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Ten Years Ago Satoshi Nakamoto Logged Off – The Final Message from Bitcoin’s Inventor

13.12.2020
Ten years ago today, the pseudonymous programmer (or programmers) Satoshi Nakamoto logged into the forum bitcointalk.org one last time, and left the Bitcoin community for good. The day prior Nakamoto wrote a final message to the crypto community by offering a quick build and telling developers that...

University's epic burn: Researchers say Ripple's protocol ‘may fail badly’

4.12.2020
According to researchers at the University of Bern, the presence of faulty or malicious nodes on the Ripple network could have “devastating effects.”

BTC Markets privacy breach exposes all customers to potential phishing attacks

2.12.2020
Aussie exchange BTC Markets has revealed the full name and email addresses of all of its customers in a marketing email blast

4 tips to avoid phishing attacks

23.11.2020
Once a user identifies a phishing attempt, spreading the word online can assist in the security of everyone’s funds

Tor Developers Pursuing ‘Anonymous Tokens’ to Stop Hacks and DoS Attacks

18.11.2020
Tokens could be included in a users traffic request, which would allow websites accessible through the Tor network to “intelligently prioritize which requests it answers.”

Privacy Coin GRIN Is Victim of 51% Attack

8.11.2020
A 51% attack occurs when a miner (or miners) acquires more than 50% of the network's mining hash power and takes control of the network

Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution

1.11.2020
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have...

Ethereum Classic’s MESS Solution Won’t Provide ‘Robust’ Security Against 51% Attacks: Report

21.10.2020
A solution being implemented to safeguard against so-called 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic (ETC) network may not be as secure as suggested, according to a new analysis

Hackers Donate Bitcoin From Ransomware Attacks to Charities

21.10.2020
A group of hackers has donated some of the bitcoin it extorted via ransomware attacks to charities, claiming that it wants to “make the world a better place.” However, the law says donations from ill-gotten gains must be rejected but charities have no way of returning donated bitcoin...

G7 Warns of Crypto Threat From Tidal Wave of Ransomware Attacks

13.10.2020
Paying ransomware hackers to decrypt infected computers doesn't always work, and may even be a crime in some countries

OFAC Warns Americans Against Facilitating Ransomware Payments

5.10.2020
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an advisory highlighting the sanctions risk American citizens face if they help facilitate ransomware payments. In the advisory, the OFAC says it will “continue to impose sanctions on those...

FinCen Warns on Ransomware Attacks, Notes Increased Targeting of Government Entities

1.10.2020
Ransomware attackers use malicious software to block access to data and demand ransom in return, oftentimes deploying the threat to make proprietary data public

Bitcoin.com Exchange to List Aspire and Aspire Gas as Newest Digital Asset Creation Platform Comes to Market

30.9.2020
Aspire (ASP) is the first digital asset creation platform to resist both mining exploits and 51 percent attacks common to proof-of-work blockchains. Its fees are a tiny fraction of creating assets on Ethereum or other platforms due to its innovative Aspire Gas (GASP) blockchain Both tokens will...

The 51% Attack Nightmare Scenario (Isn’t That Bad)

27.9.2020
An accessible, in-depth look at what's really at risk when Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake blockchains suffer the dreaded 51% attack

Over 40 Bitcoin Forks Are Down More Than 98% Since 2017’s Forking Fiesta

21.9.2020
Since the summer of 2017, more than 44 forks of the Bitcoin network were created and so far many of them have lost considerable value and are near worthless. To-date only a few of the forks that stem from Satoshi’s creation have remained relevant during the last three years. There are three...

Ethreum partners with ChainSafe and OpenRelay to prevent more 51% attacks

20.9.2020
The quest to protect Ethereum Classic continues

Ledger Updates App To Combat Bitcoin Dusting Attacks

18.9.2020
Hardware wallet maker Ledger has released a new version of its Ledger Live app which integrates the Coin Control feature for bitcoin (BTC) and its derivatives in a bid to enhance user safety, reduce the paid fees, and potentially prevent privacy threats known as dusting attacks. In crypto...