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Canada’s Central Bank (BOC) released a working paper this month, Incentive Compatibility on the Blockchain. In it, BOC seems to argue the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is safe from a 51% attack, double spend scenario through the right incentive structure and proof of work (POW). Also read: Coinbase Flexes Muscle, Creates Political Action Committee … Read more
Most people use Wikipedia to find information online. It is a powerful platform, although there have been some censorship issues over the years. Everipedia may be a valuable extension of the existing Wikipedia platform, and it also seems to have an interesting tie-in with cryptocurrencies. The Concept of Everipedia Although one would assume Everipedia is … Read more
Korea’s Financial Services Commission has urged lawmakers to hasten approval of the country’s first crypto bill Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Over the past week, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents have been discussing ideas like pre-consensus and faster block times. Now, on July 25, the Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) development team has announced merging a block propagation concept called ‘Graphene’ into the BU client. Graphene is a technology that is a fraction of the size of current methods … Read more
Bitcoin was trading at just over $8,350 at press time, a 6 percent increase over the past 24 hours and an incredible 40 percent increase over the previous month. The king of cryptos has been on a great run in the last week especially, and its price now sits above $8,300 for the first time … Read more
At press time, the father of cryptocurrencies is up by approximately $200, and is now trading in the $8,200 range. The currency has been meandering between $8,000 and $8,200 for the past few days, with some ups and downs along the way. The important thing is that for the most part, the currency is maintaining … Read more
A new Venezuelan fiat currency, ‘anchored’ to the nation’s crypto, the Petro, is expected to start circulating in the second half of August. The news was announced by president Maduro himself, along with other measures intended to improve the economic situation in the country. The ‘Sovereign Bolivar’ will have less zeros than the inflated ‘Strong … Read more
“Any number of catalysts” could push Bitcoin’s price higher still, says Blockchain VC Partner Spencer Bogart Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Few people know about the two failed attempts made by BitTorrent, former P2P leader, to transform itself into a media company after its decline from the height of BT download. Obviously, though once a technological game-changer, BitTorrent is no longer a favorite of the Internet industry. Its rebirth backed by Tron drew a period to … Read more
Tokyo-headquartered tech conglomerate Hitachi and telecoms giant KDDI are trialing a blockchain-based biometrics system for retail coupon settlement Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico