#PoW News

Monero (XMR) Hashrate Reaches ATH Shortly After ASIC-Resistance Hard Fork

January 3, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero’s (XMR) hashrate recently reached a new ATH after it underwent a change in its proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm. This, according to data from Bitinfocharts, January 3, 2020. What Spiked the Hashrate? One of the major privacy-centric digital currencies, Monero recently underwent a slight change in its PoW...

Difficulty Bomb Sees Ethereum Block Rewards Drop by 1,000 ETH

November 22, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Ethereum

Block reward on the Ethereum network is currently down by 1,000 ETH amid a slight increase in block time, signaling the emergence of yet another ‘difficulty bomb.’ Miners, dApp projects, and hodlers will have some decisions to make regarding the difficulty bomb even as Ethereum moves towards a pivot to...

IOTA (MIOTA) Launches Experimental Crypto Wallet Dubbed 'Spark'

Altcoin Explorer: Using Social Incentives for a Sustainable Ecosystem on IOTA – Part 2

November 15, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoin Explorer

In part 1, we through the network design and criticisms of IOTA owing to their in-house cryptographic implementations. Most of the positives of the network shine through in the tokenomic framework and an overview of the protocol, November 15, 2019. Tokenomics and Business Development IOTA is a fully issued cryptocurrency...

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IOTA is Finally Killing off Its Centralized Coordinator

May 29, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Development, News

After a ton of hints from the IOTA Foundation, a website detailing how the coordinator will be killed off in a 'coordicide' has been released on 28 May, 2019. This marks the end of the centralized validator on the Tangle, but the implementation is not expected to be anytime too...

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From Hogwarts to Cryptography: What Is MimbleWimble?

March 13, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Guides, News, Tech

Privacy and scalability are two of the most prevailent topics in the blockchain industry. Bitcoin, the brainchild of Satoshi Nakamoto offers a decentralized, peer-to-peer, and transparent alternative to fiat currency. One of the major reasons why bitcoin is imbibed with these characteristics is because they are a polar opposite to...

Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake

March 7, 2019 by Toju Ometoruwa at Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Tech

Over the past few years, awareness of blockchain technology has grown exponentially. Major institutions and key figures in business and politics are now aware of the technologies potential to decentralize our global financial and economic systems. Following Protocol The long-term goal of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has been to achieve...

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Ethereum Constantinople Hard Fork Set to Happen at Block 7,280,000 Later This Week

February 25, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

The eagerly-awaited Ethereum Constantinople hard fork is expected to introduce severe changes to the Ethereum Improvement Proposal. Several factors will get affected including the blockchain’s core protocol specifications, client APIs and contract standards. This, according to the official announcement in an official Ethereum blog post on February 22, 2019. [Image...

Monero Set for Hard Fork to Brick ASIC Miners

February 13, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins, Mining, News

Monero developers are set to fork the network in their continued efforts to brick application specific integrated circuit (miners) on the blockchain. The move should significantly lower hash rate allowing small-scale mining operations running graphics processing units (GPUs) to compete favorably and make the network’s PoW algorithm less ASIC-friendly.This according...

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Altcoins Beware: An Overview of Recent 51% Attacks

February 6, 2019 by David Balaban at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum

The so-called 51% attacks are among the major security threats to digital currencies as they allow enable perpetrators to control the network and all transactions passing through it. What Is a 51% attack? Cryptocurrencies are bolstered by blockchain technologies or distributed ledgers which store information about all transactions ever made...

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Cryptogovernance Is Alive and Well at AraCon 2019

February 5, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Blockchain, Tech

Audience members were walked through the many features of cryptogovernce during Aragon’s premier community event, AraCon 2019. The two-day gathering brought together many of the key players in the crypto scene including Parity Technologies, Giveth, 0x, and others. Although the topics were diverse, the principal focus converged on the different...

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