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Should You Run a Masternode? An Analysis of the Pros and Cons of Staking Coins

December 10, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, Ethereum, News, Platform, Tech

If you are an avid participator in social media discourse in the crypto sphere, it is likely you have encountered the #masternodemebro hashtag on Twitter. The hashtag began gaining traction since July and had brought attention to masternodes and the role they play in the cryptocurrency space. In this guide,...

Zcoin Introduces Merkle Tree Proof to Prevent ASIC Mining

June 3, 2018 by Nuno Menezes at Altcoins, News, Tech

On May 30 the Zcoin team announced it was introducing a working version of the Merkle Tree Proof (MTP) algorithm to help prevent miners using ASIC equipment to mine the coin. With this move, the team wants to reassure its community that there are they are also much concerned with...

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Hackers Pounce on Coding Error, Steal Over $400,000 of Zcoin

February 23, 2017 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, News, Tech

On Friday, February 17, the community manager of the cryptocurrency Zcoin (XZC), Reuben Yap, announced in a blog post the discovery of a bug in the anonymous altcoin’s coding that allowed a hacker to get away with over $400,000 worth of cryptocurrency. According to Zcoin’s statement, “a typographical error on...