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Ripple’s Investment Solution Xpring Puts Funds in Flare Networks
6.11.2019
Xpring, the brainchild of Ripple that works as the investment arm for innovative blockchain projects, has made a strategic investment in a well-known smart contract platform, Flare Networks. On November 5, 2019, Flare Networks made an official announcement stating that it has earned a critical...
Venezuelans Made Lightning-Savvy Hardware to Use Bitcoin During Blackouts
1.11.2019
Locha Mesh is building software and hardware for connecting to bitcoin's Lightning Network – even when the power's out
Why a VPN Is the First Layer You Should Pull On When Browsing the Web
29.10.2019
Virtual private networks (VPNs) can be useful for all kinds of things, from streaming foreign sports to protecting your identity from heightened online surveillance. For cryptocurrency users, VPNs are particularly precious, providing access to exchanges that are geo-restricted, and enabling crypto...
Bitcoin.com Acquires Blockchain Software Startup O3 Labs
21.10.2019
Bitcoin.com has announced the acquisition of blockchain startup O3 Labs, the Tokyo-based software company that specializes in developing gateways to the digital economy. The deal will see O3 absorbed into Bitcoin.com, forming a single team dedicated to creating tools for realizing the full...
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...
6 Monitoring Websites That Help Track Bitcoin Cash Data
12.10.2019
When it comes to cryptocurrency networks and markets, there’s a lot to keep track of. Thankfully there’s also now a bunch of dedicated bitcoin cash (BCH) data websites that provide easy to comprehend visual representations of network statistics and market indicators. Also read: Slovenia...
Cere and Celer Networks Team Up to Launch Decentralized CRM Solution
7.10.2019
Second layer blockchain scaling platform Celer Network partners with customer relationship management startup Cere Network to launch a decentralized CRM solution
Weekly Platform News: Tracking via Web Storage, First Input Delay, Navigating by Headings
4.10.2019
In this week's roundup, Safari takes on cross-site tracking, the delay between load and user interaction is greater on mobile, and a new survey says headings are a popular way for screen readers to navigate a webpage.
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Safari’s tracking prevention limits web storage
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This AI Platform Identifies Privacy Threats in Social Networks and Messengers
1.10.2019
Preserving your online privacy has become almost a lost cause these days. Thankfully, some entrepreneurial minds have taken it upon themselves to help web users stay informed of privacy risks and take action to thwart attempts to access their personal data. Guard is a platform which is doing...
Fusion Network’s Token Swap Wallet Compromised, FSN Price Plummets
29.9.2019
Fusion Network’s swap wallet was compromised, resulting in roughly a third of FSN tokens stolen
Bitcoin’s LN Developer Discloses the Network’s Vulnerability
28.9.2019
BTC’s Lightning Network developer Rusty Russel discloses the network’s vulnerability
Facebook’s David Marcus Advocates for Blockchain-Based Payment Networks
25.9.2019
David Marcus has set forth arguments in favor of blockchain-based payment networks
Crypto-Powered IoT Networks Are on Their Way to Over 250 US Cities
24.9.2019
Crypto-mining modems that Helium uses to connect IoT devices to the internet will soon be shipping across the U.S
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
A Short History of the World’s Largest Bitcoin Mining Pools
15.9.2019
Mining pools grow and shrink, and rise and fall altogether. Today there are more extinct mining pools than there are active ones. The hashpower of the survivors secures hundreds of PoW crypto networks, from major coins such as BTC and BCH to obscure altcoins such as monero classic...
‘Avoid Biased Calculations’ Says Crypto Researcher After Cherry-Picked Chart Debate
8.9.2019
On Friday, crypto analytics site Messari and data analyst Zack Voell shared a controversial chart called “Bitcoin Cash versus Lightning,” which claims to display a comparison of activity for both networks. Voell contended that the Lightning Network was growing at a faster rate than...
PR: PayKassa.pro Launches Multifunctional Payment Aggregator
5.9.2019
Cryptocurrencies will be in great demand in the future, as the cryptocurrency market surprised skeptics once again. As soon as Bitcoin began its bullish trend, hundreds of other crypto coins followed the example. The authorities of large countries are starting to think about regulation,...
Jibrel Network’s First Fully Regulated Blockchain Powered Private Financing Platform, jibrel.com, Launched
4.9.2019
Jibrel Network, the blockchain financial-tech company with its headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, has launched “jibrel.com” a day back, which is a new fully regulated blockchain-powered private financing platform. It has recently been brought into the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) RegLab cohort...
More Than 70 Projects and Applications Built Around Bitcoin Cash
1.9.2019
Over the last two years, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network’s protocol and third-party infrastructure have grown in robust fashion. There are now more than 70 projects and applications built on and around the BCH chain. The following is an in-depth guide on how to benefit from the growing number...
Australian Coder Warns Users of Lightning Network’s Vulnerabilities
31.8.2019
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network coder discovered “security issues which could cause loss of funds”