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RSK Brings DeFi Interoperability to Bitcoin & Ethereum; Launches New Bridge

rsk labs In a 2018 report on blockchain technology, Deloitte identified five vectors of progress for promoting adoption. Topping the list was the need to enhance performance and interoperability. Ultimately, Deloitte concluded, “Help is on the way as a growing number of industry participants work to enable cross-blockchain transactions, interconnectivity, and standardization.” When it comes to decentralized finance (DeFi), that prediction is increasingly coming to fruition as RSK, a Bitcoin-based smart contract and DeFi platform, announced the successful launch of its RSK token bridge that connects its Bitcoin-powered smart contracts with Ethereum’s popular network. Decentralized finance is proving to be an important

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RSK Sidechain Is Now Secured by 45% of BTC’s Hashrate

RSK Sidechain Is Now Secured by 45% of BTC's Network Hashrate On Feb. 14, the cryptocurrency infrastructure organization led by RSK Labs announced the one-year anniversary of the RSK network and highlighted several notable achievements. Over the last 12 months, the project’s merge mining has managed to gather 45 percent of the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network hashrate, making the RSK smart contract system more secure than […]

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PR: World Blockchain Forum Brings Global Blockchain Elite to Dubai

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Following the historic response to sister event The North American Bitcoin Conference, held in Miami earlier this year, Keynote has released details of their World Blockchain Forum in Dubai, 16th and 17th April.

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PR: Dr. Moe Levin Joins Advisory Committee at Energy Platform 4NEW

LONDON – With energy consumption of each bitcoin transaction equal to 17.5 U.S household’s daily consumption as of January 31, 2018, sustainability and feasibility of cryptocurrencies has been fiercely debated by both proponents and skeptics alike.

4NEW’s elegant and efficient end to end solution, figuratively, enables blockchain to have its own battery pack with global and scalable ramifications. In an environment where conventional power providers are shrugging away from crypto mining operators as witnessed earlier this week by Bitmain. Additionally, Chinese power plants are also scathing away from crypto mining operations amid regulatory pressures. Given the lack of options to sustain crypto mining globally, one company, 4NEW, has decided to usher in a new era for cryptocurrencies by providing all its power output to crypto-mining farms.

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RSK Mines Its Genesis Block – Bitcoin Now Has Ethereum-Like Smart Contract Platform

RSK Labs has finally mined its genesis block and formally launched its long-awaited Bitcoin-based smart contract platform and sidechain on the mainnet. While still in beta with limited distribution, the new RSK sidechain is expected to offer significant scaling benefits to the Bitcoin network. News.Bitcoin.com caught up with CEO Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar to find out […]

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