#Mainnet

Bitcoin Exchange Hodl Hodl Unveils Support for Lightning Network

June 6, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, News

Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform Hodl Hodl has announced their new mainnet now allows users to trade to and from their Lightning wallets. The launch is a significant development for Lightning Network adoption as it allows users to directly fund and spend from their Lightning wallets, June 5, 2019. Lightning Made...

Zilliqa’s Mainnet Token Swap is Finally Here

April 30, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Platform

After the mainnet launch in January 2019, Zilliqa (ZIL) is finally swapping ERC-20 tokens for its native blockchain token. Exchange support is live and phase one is complete with the likes of Binance and Upbit having successfully migrated tokens. All token swaps are being done on exchanges and the Moonlet...

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Cosmos Mainnett Launch Closer Than Ever

February 13, 2019 by Neil at Blockchain, Development, News, Tech

We are edging closer to the launch of Cosmos Hub, which is good news for ATOM holders eager to see whether investing in the blockchain project, focused on interoperability, will pay off. This according to a blog entry on Medium, February 8, 2019. Cosmos Thanks to the bearish price action...

A Year in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: Q2 2018

December 30, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Platform

While the first quarter of 2018 was marred by the Coincheck and BitGrail security breaches, Q2 saw the resurgence of cryptocurrency-based ETFs, announcement of key acquisitions and controversies among blockchain startups. The cryptocurrency market showed small signs of improvement in May, with Bitcoin even briefly peaking at $10,000. By the...

New “Lightweight” Cryptocurrency Coda Will Allow Users to Run Nodes in Their Browsers

October 11, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Platform, Tech

A new project called Coda is developing a cryptocurrency that will be able to remain decentralized at scale by compressing its blockchain so that users can run nodes in their browsers. Should Coda become a success, this could usher in a new area of decentralization and scalability for future cryptocurrency...

Tezos Mainnet Finally Goes Live

September 18, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News, Regulation

Tezos has announced that at long last, the long-awaited launch of its main network is at hand following the conclusion of a beta testing period. Accordingly, after a period of beta testing that lasted for months, the network which once set a record for the highest grossing ICO ever is...

Bitfinex Became a Block Producer for the EOS Mainframe from 4 Whales

June 17, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Blockchain, Commentary, News

While EOS launched their mainnet on June 14, 2018, alarming statistics recently emerged when it came down to the EOS Block Producer elections. Community Speaks out According to the EOS Reddit Community, Reddit user 8ce26f noted that Bitfinex received 50 percent of their votes from four large whales. To ensure...

TRON Moves to An Independent Public Blockchain

June 2, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

TRON is officially transitioning from the Ethereum blockchain network as they begin testing their decentralized platform and protocol. Mainnet Launch On May 30, 2018, The TRON Foundation, the Foundation behind TRON, the tenth largest cryptocurrency in the world by market capitalization, launched their Mainnet. It is currently in beta stage...

Five Major Crypto Mainnet Launches Scheduled for Q3 and Q4 2018

May 23, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Tech

There are five major mainnet launches of different projects scheduled for 2018. These include those belonging to Tron, EOS, Zilliqa, VeChain, and Cardano. Each of these five projects is currently under development, and their test net versions have been released to selected developers for testing. Tron Project On March 31,...

Time to Say Goodbye: TRON offers 30 Million TRX Airdrop as Parting Gift to Ethereum

April 24, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Business, News

TRON has announced that it will be carrying out a 30 million TRX airdrop to the Ethereum community via a blog post on the project’s Medium account on April 21, 2018. According to the announcement, the airdrop is a show of gratitude towards the Ethereum community for its support throughout...