Category: Technology

SLP Developers Publish Specs for a Unique Type of Non-Fungible Tokens

The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has become a popular project within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem because it gives anyone the ability to issue and transfer tokens in a permissionless fashion. Since the project was announced last year, there’s been a myriad of tokens created on the BCH chain. A few SLP tokens have launched on…

July 26, 2019
Brave Browser users will soon be able to withdraw their Basic Attention Tokens

Brave Browser is introducing a new feature that will allow its users to withdraw BAT earned from ads. While the feature is currently only available on Brave’s developer browser preview, the community welcomed the news, calling it a step forward for BAT adoption. BAT withdrawals will soon be available on Brave Previously, Basic Attention Token…

July 25, 2019
Chainlink welcomes Stake.fish as Reviewed Node Operator growing the LINK oracle network

Stake.fish, a prominent validator for proof-of-stake blockchains, announced on Tuesday that it will serve as a Chainlink “Reviewed Node Operator,” growing the oracle network. Chainlink is decentralized oracle network that securely connects smart contracts to external data sources and various payment networks. Specifically, the platform’s infrastructure has been designed to establish secure connections with APIs…

July 25, 2019
Quasar hard fork: Bitcoin SV upgrades block size to 2GB

A planned hard fork has been executed on Bitcoin SV (BSV) despite deliberation over the timing of the scheduled upgrade, dubbed “Quasar”. The fork has upped the protocol’s block size limit from 128MB to 2GB—a development that according to the owners of the BSV project, Bitcoin Association, will help BSV scale to “1000+ transactions per…

July 25, 2019
Ethereum improvement proposal 2025 increases block reward, community opposed to maintain ETH as store-of-value

Several Ethereum developers voiced concerns about Ethereum improvement proposal (EIP) 2025, which recommends creating more Ether per block for the next 18 months. Authored by James Hancock, a Berlin-based developer, the proposal suggests adding an extra 0.044 Ether per block in order to broadly fund Ethereum’s ongoing development. Published last month, EIP-2025 was discussed briefly…

July 24, 2019
Leaked GitHub image show Cardano transitioning to a decentralized network in under three months

Leaked images from the Cardano GitHub show the protocol transitioning from centralized nodes to the more community-run decentralized network, with Ada staking, in under three months. From “federated” to decentralized nodes Cardano is a “third-generation” blockchain platform with an emphasis on research and peer review. The first development phase of Cardano was the “Byron era,”…

July 23, 2019
Craig Wright’s misinformed attempt at scaling Bitcoin, BSV frivolously increasing block size to 2GB

In Craig Wright’s latest marketing attempt, Bitcoin SV will increase its block size cap from 128MB to 2GB. The upgrade will make BSV less secure, more centralized, and more costly for infrastructure providers to maintain—adding additional fuel to the already raging dumpster fire of a project. Craig Wright—who has been deemed a fraud by a…

July 21, 2019
Bitcoin Cash Milestones: Delivered Code, Upgrades and Platform Development

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUVRj8iznU&w=560&h=349] Bitcoin Cash (BCH) platform and protocol development have seen a lot of delivered code and projects over the last two years. The upgrades will help Bitcoin Cash scale to the masses, and many of the added features are protocol developments that are unique to BCH. Also read: Indian Government Breaks Silence on Crypto…

July 19, 2019
Interview: Ethereum development suite Truffle CEO on the future of dApps, regulation, and Libra

We interviewed Tim Coulter, the founder and CEO of Truffle, an Ethereum development environment, testing framework, and asset pipeline. On August 2nd, at the Microsoft Campus outside of Seattle, the company will host its second annual TruffleCon, an event dedicated to ETH developers. Before blockchain, Coulter built a career specializing in software testing and developer support,…

July 19, 2019
Zuckbucks” encounters resistance due to Facebook’s damaged reputation, Libra may precipitate unfavorable legislation

Facebook’s Calibra CEO David Marcus took another beating, this time from members of the House, with one lawmaker even scorning the proposed Libra cryptocurrency as “Zuckbucks.” Marcus went before members of the House Financial Service Committee to explain the social media platform’s ambitious proposal to enter the crypto space. During the hearing, which spanned more than…

July 17, 2019