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‘Very Near Launch’: Polkadot Founder Gavin Wood Details Network Rollout
6.5.2020
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood outlined the “five or six” steps the network will be taking as it moves to a full launch, some four years after first being conceived, during his Ready Layer One presentation
ChromaWay Expands Effort to Put Latin American Land Records on the Blockchain
6.5.2020
The Swedish startup is working with the IDB and local agencies to make land ownership more transparent in Latin America and the Caribbean
Kuailian Ecosystem: Helping Consumers Leverage Full Potential of Blockchain Tech
6.5.2020
Talking about the biggest developments of the bygone decade and skipping the discussion about cryptocurrencies would be a big mistake on our part. Making a smashing entry in the financial world in 2009 with the launch of Bitcoins, cryptocurrencies brought a new revolution with them. Ever since...
BitMEX Is Making Bitcoin Network More Expensive for Everyone, Researcher Finds
5.5.2020
Average fees paid by bitcoin users spike at a certain time every day due to the actions of one firm, derivatives exchange BitMEX, a researcher found
As Tether Supply Hits Record Highs, It Moves Away From Original Home
5.5.2020
Tether growth is hitting new all-time highs across multiple blockchains, but the first protocol to support Tether is being left behind
IBM Teams With 3 European Power Grids to Build Green Energy Blockchain Platform
5.5.2020
IBM has created a new blockchain consortium with power grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna to help facilitate the transition to renewable energy
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Nears All-Time High in Final Adjustment Before Halving
5.5.2020
Bitcoin mining difficulty increased to 16.10 trillion (T) on Tuesday, close to the network’s all-time high of 16.55 T recorded in March
NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz
4.5.2020
NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22
Kyber to Offer Delegated Token Staking After Coming Network Upgrade
4.5.2020
A new partnership with StakeWith.US will allow community members to delegate staking if they don't have time or knowledge to get directly involved in governance, said Kyber
US Senate Staffers Float Blockchain Voting if Chamber Goes Remote
4.5.2020
U.S. Senate staffers, hunting for tech to keep their chamber legislating through crises, floated blockchain voting in an April 30 continuity of Senate memo
Enterprise Blockchains: Walled Off Yet Vulnerable
3.5.2020
Private enterprise blockchains are prone to insider attacks and don’t benefit from constant testing by an open community, experts at Kaspersky and EY say
Bitcoin Halving 2020: How the World’s Largest Mining Pool Is Helping Miners ‘De-Risk’
2.5.2020
F2Pool, the largest bitcoin mining pool in the world, controls 20% of the network's hashrate. F2Pool's Thomas Heller explains the economics of mining
Blockfolio Quietly Patches Years-Old Security Hole That Exposed Source Code
1.5.2020
The security vulnerability, which appeared in older versions of its application, could have allowed a bad actor to steal closed source code and possibly inject their own code into Blockfolio’s Github repository and, from there, into the app itself
YouNow’s Regulated Crypto Project Props Will Migrate to Algorand Blockchain
30.4.2020
Props is hoping the move onto public blockchain Algorand will help it expand
A Book Apart Turning 10
30.4.2020
Early congratulations, A Book Apart! That’s a hell of a milestone. I’m quite sure I’ve read more A Book Apart books than any other tech book publisher.
Katel LeDu runs the ship over there, and she’s given me very special pack of discount codes that will get you my book...
Tezos Becomes Latest Blockchain to Tap Chainlink for Oracle Services
30.4.2020
Chainlink has integrated with yet another blockchain, this time Ethereum rival Tezos
Portugal Chases Crypto-Friendly Status With New ‘Free Zones’ for Tech
30.4.2020
Following previous tax breaks, the new Portuguese Digital Transitional action plan helps Portugal establish itself as a crypto-friendly nation
Arweave 2.0 Gets File Storage Project One Step Closer to Its ‘Library of Alexandria’ Dreams
29.4.2020
Arweave operates on the same idea as other blockchain-based file storage services such as Filecoin or Storj, but with far larger ambitions backed by new technical developments unveiled Wednesday as Arweave 2.0
How Blockchains Become Great Big Garbage Patches for Data
29.4.2020
Far from making blockchains more convenient, unlimited block size and zero fees render them less reliable, says Nic Carter
Bitcoin Wallets Are Adopting This Tech to Simplify Lightning Payments
29.4.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning network has a long way to go in terms of user experience. To tackle this problem, a standard known as lnurl is quietly gaining ground