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Ethereum Suffers from Unintended ‘Chain Split,’ Few Third-Party Services ‘Got Stuck on Minority Chain’
11.11.2020
According to a number of third party infrastructure providers, the Ethereum blockchain suffered an unintended hard fork or chain split on Wednesday. The service providers Infura, Binance, and Blockchair all reported issues with consensus at block height 11,234,873. The cryptocurrency community...
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Sees Largest Epoch Drop Since 2011
4.11.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw the second-largest drop in history on Tuesday, as the difficulty dropped to 16.78 trillion, losing a touch over 16% since last week’s all-time difficulty high. The last time bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped so low was in October 2011, when...
Create an FAQ Slack app with Netlify functions and FaunaDB
22.10.2020
Sometimes, when you’re looking for a quick answer, it’s really useful to have an FAQ system in place, rather than waiting for someone to respond to a question. Wouldn’t it be great if Slack could just answer these FAQs for us? In this tutorial, we’re going to be making just that: a slash command...
Hackers Donate Bitcoin From Ransomware Attacks to Charities
21.10.2020
A group of hackers has donated some of the bitcoin it extorted via ransomware attacks to charities, claiming that it wants to “make the world a better place.” However, the law says donations from ill-gotten gains must be rejected but charities have no way of returning donated bitcoin...
Arab Emtech & Startups Conference Will Take Place on November 16–18
19.10.2020
Arab EmTech & Startups Conference is the biggest Emerging Technologies & Startups related event in the Middle East region. It is FREE & Online 3 days of Experience shearing, EmTech experts, networking, useful knowledge, relaxation, and much more. It will take place from 16th–18th...
G7 will block Libra launch until regulations in place
12.10.2020
“No global stablecoin project should begin operation until it adequately addresses relevant legal, regulatory, and oversight requirements.”
Degens for Hire: Based.Money Is Launching Moonbase, a Place for DeFi Projects to Find Community
26.9.2020
BASED has a new method for aligning decentralized finance (DeFi) projects with each other. At its core is a smart contract called Moonbase
Makerdao Vote to Not Compensate Black Thursday Victims Receives Harsh Criticism
25.9.2020
Large Makerdao holders decided not to compensate the victims that were liquidated during the unexpected flash crash that took place on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday.’ An aggregate total of 38 votes was cast and more than 65% of the governance portal participants voted...
EU to Launch Comprehensive Crypto Regulation by 2024: Report
20.9.2020
The European Union is planning to implement comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation by 2024, two EU reports have reportedly revealed. This follows five European finance ministers calling on the European Commission to put in place “very strong and very clear rules” on cryptocurrency....
Analyst: 1,500 Bitcoins Lost Every Day, Less Than 14 Million Coins Will Ever Circulate
19.9.2020
A cryptocurrency analyst, Timothy Peterson claims that 1,500 bitcoins are lost each day meaning only 14 million BTC will ever circulate. The figure is at odds with the estimate of many organizations including Markets.bitcoin.com which place the figure at 18.5 million coins. Still, Peterson, who...
NFT Digital Art That Changes With Bitcoin Price Volatility Sold for Record $101,000
19.9.2020
Matt Kane’s “Right Place & Right Time,” a non-fungible token (NFT) digital artwork that changes every day with the bitcoin price volatility, claims the artist, has been sold for a record 262 ether or $101,100 on blockchain platform Async Art. According to a description of...
CMC Launches CoinMarketCap Earn Campaign With Kava
12.9.2020
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Crypto markets 'between a rock and a hard place,' Peter Brandt says
9.9.2020
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum appear to be treading water
CoinMarketCap Launches Alexandria: Learn All About Crypto in One Place
2.9.2020
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Blockchain Summit Global 2020 Will Take Place On September 3-4
2.9.2020
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This 3rd Edition is sponsored by Uruguay XXI, which will open our event on September 3. The opening on Thursday 4 will be by the President of Banco Central del Uruguay, Ec. Diego Labat.
Main sponsors are...
Come to Web Unleashed!
1.9.2020
(This is a sponsored post.)
Web Unleashed is a fun conference. I’ve been a number of times. I’m sure you won’t be surprised that it’s online this year, like most events.
And, hey, it’s coming up and will take place over three days, October 5-7, 2020. I’d really...
Virtual Futurism Forum Will Take Place On October 6-8, Apply Today
31.8.2020
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Futurism Forum is happy to announce its international online invite-only conference on AI, Cyber Security, and Blockchain on October 6-8!
We are a team of industry experts with a huge R&D center bringing...
Ground Rules for Web Animations
31.8.2020
Animations can make a site stand out. Or, they can just as easily kill the experience. When working with web animations, there are a few things that could go wrong like adding animations that serve no purpose, setting durations that are  too long or too quick, or not using right type...
Polkadot Top 10 Redenomination Shot: Is the Token Now Bigger Than Chainlink?
30.8.2020
The Polkadot token, which recently underwent a redenomination, has seen its value more than double in less than seven days. Now with a reported (but unverified) circulating supply of 897,657,920 tokens, the Dot token claims its place as the fifth-ranked token. At the time of writing, the token...
MINEX Russia Forum and Exhibition Will Take Place in Moscow on October 6–8
28.8.2020
The MINEX Russia Forum, founded in 2005, is a premier industry event dedicated to the presentation of key trends, developments, and projects in the Russian mining and exploration industry. As authorities have lifted restrictions for holding mass events in Moscow, we are delighted to confirm that...