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How Crypto Assets Are Capturing the Attention Economy
14.11.2019
Human attention is a finite resource: we awake each day with it replenished, only for it to seep away through work, leisure, and time frittered idly browsing the web while circumventing ads. Recognizing the scarcity of maintaining human interest, attention economists have devised incentivized...
[Updated] Samson Mow: Proof-of-Stake Is a Joke, Backstage at The Capital
13.11.2019
Blockstream’s Samson Mow was fairly quiet during the panel “Proof-of-Work, Halving and the Future of Mining” on day two ofContinue Reading
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[Updated] Samson Mow: Proof-of-Stake Is a Joke, Backstage at The Capital
13.11.2019
Blockstream’s Samson Mow was fairly quiet during the panel “Proof-of-Work, Halving and the Future of Mining” on day two ofContinue Reading
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‘Proof-of-Stake is a Joke’: Samson Mow Backstage at The Capital
13.11.2019
Blockstream’s Samson Mow was fairly quiet during the panel “Proof-of-Work, Halving and the Future of Mining” on day two of CoinMarketCap’s The Capital conference. But he sat down with The Capital backstage afterward and shared some of his thoughts more […]
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Crypto-Based Commerce Spikes 65% in 7 Months
9.11.2019
Commerce fueled by cryptocurrencies has once again started to grow. Data collected by blockchain forensics company Chainalysis shows a significant increase of volume in the first half of the year. The positive change coincided with the remarkable market recovery that followed last year’s...
Query JSON documents in the Terminal with GROQ
7.11.2019
JSON documents are everywhere today, but they are rarely structured the way you want them to be. They often include too much data, have weirdly named fields, or place the data in unnecessary nested objects. Graph-Relational Object Queries (GROQ) is a query language (like SQL, but different) which...
Turkey Becomes the Latest Nation to Work on Digital Fiat
7.11.2019
Trade wars, sanctions, fear from private and decentralized cryptocurrencies. Regardless of the motive, a number of governments have recently taken the path of creating their own digital money. Turkey has become the latest country to announce plans for the issue of a “blockchain-based”...
Kim Dotcom Token Sale Postponed Over ‘Regulatory Uncertainty’
6.11.2019
In 2017, Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload, revealed a similar service called K.im that planned to give anyone the ability to upload files, documents, code, videos, and music files and get paid in crypto for their work. Since then, Dotcom’s team...
YOUChain to Work With Jianshu.com & Fountain to Build a Digital Copyright Ecosystem
6.11.2019
YOUChain with Jianshu.com & Fountain will work together to effectively build the latest digital copyright ecosystem. The partnership will speed up the drive and empower the content through blockchain technology in content and culture. #YOUChain will work with https://t.co/UWLqRSW20Z &...
Aragon Opposes Change to Ethereum's Mining Algorithm Before 2.0 Version
4.11.2019
Aragon votes against Ethereum changing its proof-of-work mining algorithm before Ethereum 2.0
Kadena Goes Live, Announces New Token Sale Aiming for $20 Million
4.11.2019
"This is the first time anyone has ever scaled proof-of-work," said Kadena co-founder Will Martino
Proof-of-Work Doesn’t Solve Every Blockchain Use Case
31.10.2019
While proof-of-work is great for Bitcoin, it falls short for other — especially nonfinancial — use cases of a blockchain. Here is why we need new consensus mechanisms
CME Head Tim McCourt Explains How Bitcoin Options Work
30.10.2019
Today the CME released the specs for its upcoming Bitcoin options trading product, which begs the question: How does options trading work?
Prep work
28.10.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 28 October, 2019 Preparation “Prevention is better than cure.” – Desiderius Erasmus What a weekend in the crypto space! Read on below to find out more on what happened! ???? Also, happy Diwali (Deepavali) […]
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Sichuan Should Work to Remain Attractive to Crypto Mining: Policy Advisor
28.10.2019
A former regulator in China has argued that Sichuan – a bitcoin mining hub – should study how to remain attractive to crypto-related business
Cash Runs Dry at ATMs as Protests Escalate in Chile
26.10.2019
There’s a lot of unrest in Chile right now as the country has seen massive protests against government manipulation and an escalation of financial problems. Local reports detail a few banking establishments have been burned after customers started having issues withdrawing cash from ATMs....
Ethereum 2.0 Validators to Earn up to 10% Annually for Staking: Report
25.10.2019
Ethereum 2.0 validators can expect up to 10.3% as rewards for staking on the annual basis, ConsenSys’ Collin Myers says
Final Russian Nuclear Scientist Jailed For Mining Bitcoin At Work
25.10.2019
Third Russian nuclear scientist sentenced for role in Bitcoin mining scheme
The Landscape of Cross-Platform App Development
25.10.2019
I don't track this stuff very well, but I get it. If you want a native app for Android and iOS, it sure would be nice to only have to write it once rather than two very different languages. Roughly double your reach without doubling the work. More and more of these things are reaching into desktop...
Research: Over 40% of Blockchain Industry Employees Work at Crypto Exchanges
24.10.2019
42% of people working in the blockchain industry are reportedly employed by cryptocurrency exchanges