Month: January 2020

Ticker Tool Uses the BCH Blockchain to Provide Reliable Rate Data

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Instantly verifiable, unhackable and forever retrievable are some of the key features of information stored on a blockchain. These are also the characteristics that traders of various assets, commodities and currencies would appreciate when it comes to the price data they are using. The team behind the Blitz Ticker project have decided that’s exactly what … Read more

Why Double Spends on BCH Are Not the Same as Replace-By-Fee Fraud

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When it comes to creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, accepting zero confirmation transactions becomes critically important. When a model’s main aim is to “just hodl” or push an isolated store of value narrative, important concerns like double spending can take a back seat, potentially opening a network to serious attack. A recent video demonstrating … Read more

BTC’s Hashrate Touches 120 Exahash, But the Price Has Not Followed

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On January 1, the BTC network hashrate touched an all-time high at close to 120 exahash per second (EH/s). Despite the crypto market lull and lower BTC prices, the 2020 milestone happened just before the blockchain’s 11th anniversary. BTC’s curious jump in hashrate has the cryptosphere wondering whether or not the price truly follows hashpower. … Read more

Carnegie Mellon Agrees to Using Massive MKR Donation for DApp Research

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Advancing development and growth in the blockchain industry is crucial. A recent MKR contribution to Carnegie Mellon will spur further research of dApps and protocols. Further growth of blockchain technology requires attracting more developers and coders. Massive MKR Donation to Carnegie Mellon One way of doing so is by offering a “grant” of sorts. Carnegie … Read more

Early Cypherpunk Emails Reveal a Blueprint for Bitcoin

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The cypherpunks, a ragtag group of tech tinkerers, cryptographers, and privacy advocates, were obscure in their 1990s heyday. And it would have remained that way in perpetuity were it not for a certain Satoshi Nakamoto launching a digital currency in 2009 encapsulating their core beliefs. We don’t know if Satoshi was a cypherpunk. But what … Read more