Amazing Crypto

Category: Technology

  • WAX blockchain network activity explodes and can now be tracked on DappRadar

    DappRadar, a data provider of decentralized applications (dApps) running across multiple protocols, announced that it will be adding WAX into its platform. Tracking trends in the WAX protocol WAX stands for World Asset eXchange. This is a decentralized platform that enables anyone to operate a fully functioning virtual marketplace with zero investment in security, infrastructure,…

  • The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto

    The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto

    A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy. Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for individuals and groups to communicate and interact with each other in a totally anonymous manner. Two persons may exchange messages, conduct business, and negotiate electronic contracts without ever knowing the True Name,…

  • Ethereum 2.0 gets a Sapphire Testnet explorer on Etherscan

    Etherscan and Prysmatic Labs have released their Beacon Chain Ethereum 2.0 Testnet explorer. According to the company’s announcement, the explorer will allow users to view the Sapphire Testnet, a public network developed by Prystmatic Labs that implements the Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 protocol. New testnet explorer means Ethereum 2.0 could see the light of day…

  • Everything you need to know about Cardano’s Shelley incentivized testnet

    With just days left until the incentivized testnet for Shelley is finally released, Cardano issued a detailed explanation of the incentive model employed in the testnet. While the model introduced to the testnet isn’t the final one, the company published details about the rewards users can expect in the following weeks. Testing out game theory…

  • Litecoin not in danger of a 51% attack despite bottomed hashrate

    Litecoin not in danger of a 51% attack despite bottomed hashrate

    After more than 66 percent of its value got slashed since its August halving, Litecoin saw its hashrate drop from its peak of over 500 TH/s to just 150 TH/s. However, the network’s drastically reduced computing power doesn’t make it vulnerable to a 51 percent attack, data has shown, as its low price wouldn’t justify…

  • The best tech-investment of the 2010s decade was bitcoin

    The best tech-investment of the 2010s decade was bitcoin

    In terms of how long it maintained its $100 billion valuation, Bitcoin has outperformed every tech company that existed, claims Balaji Srinivasan. The former Coinbase CTO said that the biggest unicorn of the 2010s wasn’t any of the usual picks such as Uber, Airbnb, or Snapchat, but rather the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency. Bitcoin’s performance…

  • Litecoin Foundation launches crowdfunding campaign to develop confidential transactions for LTC

    The Litecoin Foundation has announced the creation of a dedicated fund to support the ongoing development of privacy features for Litecoin and is calling for community members to donate. On Tuesday, the Singapore-based non-profit said on LitecoinTalk the fund will finance the efforts of David Burkett, the Grin developer currently working to bring confidential transactions to…

  • Three ratios crucial for understanding Bitcoin Price

    According to crypto analyst PlanB, who popularized the Bitcoin stock-to-flow model, understanding the world’s largest cryptocurrency comes down to just three things—its Sharpe ratio, its correlation with other assets, and cointegration with the stock-to-flow model. Boiling down Bitcoin to three crucial ratios While Bitcoin’s unique proposition attracted hundreds of millions of people in the ten…

  • Grin developer: Litecoin closer to gaining privacy features with MimbleWimble

    The Grin developer tasked with implementing privacy features in Litecoin, David Burkett, has created a thread for monthly updates on the LTC MimbleWimble integration and has announced progress on the plan to bring confidentiality features to the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Burkett posted via Twitter: “I’ll be posting monthly status updates detailing progress on…

  • Horizen (ZEN) ranked first by active nodes, while Bitcoin (BTC) second

    Horizen (ZEN) ranked first by active nodes, while Bitcoin (BTC) second

    A renowned analyst is making a compelling case for ranking cryptocurrencies. Instead of taking into account their market capitalization, he puts emphasis on the number of nodes instead. CoinMarketCap rankings are “nonsense” Aat de Kwaasteniet, a former electrical designer at Vialis, explained in a Medium post that the way CoinMarketCap ranks cryptocurrencies is “highly questionable.”…