Jack Dorsey, the founder and CEO of Twitter, has revealed that the company funded a dedicated team to develop a decentralized standard for social media. Jack Dorsey, the founder and CEO of Twitter and payments operator Squre, has revealed that Twitter is funding a dedicated team to develop a decentralized standard for social media. In […]
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Ethereum was supposed to bring us the “world computer,” but even 3,000 transactions per second is woefully inadequate. Vitalik Buterin has claimed that Ethereum will support 3,000 transactions per second after the upcoming Istanbul fork. Will this unleash a new wave of Ethereum creativity? Might we expect a surge in traffic on the Ethereum network? […]
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EOS Block Producer “EOS New York” has published data purportedly showing that six registered producers on the network are managed by a single entity. EOS Block Producer “EOS New York” has published data purportedly showing that six registered producers on the network are managed by a single entity. In a tweet published on Nov. 28, […]
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VideoCoin is gearing up to reinvent outdated PPV content consumption to battle Disney+ and Netflix, privacy still an issue to be resolved. For the past few months, the modern world has witnessed TV providers battle it out for the exclusive streaming rights for consumer-favorite shows such as Seinfeld, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, The Office […]
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Blockstream CEO and HashCash inventor Adam Back has controversially compared Ethereum with the notorious medical-testing startup Theranos. Blockstream CEO Adam Back — inventor of the hashcash Proof-of-Work (PoW) system later used in Bitcoin’s (BTC) mining algorithm — has controversially compared Ethereum (ETH) with the now-defunct biotech startup Theranos. As part of a Twitter exchange published […]
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India’s biggest crypto exchange, WazirX, was bought by Binance, sending a wave of optimism in the crypto ecosystem. In April 2018, the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, initiated a major crackdown on the trade and purchase of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin within its borders. RBI Deputy Governor Bibhu Kanungo declared that all […]
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The CertiK Foundation, an organization that develops security infrastructure for blockchain, will introduce the open beta of its CertiK Chain next week. The CertiK Foundation, an organization that develops security infrastructure for blockchains, will introduce the open beta of its CertiK Chain next week. Per a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Nov. 22, CertiK […]
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A new report from the non-profit Human Rights Foundation analyzes the censorship and privacy landscape of stablecoins. The non-profit Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has analyzed the censorship and privacy landscape of stablecoins in a report published on Nov. 20. For privacy coins that are not stablecoins, the largest single-week losses so far this year have […]
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Investment company Cypherpunk Holdings has completed an equity investment worth $337,500 in zkSnacks, the firm behind the privacy-focused crypto wallet Wasabi. Tech investment company Cypherpunk Holdings has completed an equity investment worth $337,500 in zkSNACKs, the firm behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency wallet Wasabi. Cypherpunk announced the news in a Nov. 21 press release, specifying that it […]
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An ice cream shop in Berlin’s trendy Friedrichshain district has revealed that a chat with an unknown “super nice” guy spurred them to spearhead Bitcoin adoption. An ice cream shop in Berlin’s trendy Friedrichshain district has revealed that a chat with an unknown “super nice” guy spurred them to spearhead Bitcoin adoption with the local […]
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