Category: N-Technology

  • Mischief-Maker Promises to Livestream a 51% Altcoin Attack

    Mischief-Maker Promises to Livestream a 51% Altcoin Attack

    “On Oct 13, 3:00 CDT I will be doing a 51% attack against the cryptocurrency Einsteinium,” began the call-to-arms. As promises go, this one was as bold as it was brazen. The anonymous attacker has promised to assume majority hashrate control of an altcoin to demonstrate how easy the process is. As proof, they’ve not…

  • Mobile SMS Bitcoin Cash Wallet Cointext Expands to Asia

    Mobile SMS Bitcoin Cash Wallet Cointext Expands to Asia

    Hong Kong is the first country in Asia to officially be connected by Cointext, a service which enables anyone to send money to mobile phone numbers or Bitcoin Cash addresses without Internet, apps, or accounts. In addition to residents of the Chinese autonomous territory, Israelis and Palestinians also now have access to the service. Also…

  • Blockstream’s Liquid Network Could Be Vulnerable to Hardware Backdoors

    Blockstream’s Liquid Network Could Be Vulnerable to Hardware Backdoors

    Bitcoin technology company Blockstream has conceded its flagship Liquid Network could be susceptible to hardware vulnerabilities. Following recent disclosures that certain Chinese-manufactured motherboards contain backdoors, Blockstream has authored a post conceding that such an exploit could allow an attacker to infiltrate their off-chain bitcoin transfer system. Also read: Bitcoin Cash Developers Launch Chrome Extension Badgerwallet.cash Hardware…

  • Chrome Extensions Will Soon Protect Against Miners and Hackers

    Chrome Extensions Will Soon Protect Against Miners and Hackers

    Google has announced a number of upcoming changes concerning the development of new extensions for Chrome. Users of the web browser will soon benefit from improved security and better protection against malware including hidden miners and tools used to steal cryptocurrency. Also read: A Guide to Building Your Own Crypto Mining Rig Google Introduces Changes…

  • How to Set up a Bitcoin Paper Wallet

    How to Set up a Bitcoin Paper Wallet

    This article is a step-by-step how-to guide for creating bitcoin paper wallets. It walks through choosing a paper wallet generator, securing the computer environment to use it on, configuring and printing the wallets, cleaning up before and afterward to thwart hackers, and physically securing the wallets. Also read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market,…

  • Portal Network Developers Announce Bitcoin Cash Name Service

    Portal Network Developers Announce Bitcoin Cash Name Service

    A development team called the Portal Network has announced the creation of a new platform called the Bitcoin Cash Name Service (BCNS). Essentially BCNS turns a long alphanumeric bitcoin cash address into a human-readable name like ‘yourname.bch.’ Also read: Colombia Crypto Exchange Asks New President for Banking Help   Can Human Readable Names Replace Traditional…

  • A Guide to Building Your Own Crypto Mining Rig

    A Guide to Building Your Own Crypto Mining Rig

    Cryptocurrency mining has in many respects become an industrialized business. But despite the concentration of hashing power, the increasing difficulty and diminishing returns, in some cases it can still be profitable to mint coins as an amateur miner, probably the most honest way to earn some digital cash. Here’s a guide on how to build…

  • Launching a Website on the Bitcoin Cash Network Is Now a Reality

    Launching a Website on the Bitcoin Cash Network Is Now a Reality

    On September 29, Bitcoin Cash enthusiast Donald Mulders wrote an interesting post on the social media network Yours.org. The post detailed that he was attempting to host a website on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) chain using the Bitdb 2.0 application. Following the write-up, and with a little help from the BCH developer Unwriter and a…

  • Chopsticks API Gives BCH Application Developers Options During a Contentious Fork

    Chopsticks API Gives BCH Application Developers Options During a Contentious Fork

    On Thursday, September 27, Eminent.ly developers announced the launch of an application programming interface (API) called Chopsticks.cash. The Chopsticks API is for application developers or advanced users that are worried about the possibility of a contentious fork this November. Also Read: Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go Chopsticks API Allows…

  • Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go

    Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go

    The creators of the counterparty.cash protocol and Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia have announced two separate Bitcoin Cash full node clients written in the programming language Go (golang) — Gocoin-cash and Bchd (gcash).   Also Read: BCH Roundup: Markets and Developments Leap Ahead This Week Gocoin-cash: A Full Bitcoin Cash Solution Written in Go Language The Bitcoin Cash network has a…