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Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It
14.1.2021
Bitcoin Core, the original wallet and “full node” software for the Bitcoin network, received an update today
Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns
14.1.2021
Sci-Hub, a pirate library of academic papers censored by Twitter, PayPal and domain systems, left the distributed domain platform Handshake after two days, unsatisfied by the level of decentralization
Privacy Coin Firo Launches ‘Privacy by Default’ Protocol on Mainnet
14.1.2021
Lelantus introduces “on-by-default” privacy while also allowing partial redemptions of Firo’s burn-and-redeem model
Paxos Makes Fresh Push for DeFi Market With New Oracle Integration
14.1.2021
Fresh off its partnership with PayPal, Paxos is making a new push into the decentralized finance market
IHS Markit Likely to Join Race for Crypto Indexes on Wall Street: Exec
14.1.2021
"We have every millennial that works for us thinks we should have a major pricing, data services, software and participation," said CEO Lance Uggla
Bitcoin Miners, Developers Narrow Down How Taproot Will Be Activated
13.1.2021
We know it's going to happen - the question is when and how
Cloudflare Unveils Gateway to Distributed Web With ENS, IPFS Integration
13.1.2021
Internet hosting giant Cloudflare has unveiled a new connection to the "uncensorable" web
Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack
13.1.2021
Ledger was also targeted by hackers in Shopify's data breach
US Navy Commissions $1.5M Blockchain System for Tracking Critical Weaponry
13.1.2021
Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain won a contract to build a system to anticipate demand for "critical" military weaponry parts
Valid Points: Price Dips, 60K Validators and Eth 2.0’s ‘Graffiti’ Messages
13.1.2021
The price of ether dove hard last weekend, but the number of validators joining the Eth 2.0 network continues to grow, regardless of price movements
Crypto leaders worry over threat from ‘big tech’ censorship
13.1.2021
Social media users are leaving traditional providers in droves in favor of more independent platforms over fears of unwarranted data collection, censorship, and refusal of service
Kim Dotcom Discusses the Swelling Crypto Economy and His Plans to ‘Accelerate P2P Electronic Cash’
13.1.2021
This week, news.Bitcoin.com chatted with Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload and the creator of the content monetization application called K.im. The Internet entrepreneur Dotcom is a big believer when it comes to the crypto economy and during...
Nintendo Is Making Copyright Claims on Videos of Game & Watch Hacking
12.1.2021
Despite its retro charms, for $50 the Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. handheld felt like it could benefit from a few more games: an upgrade some talented hackers made possible before the device was even released. But Nintendo doesn’t like consumers messing with its hardware, and today...
HashKey Capital Invests $5M in Decentralized Storage Project Filestar
12.1.2021
The $5 million grant will go towards funding the day-to-day operations of Filestar's foundation
Pirated Academic Database Sci-Hub Is Now On the ‘Uncensorable Web’
12.1.2021
Sci-Hub, a pirate database of academic papers using bitcoin for funding, has joined the distributed domain names network Handshake
Flash’s Web Tech Legacy
11.1.2021
Tiffany B. Brown on how Flash paved the way for some things we might think of as fairly modern web technologies:
Flash wasn’t just good for playing multimedia. It was also good for manipulating it. Using ActionScript, you could pan
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Aragon One CEO Jorge Izquierdo Resigns Over ‘Governance’ Decisions
11.1.2021
Aragon One CEO Jorge Izquierdo has resigned, becoming the highest-profile departure in a recent flurry of resignations
Binance, Blockchain Firm Orbs to Sponsor New Accelerator for DeFi Innovation
11.1.2021
The two firms have become core sponsors of the DeFi.org accelerator, which will provide grants for innovative startups working in decentralized finance
Aragon Acquires Voting Project Vocdoni to Flesh Out Decentralized Governance Stack
11.1.2021
The Aragon Association has acquired Vocdoni, a decentralized voting project born out of the Catalan independence movement
Chinese Bank Trials Digital Yuan Services at ATMs: Report
11.1.2021
Trials of China's central bank digital currency continue, with ATMs now starting to be used in Shenzhen