In the world of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, there are a few products which everyone seems to love. Both the Ledger Nano S and the TREZOR are two great examples of powerful and popular products. When it comes to KeepKey, however, it seems there are a lot of concerns these days. Its subreddit is filled with various complaints on the overall stagnation of the software side of things. It’s not a positive sign by any means, but the company can still turn things around. KeepKey Lacks Sufficient Altcoin Support It is evident that cryptocurrency hardware wallets must evolve and improve over time. Whereas most productsPowered by WPeMatico
In the world of cryptocurrency, hard forks are seemingly the new altcoins. More specifically, a lot of developers want to hard fork existing currencies rather than build their own coins from scratch. In the case of Ethereum, one of those hard forks was known as EtherZero. However, this fork has been canceled due to a “lack of community support and big trading platforms”. It’s a very interesting decision, although few people will mind that the fork will not happen after all. EtherZero hard Fork is Canceled It is evident that Bitcoin was subject to quite a few hard fork attempts in 2017.
The world of esports is followed enthusiastically, just like physical competitive sports. In fact, more people are beginning to identify themselves with an esports team rather than a conventional sport like football or basketball. The millenials are the most important group of this population, and it is expected that the scope and popularity of esports will increase considerably in the future as VR and other technologies improve the gaming and viewing experience. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article The esports aren’t a direct competition towards other sports but rather a different universe altogether. As online sports evolves and expands, there
More and more consumers need to start taking their privacy seriously. Especially when it comes to using the internet, there’s no reason to expose sensitive and personal information to third parties. With the use of VPNs and Tor on the rise, an interesting trend is created. Especially in Iran, reliance on Tor is skyrocketing as we speak. Given the political turmoil in that part of the world, this is no real surprise. Iran Starts Flocking to Tor for Political Reasons There are many reasons why people would start using Tor or a VPN connection to mask their online activity. While
True Flip, a blockchain fair games platform, has revealed major updates to the operation as well as additional changes to occur in Q1 and Q2 of 2018. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article As it stands, True Flip has accomplished 60% of the objectives that were promised in the crowdsale, including an entirely redesigned interface and additional features. This is coupled with ticket prices now at a discounted rate, lowering the barrier of entry to open accessibility to even more users. “True Flip started as a game with a once-daily jackpot drawing and the average user spent about $5 per
On its website, Altcoin.io advertises itself as “a truly decentralized exchange. Built by traders, for traders.” Recently, the company released an updated version of its atomic swap wallet. As CEO Andrew Gazdecki told The Merkle, “it’s basically a decentralized version of www.shapeshift.io via atomic swaps.” The concept piqued our interest, so we decided to write up this exclusive covering the specs of this nascent platform. Here’s what we found. A New Era of Decentralized Trading For those new to atomic swaps, they’re exactly what the name implies. It’s a method of swapping currencies across blockchains without needing to go through an exchange.
ESR Wallet is a UAE based startup that looks to provide the first universal wallet, complete with banking services, as well as providing 20% interest yearly on cryptocurrency deposits. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article The UAE company, with a US-based office in Miami, Florida, has already raised more than $1 million through a pre-sale they had carried out, but has opened participation to a more public crowdsale, which started December 18th. The team looks to achieve $8 million through their fundraising, which project developer Alexey Korn thinks is achievable: “We are sure that it will be much easier to
Things are progressing nicely in the world of Bitcoin and altcoins these days. While the Bitcoin price is still on the bend, most altcoins are further solidifying their position in the market. Ethereum, for example, is looking to hit that $100bn market cap in the coming weeks. Moreover, the Ethereum price has increased to over $977, which means reaching $1,000 may happen sooner than expected. It would certainly be a great start to 2018 for ETH, assuming the momentum doesn’t run out before this milestone is reached. Ethereum Price is Close to Surpassing $1,000 We have seen a lot of
As we had expected yesterday, the XRP price has continued its uptrend without too many problems. With every XRP worth over $3 as we speak, it is evident this digital asset is of great interest to investors and spectators all over the world. As is the case with any sort of growth in the world of finance, there will be a correction at some point in the future. For now, the bullish uptrend is still in place as we speak. What Comes Next for the XRP Price? If there is one unwritten rule in the world of cryptocurrency, it is
Bitpanda (formerly known as Coinimal) is a cryptocurrency broker based in Vienna, Austria that operates brokerage services with dash, litecoin, etheruem, and bitcoin. Now on January 3, Bitpanda has announced fully integrating bitcoin cash (BCH), adding a fifth coin to the company’s token support. Also read: Putin Wants to Use Cryptoruble to Evade Sanctions But Bank […]