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Ethereum is the second most valuable cryptocurrency project in the market today. The blockchain computing platform is widely heralded as the beginning of the blockchain 2.0 phase. This is about the fact that its creator Vitalik Buterin further built on the original iteration of the blockchain, the Bitcoin network. Buterin created a new blockchain network, which was able to support…

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Maps and addressing systems have been the foundation of our lives that have had a significant contribution to shaping the way one commutes. Maps have been an integral part in setting up global business and commerce from pre-colonial days and continued to do today. With the introduction of technology, these location addressing tools have moved from ancient large maps used…

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Horizen is a privacy-oriented blockchain network for borderless, decentralized communications and transactions. The platform provides a secure framework which is designed to support a range of applications that prioritize privacy. Horizen is built on the core belief that individuals should have the right to control which information about them is accessible as well as who can access said data. The…

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The rise of blockchain in the past few years has led to the introduction of some rather novel use cases. In that vein, Dmunity is a decentralized social media website that is built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The development team categorizes it as a social curation market, which essentially means that users can earn crypto for their contributions…

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It has not been a good year for cryptocurrency mining manufacturing giant Bitmain, as the company is suffering from inventory losses, a lack of new manufacturing and the dwindling crypto mining market, a Bloomberg report on 18 September 2018, revealed. Bitmain Forgot the Rule for Selling Shovels The world’s largest cryptocurrency mining rig maker is facing a tough year, as…

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British lawmakers mentioned on September 19, 2018, that the cryptocurrency market needs urgent regulations. The Government should take action to protect retail investors from volatile prices, technical vulnerabilities, and position U.K. to become a global leader in the cryptocurrency industry, given its position as a financial hub. Lack of Comprehensive Rules for the Crypto industry According to the Parliament’s Treasury…

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Stripe, the San Francisco based company that became the first major online payments platform to accept Bitcoin has ditched the token due to its high volatility. However, its co-founder John Collison still sees future for cryptocurrencies, Recode reported on September 17. Giving up on Bitcoin For years, Stripe has been synonymous in the startup world with online payments. But it…

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Despite the immense potential, blockchain technology is still not mature enough in order to fully support the global supply chain, CEO and co-founder of Tradeshift, a digital invoicing startup told CNBC on September 19. Blockchain End-To-End Digitized Supply Still Not Attainable According to Christian Lanng, co-founder and CEO of Tradeshift, a web-based business network, and a free invoicing platform, blockchain…

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Thanks to the overly popular Ethereum blockchain game CryptoKitties, the ERC-721 tokens have come into the foray of the DLT world. CryptoKitties is basically a collectible card game where the players have the option to buy, sell and exchange virtual cats. What sets CryptoKitties apart from most of the other games is the fact that every digital feline is unique…

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A GitHub report opened on September 17, 2018, revealed a recent bug in the Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 to 0.16.2. The exploit threatened to crash Bitcoin Core if the most recent version wasn’t updated. The anonymous reporter reached out to developers of the pioneer cryptocurrency with their findings, after which Anthony Towns, Hennadii Stepanov, Matt Corallo, Suhas Daftuar, Thomas Kerin,…

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