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21M Bitcoin and the Promise of Scarcity
17.12.2020
In Bitcoin, the promise of a limited supply is great. This was one of the biggest things that initially appealed to me when I heard about Bitcoin. “No more than twenty one million bitcoins will ever exist!” But can this promise be kept in the long run? Has the Promise Already Been...
Introducing SINOVATE: The Future of Decentralized Cloud Storage
7.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Decentralized cloud data storage platform SINOVATE is developing its own in-house blockchain technology known as Deterministic Infinity Nodes (DIN). The potentially groundbreaking new tech works in unison with Incorruptible Data Storage (IDS) to create a new consensus system with...
Following six-hour outage, Solana draws criticism and support
6.12.2020
While some piled on the layer-one blockchain for its network hiccup, others offered support
New Paper: Ripple Network Doesn’t Meet Criteria To Reach Consensus
3.12.2020
A brand-new paper which analyzes the Ripple network concluded that the network does not reach true consensus, as its protocol “may violate safety and liveness,” and doesn’t follow the established models and algorithms for a Byzantine agreement. Report Claims XRP’s Network...
First AMM Layer2 DEX ZKSwap Announces Testnet Incentive Program with 1 Million ZKS Tokens Rewards
3.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. ZKSwap developed by L2Lab is the first layer2 dex based on ZK-Rollups technology and using the AMM model. The team has recently closed a $1.7 million Angel Round led by Bixin, followed by Longling Capital, SNZ Holding, FBG Capital, Jubi, and Consensus Lab. After launching on...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Splitting ABC Fork Tokens from Bitcoin Cash
27.11.2020
On November 15, the Bitcoin Cash blockchain underwent a scheduled upgrade but also the chain saw a consensus split, and the network bisected into two. After the split, numerous users have been looking for methods in order to split their coins in order to store them separately or sell the unwanted...
IBM Scores Patent on Proposed Blockchain Consensus for Transactions in Multiplayer Games
16.11.2020
The patent was awarded to IBM last week and proposes using a blockchain consensus model to carry out and verify purchases made within multiplayer games
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...
The DAO Consensus Community Meetup Will Be Held on November 13, 2020
11.11.2020
THE KEY DEFI TRENDS by DAO Consensus This is a live event with online broadcast for 3.5 hours in Moscow, where industry leaders will talk about the secrets of effective mining, discuss the prospects of NFT as a new class of virtual assets, and talk about the opportunities of DAO. There will...
ETH 2.0 Scheduled for December, Vitalik Deposits $1.4M Worth of Ether Into Phase 0 Contract
7.11.2020
This December the cryptocurrency community may see the first introductory phase of the highly anticipated Ethereum 2.0 consensus change. On Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation published ETH 2.0 specifications explaining how the genesis phase will be invoked. Moreover, on November 5, Ethereum’s...
Court Filing Accuses Bitmex Cofounders of ‘Looting’ $440 Million Before the Fed Crackdown
2.11.2020
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the firm HDR Global Trading Limited, the parent company of the exchange Bitmex, alongside the three cofounders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed. Plaintiffs allege “the defendants’ Hayes, Delo, and Reed looted about $440,308,400 of proceeds...
Cornell University shared a surprising revelation about this blockchain paper
14.10.2020
The dissertation was written at an important moment in Bitcoin's history
Bison Trails’ New Software Could Make Slashing Penalties a Thing of the Past
20.8.2020
This in turn could reduce the headaches involved when achieving consensus
Velas Enters the Top 100 Coinmarketcap and Launches on Bitcoin.Com Exchange
20.7.2020
The blockchain network that is self-learning and self-optimizing and claims to be able to deliver up to 30,000 transactions per second with a speed of anywhere from 1 second to 2 minutes. Velas is a blockchain ecosystem that implements an AI-powered Delegated Proof-of-Stake (AIDPOS) consensus...
Business Consensus May be Blockchain’s Main Challenge
9.7.2020
Dr. Ali Loveys says the biggest challenge in the blockchain space is not about the tech, but rather defining the right business value
Blockchain Firm Bluzelle Uncovers a Critical Bug in Cosmos' Consensus Algorithm
6.7.2020
Cosmos already patched its Tendermint consensus protocol on July 2
Cardano’s ADA May Be Listed on Coinbase Before the End of 2020
3.7.2020
Cardano’s ADA may be listed on Coinbase by the end of 2020, this comes on the heels of the announcement that ADA holders will be able to stake their assets locked in the exchange’s vault
How the Crypto Community Helped Us Raise $110,000 for Charity
26.6.2020
The campaign, by CoinDesk, Gitcoin, Ethereal and the Giving Block, raised money for COVID-19 relief using "quadratic funding" to make donations
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...
Blockchain Bites: Last Day of Consensus, Will Crypto Save the Internet?
16.5.2020
It broke J.K. Rowling's Time Line