Chainlink quietly unveils a grant program with the stated goal of making smart contracts “the dominant form of digital agreement”. Chainlink (LINK) introduced a new community grant program focused on making smart contracts “the dominant form of digital agreement”. Chainlink’s positive feedback loops. Source: Chainlink. Dominating digital agreements The grants will be awarded to projects […]
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The price of Chainlink has climbed to new heights as LINK continues to be one of the strongest cryptocurrency market performers of 2020. Without a doubt, one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in the past few years is Chainlink (LINK). In recent days, the cryptocurrency surged from $6.80 to $9.30 capping a 40% percent move and […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges in global seafood supply chains, and blockchain tech may help improve them. COVID-19 is the most devastating plague to ravage humankind this century. Every day, the number of patients infected with the coronavirus is rising globally and taking the highest human toll in the United States. The highly infectious […]
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Bitfinex wants to recover Bitcoin stolen from them in 2016, even if that means paying to find the hackers responsible for the attack. Crypto exchange Bitfinex is offering up to $400 million to anyone who can lead them to the hackers who stole over 120,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in August 2016. According to the company’s post […]
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As the Turkish lira hits record lows despite foreign reserve selling, Steve Hanke says that only a “gold-backed currency board” can save the economy. A famous Bitcoin skeptic has called for a gold-backed currency to save Turkey as its national fiat currency collapses. In a tweet on Monday, John Hopkins professor Steve Hanke argued that […]
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The U.S. dollar is at risk of falling below the lower end of a 12-year trendline as some analysts argue that this may be a bullish turning point for Bitcoin price. The United States dollar (USD) index is currently testing the bottom of a 12-year trendline. But as some traders are calling it the “most […]
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The Ethereum Medalla Testnet launched, but it is not yet achieving the participation it needs. The Ethereum Medalla testnet launch, scheduled for 1pm UTC, did not proceed as smoothly as expected. While the network launched successfully and proposed a sufficient number of blocks at the supposed genesis time, participation rate was a mere 57%; much […]
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There are certain stages that we need to go through before we are able to challenge and potentially replace the existing and proven gaming systems. When CryptoKitties burst onto the scene back in November 2017, we had our first taste of load-testing a blockchain solution at scale. Congestion spiked, and we saw glimpses of how […]
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The collapse of the initial coin offerings provided invaluable lessons on how to avoid a similar fate, MEW’s Kosala Hemachandra says. The boom of the initial coin offerings defined the blockchain industry in 2017 and the first half of 2018 as capital flowed to finance many new projects and the associated services. Ahead of Ethereum’s […]
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United States Representative Tom Emmer is confident about the bright future of Bitcoin and blockchain technology. The largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), is not going away once the ongoing financial crisis subsides, United States Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) believes. A known industry advocate, Emmer says that Bitcoin will only be getting stronger after the world eventually […]
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