Tag: Ethereum

With the advent of new technologies, the global freelancer market is expanding. Today many people are leaving their day jobs and taking up gig assignments as they can work flexible timetables and have the freedom to pick up projects they feel they can execute at best. With technology playing its part, the regional boundaries have disappeared, and now mobile workers…

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dApps are becoming increasingly popular regarding usage and sheer volume. In the second of this series, BTCManager will highlight some of the more prominent ones of the bunch, with the first installation discussing the ten dApps users can’t live without. With Ethereum making the concept of dApps or decentralized applications, a likely avenue for developers to create value for the…

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The incredible versatility of the Ethereum blockchain has enabled a plethora of different decentralized apps (dApps) to exist. In the following series will see ten platform dApps under the spotlight. 1. Golem Making extra cash while browsing social media is the central promise of Golem, a peer-to-peer market for putting your computer’s excess CPU power to use for other people….

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A lawsuit claiming damages of $152 million involving Augur, a cryptocurrency betting platform for predicting real-world events, has been reportedly settled off-court. As for now, San Francisco county court records show the case as dismissed. The Build-up to the Settlement The private lawsuit was filed in April 2018 by Matthew Liston, the former disputed CEO of Augur, against the three…

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Living up to its new year’s resolution to support promising projects that were developed on their blockchain technology, the Ethereum Foundation announced that it has completed grants of its fourth leg of its Grants programme Wave IV, by providing nearly $3 million to over 20 projects. Scalability and Usability While the foundation has selected its grantees from five different categories…

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Civil, a media startup aiming to revolutionize journalism via distributed ledger technology (DLT), has announced the cancelation of its initial coin offering (ICO). This comes after the cryptocurrency-based fundraiser failed to generate the $8 million target, reported Fortune on October 16, 2018. Failure to Meet Soft Cap Target The media startup that focused on harnessing blockchain technology for journalism to…

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Bitcoin managed to hold its ground and defend the $6,500 level on October 4, 2018, closing the day with a $90 gain. BTC then moved above $6,600 on October 5 and stopped at $6,640 – its second green day in a row. BTC-USD In a series of documents, published on October 4, the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)…

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With a market cap of above half a billion dollars, Maker is now the most valuable Ethereum token after overtaking OmiseGo. Most of Maker’s success is attributed to its Dai stablecoin, which now has almost one percent of all ETH locked in as of October 8, 2018. Maker Sees a 20 Percent Increase in Less Than a Month Rising another…

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While cryptocurrencies witness breakthroughs with each passing day, some of the challenges being faced by the underlying blockchain technology cannot be overlooked. One such major obstacle is the issue of scalability. The lack of scalability in the major crypto blockchains, i.e., Bitcoin and Ethereum vastly limit the maximum number of transactions that can be processed by a blockchain at a…

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Crumbs is a technology startup that aims to simplify cryptocurrency investments. It is exclusively targeting those that cannot afford to invest large chunks of their income. Since most people either lack the motivation to save up or do not have enough money to get started immediately, Crumbs intends to make the process painless with automated purchases. The Problem With cryptocurrency…

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