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A Battle Between Bitcoin Wallets Has Big Implications for Privacy
6.8.2019
Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai announced last Thursday that its primary competitor, Wasabi Wallet, is the target of an ongoing network attack
Litecoin Just Halved Its Crypto Rewards for Miners
5.8.2019
Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, has just reduced its block reward for miners by half
Mastercard Is Building a Team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects
5.8.2019
Payments giant Mastercard is seeking to hire several blockchain execs to lead cryptocurrency and digital wallet projects
Coders Are Trying to Connect Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to Ethereum
2.8.2019
Blockade Games says it has successfully bridged the two networks by sending a bitcoin lightning transaction to trigger an ethereum smart contract
Zooko Wilcox Pushes for New Developer Fund to Support Zcash
1.8.2019
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has called for the creation of a new "Dev Fund" to support the operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency
‘Building’ Bitcoin’s Software Just Got a Bit More Trustless
1.8.2019
There's a bit less trust now needed when developers compile the software at the heart of bitcoin
What the Next 4 Years of Ethereum Look Like
31.7.2019
Ethereum celebrated its fourth birthday yesterday. Here's what insiders had to say about the blockchain's next four
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Adds Wallet App from Blockchain Phone Rival Pundi X
30.7.2019
The blockchain smartphone makers are working together to boost crypto adoption, with Pundi X's wallet being added to the Galaxy S10's options
Multicoin Leads $20 Million Round for Speed-Focused Solana Blockchain
30.7.2019
Claiming it can handle many more transactions per second than existing blockchains, Solana has raised capital to ramp up development
Lightning Labs Designs Monitoring Tool for ‘Layer 2’ Bitcoin Network
26.7.2019
The lightning network, seen as the future of bitcoin payments, is now a bit easier to monitor. This Wednesday, Lightning Labs released a new network analysis tool dubbed “Lndmon” that bitcoin lightning network users can use to pull up data about the state of their node and the rest...
MIT Fellow Accuses Facebook of ‘Lifting’ His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency
26.7.2019
MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year
What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin’s Code
19.7.2019
CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software
Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin’s ‘Notoriously Unreliable’ Testnet
18.7.2019
Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin's test network
Korea’s Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent for Blockchain Credit System
15.7.2019
Shinhan Card has been granted a patent for a blockchain payment system that could reportedly do away with physical credit cards
How Bitcoin Might Help the World’s Oppressed Sidestep Censorship – in Space
12.7.2019
An advocacy group is testing out the idea that the combination of bitcoin and orbital communication can help fight news censorship
Safety Without Silos: Why Businesses Will Learn to Love Public Ethereum
9.7.2019
Enterprises are finally realizing that mainnet ethereum is a way to end decades of brittle, balkanized and bespoke system integration, writes John Wolpert
Facebook’s Libra Lacks Foundational Components for Crypto Key Security
7.7.2019
After a review of documentation for the Libra protocol and its planned ecosystem, Steven Sprague believes Facebook left out key security components
Electrum Wallet Is Adding Support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
5.7.2019
The popular wallet service Electrum is soon to add official support for bitcoin's lightning network, its founder has told CoinDesk
Fujitsu Develops Blockchain IDs That Score Trustworthiness in Transactions
4.7.2019
Fujitsu Laboratories has unveiled digital identity tech that scores users' reliability to increase the security of online transactions
Blockstream Launches Atomic Swaps on Liquid Bitcoin Sidechain
3.7.2019
Blockstream has created an "experimental" tool making it easier for users to trade "trustlessly" between tokens on its Liquid sidechain