Auto Added by WPeMatico
On September 25, the creators of the decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, announced that unless the project can gather community funding, the supporting services like seed nodes and the API wallet will shut down. The firm behind the project, OB1 is also removing the Haven app from the iOS App Store and Google Play on October 1. […]
The post Crypto-Fueled Market Openbazaar to Close Shop Unless OB1 Raises Community Funding appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited investigative resources” for tracing these types of cryptocurrency transactions. The United States tax agency wants to obtain a solution to […]
The post IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto Proponents Scoff at Contract appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao recently restricted the ability to comment on his Twitter posts, but only partially.
Powered by WPeMatico
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on Craig Wright’s recently submitted bitcoin address list that contained at least three spent blocks. Following the court filing, on May 25 a pastezone dump of 144 addresses, which are also represented in Wright’s list, contained a verified message that notes “Craig Steven Wright is a liar and a fraud.” The […]
The post Over a Hundred 10-Year-Old Bitcoin Addresses Signed: Message Calls ‘Craig Wright a Fraud’ appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
According to various reports, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor, Craig Wright has dropped his libel lawsuit against Blockstream CEO, Adam Back. Wright was forced to pay all of Back’s legal fees to the tune of £6,666 ($8,400). The news follows, Wright losing his UK court battle with Bitcoin.com’s Roger Ver after the England and Wales judge […]
The post Craig Wright Ends Lawsuit Against Adam Back – Pays Thousands in Legal Fees appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
The Ethereum community has been debating a proposal called ProgPoW as many ETH proponents believe the Programmatic Proof-of-Work function will alter the network significantly. The contentious topic has seemed to galvanize the community, with the ProgPoW proposal favored by a significant proportion while being detested by others. A few Ethereum participants were shocked on February […]
The post Ethereum Community Enthralled Over Controversial ProgPoW Proposal appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
Preserving your online privacy has become almost a lost cause these days. Thankfully, some entrepreneurial minds have taken it upon themselves to help web users stay informed of privacy risks and take action to thwart attempts to access their personal data. Guard is a platform which is doing exactly that. Also read: Bankers Start to […]
The post This AI Platform Identifies Privacy Threats in Social Networks and Messengers appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
Cryptocurrency advocates have recently discovered that Bitcoin Core (BTC) developers are planning to disable the payment protocol BIP70 supported by default in the Bitcoin Core version 0.19.0 client. According to developer discussions, full BIP70 support might be removed by version 0.20.0. Also read: How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model […]
The post Devs Remove BIP70 Payment Protocol From Bitcoin Core’s Default Settings appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
The Indian crypto community has made progress towards influencing the government’s crypto policies. Some industry leaders have met with an influential lawmaker who has agreed to help bring about positive crypto regulation in the country. Also read: India’s Popular ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Show Gives Crypto a Boost Parliament Member Agrees to Help […]
The post Indian Parliament Member Helping Crypto Community Influence Regulation appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico
On August 15, the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it had acquired the cryptocurrency custody service Xapo’s institutional branch. The business move puts Coinbase in the limelight, making it the largest custodial service for digital assets worldwide, with more than $7 billion under custody. Also Read: Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to […]
The post How Coinbase Quietly Became the World’s Biggest Bitcoin Bank appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Powered by WPeMatico