Charles Hoskinson believes that this complex cryptographic technique could have helped avoid the Bitcoin Civil War that led to the formation of Bitcoin Cash. In a Cointelegraph interview, Charles Hoskinson said that in his opinion, recursive snarks could be a solution for the Bitcoin’s (BTC) scalability problems. Intellectual dishonesty Hoskinson believes that there was a […]
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian recently announced his planned actions to fight racism. Alexis Ohanian, a millionaire tech entreprenuer and co-founder of online social platform Reddit, recently publicized plans for his personal fight against racism. These include his desire to see a member of the black community replace him at his current board position. “I’ve resigned […]
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Mexico’s blockchain sector is producing robust growth, with the sector having nearly doubled in size since 2018. Mexico’s blockchain and financial technology, or fintech, industries have nearly doubled in size over just two years, according to data provided to Cointelegraph by blockchain-focused law firm, Legal Paradox. The firm estimates that Mexico’s fintech and blockchain sector […]
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Bitcoin may not break $10,000 for some time as several metrics point to possible pullbacks to under $9,000. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,687 representing a 0.87% loss in value in the last 24 hours and 1 % for today’s session Looking at performance relative to its peers, Ether (ETH) and XRP are both underperforming […]
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New research from decentralized CPU-sharing network Golem shows a concept for identity authentication using Proof of Device, based around Intel’s SGX technology. Decentralized CPU-sharing network, Golem, published its research into a Proof of Device, PoD, mechanism for user authentication, June 5. While still a proof of concept, the research outlines a method by which users […]
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Moscow citizens will be able to vote on Vladimir Putin’s Constitutional amendments via a blockchain-powered system. Russia’s upcoming e-voting on the Constitutional amendments will be implemented using blockchain technology. Moscow citizens will be able to cast their votes on Vladimir Putin’s Constitutional amendments online via blockchain-powered e-voting. As announced on the Moscow government’s official website, […]
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Does the blockchain space make excuses for its problems? As part of a blog post detailing a different approach to blockchain transaction scaling, Waves Smart Contracts head of development, Ilya Smagin, noted the blockchain space often makes excuses for its shortcomings. “One of the things blockchain people are good at is explaining why user restrictions […]
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Tune in now to the premiere of Cointelegraph’s latest documentary How to Create an Event: Making of Blockshow. Despite crypto being an almost completely digital industry, offline conferences and events are an integral part of the space. They facilitate the flow of ideas and build the groundwork for lucrative connections and networking. The worldwide consequences […]
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The hardware wallet company has stepped into the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). Ledger, a producer of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, announced today that its users can now connect their devices to the DeversiFi decentralized exchange, or DEX. Hardware wallets + DeFi As a result of this integration, Ledger has become one of the first hardware […]
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The Antminer T19 by Bitmain may not have a big impact on the Bitcoin network, and it comes out amid the firm’s internal and post-halving uncertainty. Earlier this week, Chinese mining-hardware juggernaut Bitmain unveiled its new product, an application-specific integrated circuit called Antminer T19. The Bitcoin (BTC) mining unit is the latest to join the […]
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