The Three Value Propositions of Ethereum Classic
Ethereum Classic has grown to become a valuable cryptocurrency in spite of its unusual origins, thanks in large part to three value propositions.
Are Bitcoin and Gold Prices Correlated?
Bitcoin has been called ‘digital gold’, but does this mean the two markets behave similarly? CoinDesk analyses suggest the answer may be no.
VCAP Crowdsale Takes Ethereum to the Movies
Press Release: VCAP, a new Ethereum token to raise capital for the first feature film funded by cryptocurrency, was released this week. Produced by Hedley Productions LLC, Listen Carefully is smart, sinister comedy that gleefully takes on big business, the cult of self-improvement, and government paranoia. Thanks to the development team at Obsidian CryptoVault Technologies […]
Time to Declare Peace in the Digital Currency Space
With Venezuela’s inflation reaching new heights, negative interest rates across Europe, Fintech passing the tipping point in China, blockchain based tech estimated to pass the tipping point in about five years, there are many opportunities and threats for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other public blockchains. Currently, both communities, but primarily Bitcoin, which remains deeply divided, are […]
ZENEDGE Debuts Always-On DDoS Protection, Sees Benefit For Crypto Exchanges
ZENEDGE, a provider of cloud-based, artificial intelligence driven web application firewall and DDoS cybersecurity solutions, announced the availability of ZENEDGE Single IP Protection, delivering enterprise-class network DDoS mitigation to organizations with less than a class C subnet. Traditional network DDoS protection leverages Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to determine routing decisions. An inherent limitation of routers […]
Bitcoin Testing Matures as Global Universities Join BSafe Network
An effort is underway to encourage more researchers and academics to investigate and test bitcoin and other blockchain tech.
How Falcon, FIBRE and the Fast Relay Network Speed Up Bitcoin Block Propagation (Part 2)
Bitcoin is designed as a peer-to-peer network, where nodes randomly connect to other nodes. Transactions and blocks are transmitted over this network by these nodes, until each has received all. This works quite well, as the distributed model makes Bitcoin relatively censorship-resistant; there is no central point of control to shut down or pressure into […]
Canadian Banks Experiment With Blockchain Technology; Fintech Sector Calls for Regulatory Certainty
Canada’s central bank, the Bank of Canada, and five other Canadian banks (like a growing number of banks around the world) are experimenting with blockchain technology and a possible digital dollar as the growing demand for digital fintech payment systems puts the squeeze on the traditional banking sector. At a recent IMF/World Bank conference hosted […]
On Relay: How Different Bitcoin Developers Are Speeding Up the Network (Part 1)
Bitcoin is designed as a peer-to-peer network, where nodes randomly connect to other nodes. Transactions and blocks are transmitted over this network by these nodes, until each has received all. This works quite well, as the distributed model makes Bitcoin relatively censorship-resistant; there is no central point of control to shut down or pressure into […]
Coinbase CEO Admits There Could Be Bugs in Ethereum Hard fork, Celebrates Combined Value of ETH and ETC
Brian Armstrong, founder and CEO of Coinbase, admitted on Twitter last week there could still be bugs in the Ethereum DAO. This comes after various tweets encouraging the hard fork as a means of updating blockchain systems. “My hope is to see hard forks as an elegant upgrade/voting mechanism, not something to be feared that […]