Tag: Ethereum blockchain

A discussion on July 15, 2018, within the largest online Ethereum community, the Ethereum Subreddit (r/Ethereum), claimed that EOS-funded bot accounts have been deliberately clogging up the Ethereum blockchain network, spending up to 50 ether every hour for over 24 hours. EOS Controversy An alleged 40 percent of the capacity of the Ethereum blockchain network was utilized to process the…

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ConsenSys has been building a global network of technology experts and entrepreneurs who are developing products for a decentralized world. The Brooklyn based blockchain software company was founded by Joseph Lubin in October 2014 and has since expanded its operations to several other countries with offices in London, Dublin, and Paris. ConsenSys in Paris Launched in October 2017, the team…

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On July 9, 2018, the Cryptockitties team announced it was signing a partnership with ACTAI Global and Ocean Elders to create a new CryptoKitty called Honu which will be auctioned and the amount gathered from the sale will be used to help protect our marine life and oceans. Honu Launches at the Blockchain Summit in Morocco Honu will be a…

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Another bug has been discovered in the Parity Ethereum client according to a blog post made by the developers on June 6, 2018. Reacting swiftly to the development, the technical staff have already released a patch and fixed binaries for users to download. The bug would result in nodes falling out of sync with the network. Critical Vulnerability in Parity…

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In a recent blog post on June 1, 2018, ConsenSys, a blockchain software technology company, collated Ethereum’s data and its total impact on the blockchain ecosystem. The company exclusively builds dApps on Ethereum. Social Media Giant As stated, the word “Ethereum” was searched on Google more than 110 million times since its inception in 2015. Additionally, “#ethereum” gets tweeted 20,000…

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While most blockchain enthusiasts go ahead and create their own cryptocurrency, Augur’s ousted co-founder Matthew Liston has gone one step ahead and formed his own blockchain-backed religion. Religion a Billion Dollar Opportunity Earlier in May 2018, Liston was embroiled in an ugly $152 million lawsuit with his former co-founders, accusing them of fraud, breach of contract, and trade theft. However,…

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On May 27, 2018, ConsenSyS announced the selection of five rural banks in the crypto-friendly Philippines to try out its blockchain-based real-time payments solution. Banking the Unbanked The Union Bank of the Philippines has joined forces with the ConsenSyS blockchain startup to change the faces of five rural banks in the Mindanao region. The project dubbed “i2i,” shorthand for “island-to-island,”…

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May 28, 2018: Major blockchain conference, BlockShow Europe 2018, has completed their polling which set out to discover the most influential companies and women changing the European blockchain landscape. By using a first-of-its-kind application to conduct the global polling, the conference also demonstrated how blockchain tech can be easily used by those that may not have a deep understanding of…

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IPSX – a decentralized exchange for sharing of IP addresses announced the development of its trading engine, which enables automatic matching between IP requesters and providers, on May 7, 2018. The update came in the form of a Medium post authored by IPSX CEO  Bunea. In his post, he talked about the work that he and his team had done…

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Regulatory authorities in the United States are not relenting in their efforts to sanitize the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In one such operation, the South Carolina Attorney General’s office has issued a cease-and-desist order to ShipChain for running afoul of its statutes by selling unregistered securities. Operation Securities Sweep Per the notice issued by the office of the Attorney General, ShipChain has…

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