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Chia Network Files for IPO With the SEC, Eyes Public Listing

DIGIT — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 12:19:55 +0000

On Friday, Chia Network Inc. announced that it had submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting an initial public offering (IPO). The blockchain network company, founded by Bittorrent creator Bram Cohen, will initiate the IPO after the U.S. securities regulator approves the filing. Bittorrent Creator’s […]

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A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain

DIGIT — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:30:18 +0000

Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high. Altair is the next step for the Ethereum’s network’s proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. However, a recently submitted white paper explains that a group of computer scientists from Stanford University and the Ethereum Foundation believe there are three attack […]

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Report: Filecoin and Chia Believers in China Are Converting to Ethereum Swarm Disciples

DIGIT — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 06:00:36 +0000

There’s a lot of buzz in China around the Bee mainnet soft launch following the recent hype surrounding Filecoin and Chia. Reports detail that Swarm is set to kickstart the mainnet on June 13, and droves of miners from China are getting prepared to obtain rewards from the distributed storage platform and content distribution service. […]

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Chia Is Eyeing to Launch an IPO This Year

DIGIT — Thu, 27 May 2021 10:00:27 +0000

Chia, a cryptocurrency project created in 2018 that uses storage for its consensus, is eyeing a public offering this year, according to statements from its COO, Gene Hoffman. The company just received an influx of investments that are pointing it to become the next ‘green bitcoin substitute,’ due to its relatively low energy consumption compared […]

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Chia raises $61M for ‘eco-friendly’ crypto despite critics

DIGIT — Tue, 25 May 2021 02:42:12 +0000

Chia Network has raised $61 million in funding from leading tech investors including Andreesen Horowitz and Naval Ravikant for its supposedly eco-friendly crypto network.

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Bittorrent Creator Bram Cohen’s Crypto Project Chia Sparks Hard Drive and SSD Shortages

DIGIT — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:00:36 +0000

On May 3, tokens stemming from the Chia network, a smart transaction blockchain created by the Bittorrent creator Bram Cohen, will start trading and transactions will be fully enabled. Rather than leveraging the proof-of-work consensus algorithm, Chia will utilize a model called proof-of-space which relies on storage. With Chia’s transactional launch pending, the project has […]

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The Many Facts Pointing to Cypherpunk Len Sassaman Being Satoshi Nakamoto

DIGIT — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 04:30:27 +0000

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has always been a mysterious character and a great number of sleuths have made it their mission to discover the inventor’s identity. One particular theory was published this month which attempts to tether the well known and now deceased, Len Sassaman to the creation of the first cryptocurrency. Moreover, […]

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