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First 100 Post-halving Bitcoin Blocks: Miners Readjusting, 51% Attack Gets Cheaper
12.5.2020
As the Bitcoin (BTC) network is adjusting after its third mining reward halving, first signs of the falling hashrate are starting to appear, while block time, which should, in theory, be around 10 minutes, dropped to 1 minute on multiple occasions as first 100 post-halving blocks are being mined....
‘Black Thursday’ Distortion Makes Bitcoin Options Look Cheaper
6.5.2020
With a key metric declining to record lows, bitcoin’s options market may be underpricing the cryptocurrency’s future volatility
New Crypto Bridge Will Make Tether Transactions Cheaper, CTO Says
25.4.2020
Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says he hopes pToken – a project he has assisted – will make it easier for retail USDT holders to swap their tokens from one chain to another
Animating CSS Width and Height Without the Squish Effect
6.3.2020
The first rule of animating on the web: don't animate width and height. It forces the browser to recalculate a bunch of stuff and it's slow (or "expensive" as they say). If you can get away with it, animating any transform property is faster (and "cheaper").
Butttt, transform can be tricky. Check...
Ripple to Offer Cheaper, Faster Cross-border Payments in Korea
26.2.2020
Yesterday, Ripple announced that it would be partnering with money transfer service providers Sentbe, Hanpass, and WireBarley to offer an improved cross-border payment experience in Korea. Together with @cross_enf and our newly added customers Sentbe, Hanpass, WireBarley and more, we...
Ripple to Offer Cheaper, Faster Cross-border Payments in Korea
26.2.2020
Yesterday, Ripple announced that it would be partnering with money transfer service providers Sentbe, Hanpass, and WireBarley to offer an improved cross-border payment experience in Korea. Together with @cross_enf and our newly added customers Sentbe, Hanpass, WireBarley and more, we...
Blockchain Use Gains Momentum in Oil Industry for Being Safer, Cheaper and Cleaner
14.2.2020
Oil companies are trialing blockchain to slash costs and increase security — “More than 40% of executives in oil and gas sector are considering blockchain.”
Bitcoin.com, Danal Japan and ALLEX Partner up to Offer BCH Payment Services
7.2.2020
We are pleased to announce that a business alliance has been concluded among the three companies in order to implement the payment services by BCH.
Enhancement of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) payment service, which is used for payments at EC sites and restaurants, is cheaper than existing payment methods....
51% Attack on Bitcoin Is Now Pricier, Attack on Ethereum - Cheaper
28.1.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
When it comes to the estimated possibility of a 51% attack, while there's great news for some networks, several networks have a reason to be worried.
After recent attacks on Bitcoin Gold (BTG), we decided to re-visit both the vital discussion of 51% attack vulnerabilities*...
Crypto Banking Race to To Bring Cheaper Services - Analysis
3.1.2020
As the competition among crypto companies is changing, it’s making financial services more accessible and cheaper, says popular crypto researcher known as Hasu in the latest analysis.
While coming from different directions, all crypto companies share the same goal of eventually becoming crypto...
Default Bitcoin Addresses Are Now Longer But Simpler & Cheaper to Use
25.11.2019
The Bitcoin Core client version 0.19.0.1, the last expected version before the anticipated Bitcoin mining reward halving in May 2020, was released this past weekend by the Bitcoin Core developers. Although it contains no major changes, it does come with several interesting speed and security...
HTC Unveils Exodus 1s, Cheaper Version of Its Blockchain-enabled Smartphone Exodus 1
20.10.2019
Taiwanese firm HTC has launched a cheaper version of its blockchain-enabled smartphone Exodus 1, the Exodus 1s. At the time of its release, Exodus 1 was priced at $ 1,899 through the company later managed to bring it down to $699. Exodus 1s would be available for $244. Exodus 1s will allow...
Smart Contract Blockchains Are Struggling to Scale
17.10.2019
Second generation blockchains were presented as being faster, cheaper, and more scalable than Bitcoin. Third generation chains (basically anything that came after Ethereum) promised even greater optimizations. In the event, these networks have run into the same difficulties as Bitcoin, with...
Finastra Joins RippleNet to Support Cheaper Cross-Border Payments
9.10.2019
British financial software firm Finastra joins RippleNet, a global blockchain payments network with over 200 members
Wells Fargo’s Stablecoin ‘Faster, Cheaper’ Than SWIFT, Says Exec
20.9.2019
Wells Fargo’s innovation lead says the bank’s new digital cash for internal transfers is faster and more efficient than SWIFT.
Bug on Kraken Let Users Buy Bitcoin $2K Cheaper and Sell $2K Higher
16.9.2019
A testing bug of an unreleased order type on Kraken let traders buy and sell Bitcoin at lower and higher levels than the market price
Coinberry Says that Accepting Bitcoin as Payment for Taxes is six times Cheaper than Bank Card Payments
23.8.2019
Toronto-based Crytpo currency exchange, Coinberry’s co-founder, Evan Kuhn, expressed that accepting BTC (Bitcoin) for taxes is more effective than utilizing bank card payments. A recent report from real estate news outlet Mansion Global, Kuhn said his organization takes much lower charges than...
Bitcoin Payments 6x Cheaper for Municipalities, Says Canadian Exchange
23.8.2019
Canadian crypto exchange allows locals to save on taxes via BTC payments
Tokens Built on Bitcoin Cash Are Cheaper to Send Than Those of Rival Networks
10.8.2019
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin technology has inspired a lot of innovation spawning a myriad of tokens representing digitized assets. There are now token creation systems on blockchain networks like Omni Layer, Counterparty, and Ethereum. Each framework comes with the cost of sending tokens...
Helium To Launch Blockchain Based Wireless Connections In Cheaper Rate
13.6.2019
The blockchain technology has entered into nearly all the businesses, the latest addition to the list is telecommunication industry. The 2013 born blockchain startup has raised 15 million dollars through Series C investment from prominent investors like Union Square Ventures and MultiCoin capital....