Category: Technology News
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The Creator of Proof-of-Stake Thinks He Finally Figured It Out
Pseudonymous developer Sunny King, the creator of proof-of-stake, has a new approach for the consensus mechanism – and it revolves around hardware.
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Threats Fly As Fight Over Siacoin’s Crypto Mining ‘Kill Switch’ Intensifies
A cryptocurrency community is devolving into infighting amid a controversy that has ensnared its creator and the founder of two of its key startups.
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Bitcoin's Taproot Privacy Tech Is Ready – But One Thing's Standing In The Way
Bitcoin could get better privacy with Taproot, but there’s one big obstacle – it can’t be deployed until another technology goes through.
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The Code for an Anonymous Lightning Network is Now Live
A private version of the crypto protocol lightning network is headed to zcash, with the potential it could be added for other blockchains soon.
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Coders Renew Efforts to Fork Mining Giant Bitmain Off Siacoin Blockchain
Coders on a smaller cryptocurrency protocol are showing why expansion might not be so easy for Bitmain, a mining giant that’s soon to file for an IPO.
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A New Way to Compare Bitcoin Cash to Bitcoin
Obviously a coin’s price matters, but it’s only one of several measures of a blockchain’s value. Looking at them together gives you a fuller picture.
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You Can Now Get Paid (A Little) For Using Bitcoin's Lightning Network
Lightning nodes are making money – albeit not much – displaying the potential for a growing fee market on the layer two tech.
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Blockchain Social Network Mind Is Migrating to Ethereum
Blockchain-based social network Minds is moving its platform to the ethereum mainnet, the startup announced Monday.
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Where Roads Can't Reach, Blockchain Drones Just Might Travel
A team of Russian engineers and entrepreneurs wants to link heavy-duty delivery drones using blockchain.
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Crypto Unicorn Bitmain Weighs $18 Billion IPO, One of World's Largest
Bitmain is going public in China. The IPO might make it one of the most valuable startups, cryptocurrency or not, to ever debut on the public markets.