#Blockchain

All you Need to Know about the Upcoming Ethereum Constantinople Hard Fork

January 15, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum, Exchange

2019 could set in motion the recovery phase for the smart contracts platform Ethereum, as it looks to undergo its highly-anticipated Constantinople hard fork on January 16, 2019. The fork will occur at block height 7,080,000. 2018 Rewind Ether (ETH), the cryptocurrency that powers the smart contracts development platform Ethereum had...

WAN-IFRA’s Report Bullishly Explores Blockchain in Publishing and Advertising

January 15, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, News

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), on January 14, 2019, made reference to its "Blockchain and the Future of News" report released on December 12, 2018 which boasted its potential to bringing about transparency, accountability, and traceability in the media and advertising industries. There's More to DLT...

Washington’s Douglas County Set to Establish Blockchain Innovation Campus

January 14, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Investment, News

Crypto-friendly Douglas County, located in central Washington has reportedly announced plans to build a distributed ledger technology (DLT) innovation hub aimed at enabling researchers to develop new use cases with the tech and position it in the frontline of the blockchain technology ecosystem, reported the Seattle Times, Jan 11, 2019. Betting...

Cricket South Africa’s Twitter Account Hacked by Bitcoin Scammers

January 14, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin, Blockchain, News, Regulation

A report from The Indian Express, published on January 14, 2019, states that the Twitter handle of Cricket South Africa (CSA) fell victim to hackers who were selling fake bitcoin lottery tickets. However, the account has now been retrieved and all the erroneous Tweets deleted. Bitcoin Invades the Cricket Pitch...

NASA Looking to Adopt Blockchain Technology for Air Traffic Management

January 13, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Development, News

In a bid to fix the privacy loopholes inherent in the proposed Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system scheduled to get integrated by 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to adopt distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to a paper published on January 7, 2019. The NASA Blockchain...

China To Start Censoring Blockchain Companies From February 2019

January 13, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Blockchain, Business, News, Regulation

The censorship branch of the Chinese government has approved a policy that requires blockchain-based services to censor content and allow the country's law enforcement to access its data and the identity of their users, Reuters reported on January 10, 2019. China's Internet Watchdog Removes Anonymity from Blockchain A policy that...

Hyperledger Introduces Fabric 1.4 LTS and Takes another Step towards its Fabric Networks

January 12, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Development, News

Hyperledger announced it was introducing the first long term release of its Fabrik platform called Fabrik 1.4 LTS. With this move, the project is one step closer to fully establishing its Hyperledger Fabric network Hyperledger is accelerating its blockchain Fabrik integration by enhancing its blockchain-based technology platform with its latest...

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: January 9, 2020

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: January 11, 2019

January 11, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocurrency Market Outlook, Ethereum, News, Price Analysis

Crypto market erased $13 billion from its total capitalization the last 24 hours. Bitcoin lost eight percent while the rest of the top ten currencies registered two-digit drops. BTC-USD Bitcoin lost five percent of its value between 05:00-06:00 CET on January 10, 2019. The sudden drop resulted in a...

New York City Launches Blockchain Center Despite Cryptocurrency Bear Market

January 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Despite the ongoing bear market, New York City has launched a blockchain centre focused on the training of software developers and the general public in the area of the distributed ledger technology (DLT ), Bloomberg reports on January 10, 2019. New York Collaborates With Corporate Organizations for DLT Initiative New...

DX.Exchange Cryptocurrency Leaks Customers’ Data and Authentication Token in a Bug

January 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Exchange, News, Tech

DX.Exchange, a UK-based cryptoassets exchange that also allows users to trade digitized stocks of Tesla, Apple and others, has reportedly leaked several login details of some of its customers and employees due to a bug on its platform, reports Arstechnica on January 9. Cryptocurrency Exchange Leaks Customers' Security Tokens Per...

After reports of Nicehash controlling around 70% of DASH Nethashrate, the 51% attack is once again a real Threat

January 11, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Blockchain, Mining, News, Tech

Nicehash owns about 70% of DASH mining network according to a Reddit user (Jan 10), and the news is already causing a wave of concerns within the community Investigation It looks like someone currently controls over 51% of DASHs hashrate over Nicehash mining pools; a recent Reddit post accusing Nicehash...

A ‘Proof of Proof’ Startup Is Building Their Entire Blockchain with Bitcoin’s 80 Bytes of Data as Foundation

January 11, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

Bitcoin enables 80 bytes of Arbitrary data to be included on its blockchain. VeriBlock, a new startup trying to develop the OP_RETURN command has now started a debate where it argues that this additional space can be used without being considered as spam. VeriBlock is a new company that is...

‘Crypto Dusting’ Attack Sends Illegally Obtained Bitcoin to Random Cryptocurrency Wallets

January 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Blockchain, News, Tech

Crypto dusting attack, a hack on cryptocurrency wallets is used to distribute laundered money to the wallets of unsuspecting customers, which in turn, affects their reputation and draws the attention of law enforcement, reports DarkReading on January 8, 2019. A New Way of Distributing Laundered Money According to DarkReading, crypto dusting...

European Banking Authority (EBA) Urges the European Commission to Carry out Further Studies on Cryptos

January 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published the report of its assessment concerning the suitability and applicability of existing financial laws to cryptoassets. The body has made it clear that the European Union Commission needs to study the blockchain space extensively to enable it to formulate robust laws capable of...

Pakistan Embraces Blockchain Technology; International Remittance Service Launched

January 10, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

According to a press release published on January 8, 2019, Pakistan’s telecommunications company Telenor, in association with Valyou, has successfully launched a blockchain-enabled cross-border remittance service. Notably, the service is powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT) developed by Alipay. Rapid and Secure International Remittance Service for Pakistanis in Malaysia On...

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