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Charles Hoskinson’s IOHK submitted a decentralized treasury proposal to the Ethereum Classic Community

August 28, 2020cashtechnews

Would a 20% block reward reduction matter in the long run? Charles Hoskinson’s IOHK recently published two Ethereum Classic Improvement Proposals, or ECIPs, meant to help the struggling chain recover after a slew of recent 51% attacks. The first introduced a checkpoint system to prevent the possibility of such attacks, and the second proposed a decentralized treasury — a seemingly […]

Traders say Bitcoin now faces 2 main scenarios: $16K or $9.6K — Here’s why

August 27, 2020cashtechnews

As Bitcoin price corrects, traders debate whether BTC will visit $9.6K or $16K first. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has declined by more than 6% in the last three days and with the $276 million CME Bitcoin futures expiry approaching on Aug. 28, traders are nervous that additional downside could be in store. Following Bitcoin’s […]

US Rep. Darren Soto is excited about the recent USPS blockchain voting patent

August 25, 2020cashtechnews

Can blockchain help settle the mail-in voting debate? The United States Postal Service, or USPS, recently filed a patent for a mail-in voting system that utilizes Blockchain and other technologies for verification. Responding to an inquiry from Cointelegraph, U.S. Representative for Florida’s 9th district, Darren Soto, voiced his excitement about this prospective development. “I think […]

Block Size and Scalability, Explained

August 24, 2020cashtechnews

Debate over increasing block size for blockchain scalability still goes on, but what are the main arguments from proponents and detractors? The debate is not settled. Despite much of the great work being done, there is no one clear solution for blockchain scaling, and it’s possible there never will be. All of the possibilities explored […]

Law Decoded: Blockchains and the Eastern Bloc, August 14–21

August 21, 2020cashtechnews

As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The political machinations of Eastern Europe have dominated recent headlines. Protests […]

The Challenge of Taxing Proof-of-Stake

August 21, 2020cashtechnews

Cointelegraph examines the basis of Congress calling out the IRS for threatening to tax proof-of-stake rewards beyond their actual value. While being a relatively young correction to energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) network validation, proof-of-stake has existed in theory since 2012. However, rising market cap of PoS tokens like Cardano (ADA) and Tezos (XTZ) over the past […]

Bank of England Joins Key Roundtable on Central Bank Digital Currency Design

August 18, 2020cashtechnews

The Bank of England is keeping central bank digital currency research high on its 2020 agenda. The Bank of England will take part in a key meeting tomorrow to discuss central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and their possible infrastructural designs. Hosted by global central banking think tank, the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), […]

Starting Second Term Today, SEC Commissioner Peirce Tells Cointelegraph Her Crypto Priorities

August 17, 2020cashtechnews

Sworn in for her second term today, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce tells Cointelegraph about the commission’s work on crypto and new tech in investing. Most days, there is little love lost between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the world of crypto. As the regulator of the world’s largest capital market, the commission’s […]

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 Presents a ‘Much Harder’ Challenge Than We Thought

August 17, 2020cashtechnews

Vitalik Buterin says it’s likely that some Ethereum applications may fail, while others succeed — but he accepts it as integral to how the project as a whole will move forward. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says he would “freely admit” that Ethereum 2.0 is “much harder” to implement from a technical perspective than he had […]

Two Attacks on ETC Network Leave Community Needing a Solution, Fast

August 16, 2020cashtechnews

Multiple Ethereum Classic blockchain attacks leave significant discussions on what actually happened. Ethereum Classic, a 2016 hard fork from Ethereum’s main blockchain, has suffered multiple concerning network attacks over the last two years. Two such attacks occurred within a seven-day span, totaling millions of dollars in losses. With the dust settling from the two 51% […]

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Charles Hoskinson’s IOHK submitted a decentralized treasury proposal to the Ethereum Classic Community

Traders say Bitcoin now faces 2 main scenarios: $16K or $9.6K — Here’s why

US Rep. Darren Soto is excited about the recent USPS blockchain voting patent

The Challenge of Taxing Proof-of-Stake

Bank of England Joins Key Roundtable on Central Bank Digital Currency Design

Starting Second Term Today, SEC Commissioner Peirce Tells Cointelegraph Her Crypto Priorities

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 Presents a ‘Much Harder’ Challenge Than We Thought

Two Attacks on ETC Network Leave Community Needing a Solution, Fast

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