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  • Gitcoin and ConsenSys Labs partner for Beyond Blockchain hackathon

    Gitcoin and ConsenSys Labs partner for Beyond Blockchain hackathon

    Gitcoin and ConsenSys Labs will host a three-week virtual hackathon called Beyond Blockchain from June 24–July 10. The event gives participants the chance to win prizes in Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens posted as bounties on Gitcoin. According to the announcement, the event focuses on bringing blockchain tools and technologies to a wider audience. Source: Beyond…

  • Bullet stopping drones now mine on the Monero network

    Bullet stopping drones are now securing the Monero network? Astral AR and Core Scientific announced a partnership that puts mining software on high-power safety drones. Astral AR, a Texas-based company specializing in safety drones, announced a partnership with Core Scientific—a blockchain infrastructure and AI firm helmed by former Microsoft COO Kevin Turner. Called “Project Palladium,”…

  • New SLP Token Allows You to Transact in BTC But With BCH Fees

    New SLP Token Allows You to Transact in BTC But With BCH Fees

    There’s a new Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) based token called BTC2 that’s backed 1:1 with BTC. People can obtain the BTC2 token using cryptocurrency swapping application Sideshift.ai. With BTC2, you can essentially transact with BTC, but utilize the same network fee (less than a penny) as bitcoin cash transactions. Also read: Meet the Developer Who…

  • Google showcases Chainlink implementation with its cloud services, LINK skyrockets 70%

    Google showcases Chainlink implementation with its cloud services, LINK skyrockets 70%

    Google used Chainlink’s features in a showcase implementation to bridge communication between blockchains and cloud-based services. The announcement took LINK to a new all-time high, surging 70 percent within an hour of the release. Google integrates Chainlink Allen Day, a Google Cloud developer advocate, described in a blog post how Chainlink could be used to make…

  • PayPal, Mastercard, and Stripe investing in Facebook’s new cryptocurrency

    PayPal, Mastercard, Stripe, and Uber will be among over a dozen companies investing approximately $10 million each to back Facebook’s new cryptocurrency. Announced in the Wall Street Journal, the companies will join a consortium to govern the token. Facebook Global Holdings registered “Libra Networks” in Switzerland as a financial technology company focusing on blockchain and…

  • An In-Depth Look at Iris, a New Decentralized Social Network

    An In-Depth Look at Iris, a New Decentralized Social Network

    Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a new social media platform designed by one of Bitcoin’s earliest developers Martti Malmi, otherwise known as Sirius. The project he designed, called Iris, is a social networking application that stores and indexes everything on the user’s devices and connects directly with peers rather than using centralized and privacy-invasive algorithms.…

  • Coinex Exchange Lists the first SLP-Based Stablecoin Built on Bitcoin Cash

    Coinex Exchange Lists the first SLP-Based Stablecoin Built on Bitcoin Cash

    On June 12, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinex announced the listing of a new Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token called honestcoin (USDH). The Honestcoin.io website details that the new token is a fully regulated stablecoin issued on the Bitcoin Cash network backed 1-to-1 for U.S. dollars. Also read: Yahoo Japan-Backed Exchange Launches Crypto-Yen Markets and Margin…

  • Blockchain startup replaying 10 years of Bitcoin transaction history in an hour

    Radix, a public trustless decentralized ledger, plans to replay 10 years of Bitcoin transaction history with full signature and transaction validation in under an hour. A new layer for the internet Radix describes itself as a new layer for the internet, where data, money, and other assets can be transacted quickly and easily. It was…

  • Ubisoft reportedly developing Ethereum in-game items and blockchain games

    Ubisoft reportedly developing Ethereum in-game items and blockchain games

    Ubisoft—the fourth largest publicly traded video game company known for Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Just Dance—is reportedly developing game features on the Ethereum blockchain, according to Les Echos. Ubisoft May Work on Ethereum for Blockchain Apps: Les Echos — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 11, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Sources told Les Echos that the development team at…

  • Google Chrome plans to cripple ad blockers, crypto-enabled Brave and Opera unyielding

    Proposed changes to Google Chrome, the browser of choice for 63 percent of devices, would cripple ad blockers and other privacy-enhancing extensions. Meanwhile, Brave and Opera may deviate from Chrome to retain the functionality of these extensions. Google is embroiled in another controversy around user privacy. In October, Google proposed changes to the Chromium codebase…