Category: Technology

Why database sharding is massive for Ethereum Developers

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February 14, 2020
Why are consensus algorithms key for blockchain?

Why are consensus algorithms key for blockchain technology? What do they do and how o they work? Why are consensus algorithms key for blockchain technology? The post Why are consensus algorithms key for blockchain? appeared first on Toshi Times.

February 13, 2020
Cardano (ADA) update: Yoroi mobile staking, ADA/USD trading on Binance.US

Cardano’s native cryptocurrency ADA has just gotten new use cases. Yoroi, the official Cardano wallet, has announced that its Android mobile app now supports staking on the Shelley testnet, while ADA/USD trading has just been enabled on the Binance.US exchange. Android users can now stake ADA from their Yoroi Wallets In line with its ambitious…

February 12, 2020
Censorship surrounding Coronavirus outbreak in China shows the need for secure blockchain messaging apps

The news about the Coronavirus could have been broadcast much faster and the outbreak handled much more effectively if the doctors working on the cases had access to censorship-resistant messaging platforms. According to cryptographer David Chaum, the founder of xx network, could help overcome societal barriers such as censorship, which are prevalent in countries such…

February 12, 2020
Temporal and ENS now make launching a decentralized website easier than ever

Temporal has partnered with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) to integrate its Web 3.0 infrastructure and IPFS APIs into the ENS Manager app. According to the companies’ press release, another great use-case for both platforms has been created, as it will enable creating a decentralized website in no more than three steps. Temporal announces partnership…

February 10, 2020
RSK further advances blockchain interoperability with Bitcoin-Ethereum bridge

The team behind RSK, the smart contract platform developed as a side chain of the Bitcoin blockchain, has announced the launch of an interoperability bridge with Ethereum. Users could already send BTC into dApps developed on the RSK platform, but from now on, this functionality is also available on the Ethereum blockchain. The move represents…

February 7, 2020
Bitcoin Cash Community Begins Crafting Q&A Stack Exchange Site to Build Knowledge Base

On February 6, Bitcoin Cash supporters were introduced to a new BCH-centric Stack Exchange community called bitcoincash.stackexchange.com. The goal of the Q&A site aims to build a “knowledge center” for Bitcoin Cash developers and individual researchers interested in learning about BCH. Also Read: IOTA, EOS, XLM, ADA – 4 ‘Bitcoin Contenders’ With Zero Use Cases…

February 7, 2020
Lightning Labs closes $10M investment round to release first merchant product

Lightning Labs has announced they have raised a $10M Series A, saying that the funds will be used to further develop Lightning and scale the developer system. According to Elizabeth Stark, the CEO and co-founder of Lightning Labs, the closing of the funding round was followed by the launch of Lightning Loop, a paid product…

February 6, 2020
At Cardano (ADA), a lot is happening underneath the surface

The effort to improve communication with the Cardano (ADA) community has revealed the scope of work and research that has gone into the platform. According to Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, the fruits of almost five years of labor will see the light of day in the next few months, marking the beginning of…

February 5, 2020
Handshake mainnet goes live allowing anyone to own top-level domains and earn in decentralized fashion

Handshake, a Proof-of-Work DNS protocol spearheaded by the co-creator of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, has launched its mainnet in its bid to decentralize trusted Certificate Authorities and replace authoritative bodies like ICANN that govern top-level domains (TLDs) like “.com” and “.org.” Handshake functionality – Namebase.io The project has maintained a low profile since debuting in August…

February 4, 2020