As decentralized networks, blockchains offer a means of circumventing centralized institutions and removing the need to trust a single party. That means greater transparency, since the network sees and validates every transaction. However, this newfound transparency also makes users’ activities far more vulnerable. Without proper privacy-preserving environments, users on a blockchain’s decentralized infrastructure can suffer from…
To most people, cryptocurrencies are typically thought of as high-risk investments for millennials and Silicon Valley insiders. However, what is getting somewhat lost amid the hype and speculation is that most decentralized digital currencies, such as bitcoin, were created to ‘do something’ and so have a wide range of powerful use cases. Here are some:…
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is stable today, but TRON (TRX) is outperforming industry trends: Bitcoin Cash is among the crypto coins that have been making noteworthy sideways moves over the last two months. Its price has stabilized around $1,300 range today. The BCH coin hit $1,800 mark a few days ago before falling back to $1,100…
Bitcoin (BTC) has continued to seesaw, sliding 20% since May 6th and then recovering slightly over the past few days. The market cap now stands at US$144.86 billion, with US$1.64 billion traded in the past 24 hours. On the network side, hash rate and difficulty continue to push record highs, with ongoing shipments of ASICs…
China is the largest crypto miner China is the world’s largest player when it comes to cryptocurrency mining which has been facing increased scrutiny from authorities that may eventually result in regulating the power used for mining. China maintains about 60-75 percent of the bitcoin mining network and, according to Chinese media, 600 bitcoin miners…
China is the largest crypto miner China is the world’s largest players when it comes to cryptocurrency mining which has been facing increased scrutiny from authorities that may eventually result in regulating the power used for mining. China maintains about 60-75 percent of the bitcoin mining network and, according to Chinese media, 600 bitcoin miners…
Speaking at Consensus 2018, HTC founder Phil Chen revealed the plan for ‘Exodus’, a smartphone that will support “underlying protocols such as Bitcoin, Lightning Networks, Ethereum, Dfinity, and more.” The vision revolves around three key selling points: a seamless experience of decentralized apps, inherent security from embedded cold storage, and node functionality. Details were given…
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TRON [TRX] – The TRON main net launch is just 11 days away. This week, the TRON Foundation has been steadily working on bringing in as many exchanges as possible to their token swap that is set to occur in about a month. The list of exchanges that have agreed to support the token swap…
Crypto Alliance – Russia and Iran might start using digital currencies, like Bitcoin (BTC), to bypass international sanctions, Russian news source RBC reported yesterday. Both countries are exploring ways to replace the SWIFT interbank payment system and avoid the US dollar transactions said the head of Iranian Parliamentary Commission for Economic Affairs, Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi. Pourebrahimi met…
The trend towards conscious capitalism is just as significant for listed companies who want to drive their share price as it is for startups trying to get their product off the ground. As the baby boomer generation come closer to mass retirement and they readjust to more defensive investment portfolios (divesting of large amounts stocks for more…
