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Bitcoin Cash Difficulty Algorithm Debate Heats Up With Fears of Another Chain Split
5.8.2020
With a touch more than three months left until the next Bitcoin Cash upgrade, crypto proponents have been witnessing a new quarrel rise after last year’s contentious Infrastructure Funding Proposal (IFP). This time around, the tensions derive from the Difficulty Algorithm Adjustment (DAA)...
Peter Schiff’s Bitcoin Hack Comment Invites Ridicule
16.7.2020
Euro Pacific Capital CEO, Peter Schiff’s comment suggesting Bitcoin might be the next target following a hack of multiple VIP Twitter accounts has been ridiculed by bitcoiners. Seemingly relishing the prospect of a bitcoin hack, Schiff a gold bug and a well-known bitcoin critic, signs off...
Blockchain Firm Bluzelle Uncovers a Critical Bug in Cosmos' Consensus Algorithm
6.7.2020
Cosmos already patched its Tendermint consensus protocol on July 2
The IRS Investigation Division Is Requesting Information About Privacy-Centric Cryptocurrencies
4.7.2020
The United States tax agency has published a request for information pertaining to privacy-centric cryptocurrencies and technologies that obfuscate crypto transactions. The IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit request is also asking for information in relation to “layer two offchain protocol networks...
Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition
7.6.2020
The Bitcoin hashrate is up this weekend after the network experienced it’s fourth negative difficulty adjustment this year. The Bitcoin (BTC) protocol’s difficulty adjustment dropped over 9% on June 4, giving miners who shut off their machines a chance to join the competition once...
CoinMarketCap Introduces Another Algorithm Update, Binance Remains in Top Spot
5.6.2020
Leading data provider CoinMarketCap has been making changes to its algorithm since it was acquired by Binance
CoinMarketCap Wraps Up First Phase of Exchange Ranking Algorithm Change
4.6.2020
Following the last exchange ranking update on May 14, we have just implemented a new algorithm to replace the previousContinue Reading
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Reddcoin (RDD) Nears PoSV v2 Activation, Clearing Way for Explosive Developments
29.5.2020
Albuquerque, NM – May 29, 2020 – Feisty underdog and first generation cryptocurrency Reddcoin (RDD) launched the PoSV v2 consensus algorithm activation process on Christmas Eve 2019 enhancing all facets of support of the native lightning-quick blockchain to a self-funding independent...
Fireblocks Boosts Transaction Speed 800% With Free-to-Use Algorithm
13.5.2020
Fireblocks has developed an 800% faster algorithm for secure MPC transactions and made it free-to-use for custodians and vendors
YouTube’s Algorithm Is Punishing Crypto Content, and No One Knows Why
29.4.2020
An update to YouTube’s machine learning algorithm may be the reason behind the recent removal of crypto-related content, but content creators are left to speculate
South Korea's Largest Crypto Unveils New Consensus Algorithm
9.4.2020
Top South Korean cryptocurrency, ICON, has announced an innovative new consensus algorithm
Bitcoin Hashrate Down 45% – Miners Witness Second-Largest Difficulty Drop in History
27.3.2020
Bitcoin’s hashrate has plummeted 45% since the record-breaking levels it saw on Feb. 29. The hashrate touched an all-time high of 136 exahash per second (EH/s) but has since dropped to 75 EH/s. Moreover, the crypto network has seen the second-largest difficulty drop since October 2011. Also...
Countdown to Block Reward Reduction – 18 Days Until Bitcoin Cash Halving
20.3.2020
In 18 days, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will see its next halving as the block reward will decrease from 12.5 to 6.25 coins on or around April 8, 2020. BCH will be the first blockchain out of the top three SHA256 networks to halve as BSV will see a reward reduction two days after […]
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Ethereum Community Enthralled Over Controversial ProgPoW Proposal
10.3.2020
The Ethereum community has been debating a proposal called ProgPoW as many ETH proponents believe the Programmatic Proof-of-Work function will alter the network significantly. The contentious topic has seemed to galvanize the community, with the ProgPoW proposal favored by a significant proportion...
The Algorithms That Control the Cryptocurrency Market
5.3.2020
Algorithms are at the heart of 21st century life, invisibly controlling many of the systems we use and take for granted on a daily basis. Pervasive algorithms determine the entertainment we consume (Netflix, Spotify), the information we read (Google), and the chatter we hear (Facebook, Twitter)....
Bitcoin Cash Node Reveals Upgrade Plans for May and Difficulty Algorithm Research
3.3.2020
On March 2, the developers behind the Bitcoin Cash Node project announced the team’s plans for the May upgrade and beyond. The programmers highlighted that the implementation was built to follow the longest chain, regardless of whether the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) is voted...
Ravencoin Community Clash Over Mining Algorithm Continues
21.2.2020
With ASICs increasingly dominating hash rate, the Ravencoin community is looking to build the project’s third mining algorithm
Telegram Reveals Catchain, a BFT Consensus Algorithm
5.2.2020
Telegram’s Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism is called Catchain
Three High Profile Crypto Networks Face Reward Halvings This Spring
28.1.2020
This spring, three of the largest crypto networks, BTC, BCH, and BSV, will undergo their halvings around the same time for the first time in history. During the last halving in 2016, only one network existed, but now three protocols share the same consensus algorithm. Google Trends shows that...
Bitcoin Gold 51% Attacked – Network Loses $70,000 in Double Spends
26.1.2020
The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) network suffered another set of 51% attacks on January 23-24, as roughly 29 blocks were removed in two deep blockchain reorganizations (reorgs). Reports indicate that more than 7,000 BTG was double spent as the chain suffered a loss of $70,000 in two days. Also read: Bitcoin...