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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...

Bitcoin Weakens Despite No Crypto-Negative Headlines: BTCManager’s Week in Review Februayr 4, 2019

February 4, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at News

Despite a lack of bitcoin-negative news, the bears have won over the bulls this week, which has resulted in a week-on-week decline in the price of bitcoin by over three percent. The re-application of CBOE and VanEck for a cryptocurrency ETF failed to boost the price of bitcoin, despite the...

Crypto Investors Earn Healthy Returns via PoS Protocol Despite Pessimistic Market

February 2, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Business, Finance, Investment, News

While cryptocurrency market continues to be dominated by the bears, some HODLers have found a new robust way to earn money despite it. A Bloomberg report published on February 1, 2019, notes that some investors are earning interest on their crypto holdings by staking them. PoS to the Rescue Cryptopians...

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Bitcoin Should Look Away From PoW says BIS Report

January 23, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Bitcoin, Blockchain, News, Tech

The Bank for International Settlements has suggested that the Bitcoin Network discontinue using Proof-of-Work (PoW) because it is expensive and once block rewards from mining bitcoin decrease, the network will slow down, this according to a BIS report published January 21, 2019. There has always been speculation about the future...

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