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Ethereum Proponent Virgil Griffith Deemed a Flight Risk, Judge Denies Bail
30.12.2019
U.S. law enforcement filed in November criminal charges against Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith because he traveled to North Korea and taught “his audience how to use blockchain technology.” Griffith was arrested on Thanksgiving Day and has been forced to remain in prison the whole...
No Bail for Ethereum Researcher Turned North Korea Advisor Following Incriminating Texts
27.12.2019
Ethereum Researcher Virgil Griffith sees bail denied after allegedly renouncing his U.S. citizenship via text messages to his parents
Why Quantum Computing’s Threat to Crypto May Be Further out Than Previously Thought
22.12.2019
According to one researcher, quantum computing faces more hurdles than many realize when it comes to achieving viability in breaking encryption. In a recent report Dr. Subhash Kak, Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University, notes that there are issues...
Researcher Breaks Mimblewimble, Deanonymizing 96% of Grin Transactions
18.11.2019
The Mimblewimble privacy technology used by cryptocurrencies such as Beam and Grin is broken. That’s the claim of researcher Ivan Bogatyy who has published a report documenting his findings. In it, he reveals how he was able to deanonymize 96% of all Grin transactions just by running a node...
Researcher Breaks Grin’s ‘Privacy’ Spending Just $60 Per Week
18.11.2019
A researcher was able to uncover 96% transactions of Mimblewimble’s privacy-centric coin Grin using $60 per week on AWS
Researcher: Google Quantum Breakthrough Could Improve Proof-of-Stake
23.10.2019
A researcher from the University of Texas at Austin said that Google’s quantum computer could be applied in proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies
‘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...
Moscow Blockchain Voting System ‘Completely Insecure,’ Says Researcher
16.8.2019
A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher
Bitcoin Is a Geopolitical Turmoil Indicator, Says Market Researcher
14.8.2019
Co-founder of market research firm DataTrek Research Nicholas Colas, suggested that Bitcoin is a geopolitical turmoil indicator
Facebook Is Seeking an Economics Researcher for Its Calibra Wallet
12.7.2019
Facebook is continuing to grow the team for its Libra cryptocurrency project with the hiring of a new economics researcher
Ethereum Researcher: Ethereum to Reduce Issuance Ten-Fold by 2021
5.7.2019
Justin Drake, an Ethereum 2.0 researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, said that ETH issuance might see a 90% reduction
Researcher Makes Blockchain Warning, But Companies Loathe to Slow Down
4.6.2019
Blockchain adoption continues apace, but a report from researcher Gartner claims that 90% of already-implemented business blockchain platform solutions “will require replacement within 18 months to remain competitive, secure and avoid obsolescence.”
The researcher believes that the sector will...
Security Researcher Tears Up a Binance Scam Site to Find the Hackers
3.6.2019
Harry Denley, researcher for MyCrypto, found and dismantled a clever phishing site that targeted Binance users
Computer Researcher Finds Wallet Vulnerability That Gave Same Key to Multiple Users
27.5.2019
Until recently, WalletGenerator.net ran on code that differed from its GitHub “copy,” issuing multiple copies of private keys deterministically
Researcher Discovers Serious Vulnerability in Paper Crypto Wallet Site
27.5.2019
If you have cryptocurrency in a paper wallet from WalletGenerator.net you'd best pull it off