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The Number of Entities Using Bitcoin to Store Arbitrary Data Has Declined
30.4.2022
Three years ago there were a lot of discussions concerning data embedded in bitcoin transactions and the block size space consumed by these OP_Return transactions. However, in recent times, the use of OP_Return transactions has dropped a great deal and the trend has lowered network fees to some...
The ‘Digital Town Square’: What Might Musk’s Twitter Deal Mean?
30.4.2022
Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, the Queensland University of Technology._____
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around USD 44bn. He says he’s...
Bitcoin network difficulty breaks into a new all-time high of 29.794T
30.4.2022
While Bitcoin miners continue to pursue the last 2 million BTC into circulation, the overall network is well-positioned to attain greater resilience against vulnerabilities
Robinhood Opens Crypto Wallets to 2M Clients, Bets on Global Bitcoin Remittances
29.4.2022
Earlier this month, the US online trading platform Robinhood provided about 2m customers from its waitlist with crypto wallets, and this week completed the full roll-out of this functionality to all clients, the company said on the occasion of the release of its results for the first quarter...
“DeFi is not decentralized at all,” says former Blockstream executive
28.4.2022
Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer at Blockstream, is convinced that DeFi protocols can’t compete with Bitcoin as monetary networks due to their lack of decentralization
Bitcoin network hash rate hit a new record high amid price volatility
28.4.2022
Bitcoin network hash rate hit a new record high, seeing a 400% increase since the mining ban by China last year
'Hyper-deflationary' network launches mainnet amid rising inflation
28.4.2022
The AXIA native cryptocurrency becomes scarce as the activity or participation on the network increases
Plan for $1M bug bounties and double the nodes in wake of $600M Ronin hack
28.4.2022
The Ronin Network and Sky Marvis are significantly upgrading their security measures after they vowed to ensure a hack “never happens again.”
Solana DAOs can now bug you to vote with phone calls and texts
28.4.2022
Notifi Network has integrated with the Solana Realms DAO platform to help increase governance participation rates by expanding notification services
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits a Lifetime High After a 5.56% Increase, Metric Nears 30 Trillion
27.4.2022
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a lifetime high on April 27, at block height 733,824, after jumping 5.56% higher than two weeks ago. The difficulty jump further indicates that Bitcoin’s difficulty is also nearing 30 trillion, as the change on Wednesday shows the current difficulty...
Sony Requiring Some Game Devs To Provide Free Trials To PS Plus Subscribers
27.4.2022
When Sony combines PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now in June, its new most expensive tier will be $18 a month and include time-limited game trials. But most games don’t currently have such demos. To fix that moving forward, Game Developer now reports Sony will require all developers of games...
Cardano Network Developers Increase Block Size by 10%
27.4.2022
The upgrade did little to buffer up ADA prices in a falling market
Mining Report Shows Bitcoin’s Electricity Consumption Decreased by 25% in Q1 2022
27.4.2022
At the end of May last year, Tesla’s Elon Musk convinced bitcoin industry leaders to form a Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) and in mid-July, the BMC launched its public services and website. On April 25, 2022, the organization published a report that discusses the bitcoin mining...
Permission․io Is Migrating to Polygon Network to Globally Scale Web3 Advertising
26.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. San Diego, CALIF. – April 26, 2022 – Permission.io, the leading provider of permission-based Web3 advertising, today announced it’s migrating away from its own proprietary blockchain to Polygon, the world’s preeminent Ethereum scaling solution with more than 100 million unique users....
The Lightning Network Is Bringing Payments Back to Bitcoin
26.4.2022
The Lightning Network, which enables small and instant bitcoin payments, is getting bigger and more useful. Here's a state of play. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week
Elon's Twitter: bluesky Keeps Independence, Dorsey Praises Musk, Market Awaits Next Step
26.4.2022
Tesla chief and multi-billionaire Elon Musk is taking over Twitter for USD 54.20 a share, and has already received praise from Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey. Meanwhile, the Twitter-funded decentralized social media project bluesky says it will remain independent “no matter what happens.”...
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LABEL Foundation Announces the Strategic Partnership With Polygon Studios to Launch Their Dapp on Polygon Mainnet
26.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. In this industry, it is crucial to establish key strategic partnerships in order to ensure both longevity and prosperity. As such, LABEL Foundation has officially announced a partnership with Polygon Studios, with the further intention to chase their multichain goal and launch their...
Bored Apes Attacked, Bitcoin Sees Inflows Again, Ethereum Outflows Drop + More News
25.4.2022
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Elon Musk in Talks with Twitter Board to Strike Deal - Report
25.4.2022
Twitter and Tesla chief and billionaire Elon Musk are reportedly in talks to strike a deal, after Musk earlier this month laid out an offer to buy 100% of the shares in Twitter for USD 45bn and take the company private. Shares of Tesla rose modestly on the news in pre-market trading...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Surges Reaching a Lifetime High, Difficulty Expected to Jump Next Week
24.4.2022
Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high this weekend reaching 271.19 exahash per second (EH/s) on Saturday, April 23 at block height 733,197. Currently, the computational power is coasting along at 233.81 EH/s with a network difficulty change expected three days from now on April...