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Solana CEO hoses down claims network outages caused by on-chain voting

DIGIT — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 04:43:30 +0000

Solana Labs founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko said claims that Solana’s network outages were caused by on-chain voting were born out of “pure ignorance.”

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Report: Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh Negotiating Plea Deal with Prosecutors

DIGIT — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:30:23 +0000

Another member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle allegedly plans to plead guilty to criminal charges for his role in the alleged fraud that occurred at the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. According to unnamed sources familiar with the matter, Nishad Singh, FTX’s former director of engineering, is attempting to negotiate a deal with New York prosecutors. Sources […]

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University of Tokyo to Offer Engineering Courses in the Metaverse

DIGIT — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:00:30 +0000

The University of Tokyo will offer a series of engineering courses using metaverse tech. The courses, which are projected to start being offered later this year, will introduce students to the subjects of engineering and will combine this knowledge with the skills to handle metaverse-based worlds, to manage the digital transformation that work and educational […]

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The University of Tokyo to offer courses in the Metaverse

DIGIT — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:16:48 +0000

The project has been launched to address the lack of skilled personnel working on rapidly evolving technologies in Japan.

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Analyst Lyn Alden Says Ethereum Is Still an ‘Unfinished Project’

DIGIT — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:07:09 +0000

A bitcoin (BTC) strategist and investor remain skeptical towards the Ethereum protocol, considering it an “unfinished product.” Lyn Alden, an advisor for the dollar cost averaging BTC investing app Swan Bitcoin, believes the network lacks a concrete model, “other than just speculation.” Alden Prefers Bitcoin’s Modular Design From an Engineering Perspective In a blog post […]

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Zcash Community Votes to Distribute 20% of Mining Rewards to Infrastructure Development

DIGIT — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:00:11 +0000

The Electric Coin Company, a group that supports the development of Zcash (ZEC), announced the community has voted to distribute 20% of the ZEC network’s mining rewards to infrastructure and marketing development. The ZEC development funding proposal was initiated because the coin’s Founder’s Reward expires in November and after block 1,046,400, ZEC miners will only […]

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Meet the Developer Who Added Schnorr Signatures to Bcash

DIGIT — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:20:38 +0000

This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with Jonathan Gonzalez, the blockchain developer who is currently maintaining the Bcash project, a Bitcoin Cash full node written in node.js. Gonzalez explained how he got into Bitcoin Cash development and how he managed to get the Bcash node fully compatible with last May’s fork, which introduced Schnorr signatures to the […]

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Help Wanted! Japan Needs Crypto Engineers

DIGIT — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:00:30 +0000

The half billion dollar Coincheck exchange hack is still working its way through the ecosystem, carrying implications of all sorts. Rarely mentioned is how, at least in part, the exchange’s problems were due to a lack of crypto engineers in Japan. A dearth of engineering know-how is a perfect recipe for security gaps to be […]

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Trading Tip `The Wall´ – Meet the TA Gods

DIGIT — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 03:50:33 +0000

Whether TA works or not is a topic discussed ad nauseam in cryptocurrency circles. As a cryptocurrency trader with a fascination for engineering, math and science, I backtested the entire spectrum of the most popular bitcoin TA indicators in early 2015 using the now defunct Tradewave-platform, in search of that magic formula that would allow […]

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