Crypto is no stranger to weirdos, so here’s a few times the space got strange in 2020. Every industry, group, clique and conclave has its own share of weirdos — cryptocurrency and blockchain are no exception. Considering that cryptocurrency is the so-called “native” currency of the internet — the repository of the sum of human […]
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Web 3.0 will certainly be a step toward a more decentralized, immutable and censorship-resistant version of the web. Lately, the controversial topic of censorship on Big Tech platforms reached a turning point when U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign account was banned on both Twitter and Facebook for “spreading coronavirus misinformation.” The conversation over who has […]
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Ethereum 2.0 will lose the first-mover advantage its first iteration had. How does it stack up against the extensive competition in 2020? After several years in development, Ethereum 2.0 is now more tantalizingly close than ever before. Despite a shaky start with the Medalla testnet, it seems that development is still on track. Prysmatic Labs […]
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The surrounding threat level is low, but there are fears it could increase. Cybersecurity experts at ESET published an in-depth study about a new malware named “KryptoCibule.” This exploit specifically targets Windows users with three methods of attack, including by installing a crypto mining app, directly stealing crypto wallet files, and replacing copy/pasted wallet addresses […]
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Tron’s BitTorrent clients have been downloaded two billion times, but the BTT token remains down 74% from the ATH. Peer-to-peer file sharing service BitTorrent, and little brother uTorrent, have now been downloaded more than two billion times on various platforms. Last year the network accounted for 3% of all downstream, and 28% of all upstream, […]
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Justin Sun has offered $1 million to the person who finds those responsible for the recent Twitter hacks. After a massive number of Twitter accounts were hacked on July 15, one of the affected, Tron founder Justin Sun, put a bounty on the heads of those responsible. Tron’s founder will give $1 million to the […]
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What is decentralized file sharing, how does it work, and what are the main benefits of a peer-to-peer sharing model? Are there decentralized file sharing use cases already in operation? Two examples where IPFS has been used are with Wikipedia and the Android version of the Opera browser. The Turkish government previously attempted to ban […]
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BitTorrent users can now purchase BitTorrent and µTorrent Classic Pro with BUSD and Binance’s native token BNB. BitTorrent, a major file sharing service operating under Tron (TRX) developer, has added Binance’s USD stablecoin, BUSD, as payment option. As officially announced on July 9, BitTorrent users are now able to buy BitTorrent and µTorrent Classic Pro […]
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Bitfinex has uploaded the code for a crypto-powered open-source P2P data streaming protocol to GitHub. Veteran cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced an open-source peer-to-peer data streaming platform that will allow users to share media across a decentralized network. The code for Bitfinex’s “Dazaar” protocol has been uploaded to GitHub, describing a decentralized network in which […]
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PewDiePie signed a deal to stream exclusively on YouTube after partnering with a blockchain streaming platform in 2019. Amid its ongoing war with crypto, video giant YouTube has signed a new deal with one of the world’s biggest popular YouTubers. PewDiePie, the top-subscribed independent video maker on YouTube, now has to leave blockchain video platform […]
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