Publicly traded software firm Splunk is using Ethereum sidechain xDai Chain to power payments at its Las Vegas SplunkConf 2019. Publicly traded software firm Splunk is using Ethereum sidechain xDai Chain to power the payments at its Las Vegas SplunkConf 2019. Payments at the conference Per a report shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 24, conference […]
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Rethinking the web for its next 30 years: A new, open-source model of decentralization and sustainability. The web has arguably been the biggest driver of economic and technological innovation in the 30 years since its invention. It has not only lowered barriers to publishing information and accessing that information, it has also changed peer-to-peer communication, […]
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Cryptocurrency markets are mostly showing red candlesticks, while Bitcoin price is struggling below the $8,100 mark. Tuesday, Oct. 22 — Crypto markets are mostly showing red candlesticks, while Bitcoin (BTC) fails to impress with a sudden drop below the $8,100 price point. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin was trading above the $8,200 price […]
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Web browser Opera now supports payments with Bitcoin directly inside the browser. Web browser Opera now allows making payments with Bitcoin (BTC) directly inside the browser. The company announced the news in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 21, detailing that Opera’s 350 million users can now send and receive BTC directly from […]
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Members of the Zcash community discover a suspicious and potentially malicious counterfeit version of Zcash Foundation’s native ZecWallet. Members of the Zcash (ZEC) community have discovered a suspicious and potentially malicious counterfeit version of Zcash Foundation’s native ZecWallet. According to a Twitter post published on Oct. 20 and retweeted by Zcash developer Electric Coin Company, […]
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Cointelegraph has been blocked in Russia, and Telegram’s legal showdown with the SEC has been delayed until February. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on […]
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Slovakian software security firm ESET has uncovered a fake Tor Browser that steals Bitcoin from darknet shoppers. Major antivirus software supplier ESET has discovered a trojanized Tor Browser designed to steal Bitcoin (BTC) from buyers in the darknet. Fake browser distributed via 2 websites Targeting users in Russia, the fake Tor Browser was distributed via […]
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Russian regulator Roskomnadzor institutes a block on Cointelegraph’s website in the Russian Federation. Cointelegraph’s website has become widely inaccessible in Russia as authorities added the domain to a registry of blacklisted sites. The blacklist Although Cointelegraph has been publicly on a list of blocked sites since 2017, it was only yesterday, October 16, that the […]
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Brave browser now has 8 million monthly active users and 2.8 million daily active users, the company says. Cryptocurrency-powered web browser Brave announced on Oct. 16 that it reached 8 million monthly active users. Furthermore, daily active users stand at over 2.8 million and the number of creators subscribed to its web advertisement network also […]
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Litecoin and other alts are becoming increasaingly prevalent among crypto “sextortionists” since they allow to avoid detection more easily, a new research says. Litecoin (LTC) and other alts are becoming increasingly prevalent among crypto “sextortionists” since they allow to avoid detection more easily, a new research says. According to cybersecurity firm Cofense’s new report published […]
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