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Debate Ensues After 68% of BCH Hashrate Mined by Stealth Miners
31.12.2019
2019 was known for the growing trend of stealth miners mining on the BTC and BCH network. On Dec. 30, data shows that 68% of the Bitcoin Cash network’s hashrate is being mined by mystery miners. As the year comes to an end, the large number of unknown BCH hashrate has attracted scrutiny. Also...
Poloniex Crypto Exchange Confirms Data Leak After Awkward Email
30.12.2019
Crypto exchange Poloniex confirms data leak after sending out awkward email to customers
IOTA Fixes Issue After Freezing Mainnet Transactions for 24 Hours
30.12.2019
IOTA has fixed a mainnet incident that caused its users to be unable to confirm transactions for a period of 24 hours
One Way to Break Users Out of the Habit of Reloading Too Much
30.12.2019
Page reloads are a thing. Sometimes we refresh a page when we think it’s unresponsive, or believe that new content is available. Sometimes we’re just mad at the dang site and rage-refresh to let it know we’re displeased.
Wouldn’t be nice to know when a user refreshes the page? Not just that,...
Bitcoin Now Likely to Revisit $6Ks After Failing to Break Resistance
30.12.2019
It’s likely that Bitcoin price may now see the $6Ks again
Google Bans Crypto App Metamask From Play Store
29.12.2019
Soon after Google-owned Youtube has swung the strikes hammer against video content creators that talked about cryptocurrency-related topics, another arm of the search monopoly has taken down a popular ethereum dapps client. Also Read: Youtube ‘Christmas Purge’ Has Content Creators...
Cloud Token and the Rise of MLM Crypto Projects
29.12.2019
Chinese law enforcement recently busted 72 individuals connected to the Cloud Token (CTO) scam. The Ponzi was similar to the Plustoken fraud and CTO scammers made off with $500 million. According to regional press, the CTO scam artists are likely connected to the Plustoken swindlers. Moreover...
Authorities in Sichuan Go After Miners to Save Electricity in the Dry Season
28.12.2019
Regional authorities in the province of Sichuan are reportedly pressuring bitcoin miners to scale down operations amid electricity shortages during the dry season in Southwest China. A meeting has been scheduled with regulators, the state run grid operator and mining companies. Two hydropower...
Hedera Hashgraph Asks Investors to Wait Longer for Tokens After Price Crash
24.12.2019
Hedera Hashgraph, the company behind the blockchain-like Hedera network, is asking investors to wait longer for tokens they paid for, in order to stabilize their cratering price
Coinbase Closes Earn.com One Year After $100M Acquisition
23.12.2019
Coinbase is shutting down the startup Earn.com which it acquired for an estimated $100 million last year. The email service allowed senders to pay users in digital currency for replying to commercial messages or completing tasks. Also Read: Coinbase Acquires Earn.com for an Estimated $100 Million...
Ethereum Network Draws Developer Ire After Scheduling New Year’s Day Upgrade
23.12.2019
The organization behind ether, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, is drawing criticism from developers after scheduling an upgrade on New Year's Day - a work holiday in most countries
Highlights of the HTTP Archive Web Almanac
23.12.2019
I recently looked at the CSS chapter of the Web Alamanc and had some thoughts. Here, Stefan Judis looks at the whole thing and rounds up the most interesting bits to him. Here are most of them:
20% of sites don't compress their JavaScript.
React is on 5% of sites while jQuery is on 85% of sites....
Binance Returns Frozen BTC After User ‘Promises’ Not to Use CoinJoin
21.12.2019
Binance says it “does not tolerate” Bitcoin privacy tools such as CoinJoin as it refunds Wasabi wallet user
Travelbybit to Drop Bitcoin Payments After Viral Double Spend Video
20.12.2019
On December 18, Bitcoinbch.com published a video explaining how easy it is to double spend BTC transactions in the wild. Not long after the film was released, the payment processor Travelbybit announced it would be removing both BTC and BCH payments for over 400 Australian merchants. Unfortunately...
Alchemy Publicly Launches Its Blockchain API After Raising $15 Million
18.12.2019
Blockchain firm Alchemy publicly launched its API after securing $15 million in funding
Orchid’s OXT Price Slips Over 20% After Launch for Trading on Coinbase Pro
18.12.2019
The price of Orchid’s OXT token has decreased 20% following its launch on Coinbase Pro
Twitter Erupts after Tron's Justin Sun Evokes Greta Thunberg’s Name
18.12.2019
Greta Thunberg. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, PBS NewsHour
Tron’s Justin Sun has sparked a Twitter storm by publicly committing USD 1 million to climate change activist Greta Thunberg’s cause.
Sun was writing in the wake of the recent UN-led COP25 climate conference, which concluded recently...
HTC to Increase Focus on Blockchain Phones, AI After New Staff Cuts
18.12.2019
The Taiwanese tech firm said the downsize will allow it to retain an edge in an increasingly competitive space
Fidelity Launching Crypto Services in Europe, Citing ‘Significant Interest’
18.12.2019
Fidelity Investments is expanding its crypto services to European clients after seeing increasing potential in this market. The expansion builds upon the company’s U.S. crypto business. “We’ve seen significant interest and engagement by the institutional community, which show...
Bitcoin Price Drops Under $7K, But Longs Soar After $6.8K Bounce
16.12.2019
Is Bitcoin headed to lower $6Ks now that $7K support has been broken?