcoin Cash Raises $1 Million for Expansion
7.5.2020
On May 7, the decentralized finance (defi) startup General Protocols revealed the team has raised over $1 million from investors. The creators of General Protocols have introduced innovative projects on the Bitcoin Cash network such as Anyhedge, and have also participated in helping forward...