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Congressional candidate seeking to unseat anti-crypto Brad Sherman is accepting contributions via Lightning
30.11.2021
An elementary school teacher, Aarika Rhodes said she plans to use her time in Congress “fighting to keep Bitcoin innovation” in the United States
Bitcoin network settling an average of $95K for every $1 in fees
30.11.2021
Bitcoin’s settlement efficiency has been improving which means more value can be sent for lower transaction fees
We Analyzed 425,909 Favicons
29.11.2021
This is a neat idea for a research project. The big map is fun, but the research had some tidbits in it worth looking at.
The average favicon network request takes 130ms, at least from our speedy cloud instance.
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El Salvador Buys Bitcoin Dip Again, WisdomTree Launches 3 Crypto ETPs + More News
29.11.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________
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Ethereum L2 Scene Heats Up With Boba Network Taking Second Spot in TVL
28.11.2021
Boba Network, a recently released L2 layer for Ethereum, has quickly jumped to second place in TVL (total value locked) among all expansion layers. Boba, which is a fork of Optimism, another L2 layer based on rollups, reached more than $1 billion in TVL, surpassing Optimism. This is likely due...
Best Selling Console On Black Friday Wasn't The Switch Or PS5, But The Xbox Series S
28.11.2021
It appears that over the Black Friday shopping period, it wasn’t the Switch or PS5 that was selling like hotcakes, but instead, the less powerful Xbox Series X sibling, the $300 Xbox Series S. This is likely due to a few factors including its price and its availability on retail sites like Amazon....
Data Shows a Myriad of Crypto Networks Are More Profitable to Mine Than Bitcoin
27.11.2021
As the end of the year approaches, digital currency values have risen a great deal in 2021 and crypto asset miners have been profiting as a result. According to statistics, the most profitable coin to mine at the end of November is kadena, as an 18 terahash (TH/s) machine can get up to $326...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Dips, Mining Difficulty Expected to Decrease for First Time Since July
27.11.2021
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been volatile in recent times following the same patterns as the crypto asset’s price. Three days ago, Bitcoin’s hashrate neared the 180 exahash (EH/s) zone only to plummet to 128 EH/s two days later. The recent shifts have taken place before the upcoming...
Acala Parachain to Launch the SubQuery Network
26.11.2021
Making an important announcement, SubQuery has declared that the organization is going to have its presence in the form of the Acala Parachain in the form of a new SubQuery Network. It is also important to note that the network of SubQuery and its native token SQT will become the first external...
GAIMIN Releases Platform to Create a Global Data Processing Network With “Supercomputer” Performance
25.11.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Manchester, UK, 25 November 2021: GAIMIN releases platform to create a global data processing network with “supercomputer” performance UK and Swiss based gaming and blockchain company, GAIMIN․IO Ltd releases a PC-based platform to create a global, decentralised...
A Non-Custodial Bitcoin Interest Rate Account? Lightning Network May be the Answer
25.11.2021
A long-held view in both crypto markets and traditional financial markets is that in order to earn an interest on one’s assets, custody of those assets must be given up to a third-party. But with bitcoin (BTC)’s Lightning Network (LN), a new model for earning a non-custodial “Lightning Network...
BlockFi Ends Fee Withdrawals, 'NFT' is Word of the Year + More News
25.11.2021
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Celsius expands funding round to $750M, tips $7B to $10B valuation in 2022
25.11.2021
Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky said that the oversubscribed $750 million funding round was a “very good indication” of the strength of the company's lending and yielding brand
Ethereum Has Burned More Than a Million ETH Over the Last 3 Months
24.11.2021
111 days ago, the Ethereum network implemented the London hard fork upgrade which added a mechanism (EIP-1559) that changed Ethereum’s fee rate to a new scheme that makes the crypto asset ether deflationary. Since then 1 million ether has been burned or the equivalent of around $3.8 billion...
Dvision Network Has Officially Announced the First LAND Sale in Collaboration With Binance NFT and NFTb on 24th November
23.11.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Dvision has recently announced that it will be conducting the LAND sale for its digital estate that will be used in the Dvision Metaverse through tripartite cooperation with Binance NFT and NFTb, allowing its users to participate in the sale on three platforms with different sale...
Electric Coin Company Reveals Zcash Network to Transition to Proof-of-Stake in 3 Years
22.11.2021
On Friday, Electric Coin Company (ECC), the developers behind the privacy-centric crypto-asset zcash, revealed the network plans to transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. ECC also revealed the team plans to launch an official ECC wallet, as well as bolster the network’s cross-chain...
We Know Better Than to Allow Facebook to Control the Metaverse
21.11.2021
Bree McEwan, Associate Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology, University of Toronto._______
In the midst of the scandals of the Facebook papers, Facebook rebranded the company as Meta. The new name was designed to reflect a focus beyond the Facebook social...
While BTC’s Hashrate Climbs Higher, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Nears All-Time High
20.11.2021
During the last 90 days, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been climbing higher and has been slowly nearing the all-time high (ATH) the network captured six months ago in May. The accelerated hashrate has caused the network difficulty to rise, as Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has adjusted upward...
Bitcoin as Legal Tender: a Look at the Pros, Cons, and Future Trends
19.11.2021
Greg Waisman, co-founder and COO of the global payment network Mercuryo.
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Since the inception of Bitcoin (BTC) back in 2009, there has always been buzz around the topic of adopting the cryptocurrency as a nation's official legal tender....
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What The Xbox Series X/S Has (And Hasn’t) Added Over The Year
19.11.2021
When Microsoft released its next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S, nearly a year ago, it was tough to want for much. After all, both machines used the same interface and UI as their seven-year-old predecessor, the Xbox One. Familiarity allows little room for desire. Why change...