The world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency payment services, Bitpay has announced the company is joining the Square-founded crypto patent effort the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA). Bitpay has been working with blockchain products since 2011 and the firm will share open-source projects and use a shared patent library with the crypto patent organization. Bitpay Joins […]
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Cryptocurrency hardware wallets are of great use to thousands of enthusiasts. They allow for secure storage of digital assets, while still providing comfort and convenience. SatoshiLabs, the team behind the Trezor Wallet, has introduced a new security standard. Shamir Backup is considered to be a revolutionary development which may usher in a new era of hardware wallet security altogether. Adi Shamir Homage For those familiar with cryptography, the name Adi Shamir might ring a bell. He is the person responsible for creating a cryptographic algorithm, which is dubbed “Shamir’s Secret Sharing” It allows for different ways to store and protect
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On Dec. 27 at the 35th Annual Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) event, three individuals from a startup called Wallet Fail allegedly hacked the most popular hardware wallets and revealed their secrets on stage. According to Trezor, however, the hackers at 35C3 did not follow the standard responsible disclosure protocol and Ledger Wallet developers claim the […]
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After seeming to be outright hostile to incorporating Cashaddr, a way to distinguish easily between bitcoin core and bitcoin cash addresses, popular hardware cold storage wallet company Trezor confirmed its integration is on the way. Also read: Crypto History Part 1: 400 Million Billion Billion, Beer, and a Murderous Plot Cold Storage Wallet Maker Trezor to […]
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Over the past few months, well known hardware wallet manufacturers have been swamped with sales during and after the holiday season. Hardware wallet deliveries have been backed up and some people have had to wait weeks to get direct shipping from source manufacturers. Much of the demand has stemmed from the typical holiday season, but […]
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Over the past couple of months, there’s been a “forking fever” taking place as many people have decided to create their own form of the original Bitcoin protocol. A few weeks ago we reported on the ‘Bitcoin God’ snapshot-clone started by the well-known Chinese investor Chandler Guo. Now another snapshot fork is due to happen […]
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