The secret to building a successful decentralized autonomous organization: Decred project lead shares four lessons in de-leadership. The topic of decentralized autonomous organizations is echoing loud and clear from the halls of this year’s DevCon to CryptoTwitter. Multiple projects at DevCon, including Aragon and MolochDAO, presented their commitments to decentralize power across a DAO, or, […]
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Another FAANG company has its sights on financial services — this time it’s Google, as Forbes has reported, polemically claiming this could “kill Bitcoin.” Another FAANG company has its sights on financial services — this time it’s Google, as Forbes reported on Nov. 16, polemically claiming this could “kill Bitcoin.” In an interview with the […]
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Research from crypto analytics firm Longhash claims to have debunked the recent single-whale theory of the 2017 Bitcoin bull run. Blockchain education platform Longhash has released research that it claims debunks the recent single-whale theory of the 2017 Bitcoin (BTC) bull run. On Nov. 18, researchers at crypto analytics firm Longhash announced that they have […]
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Two years on, the BTCC co-founder regrets supporting the failed SegWit2x Bitcoin hard fork proposal, having previously pushed for its adoption. Bitcoin’s (BTC) failed hard fork attempt from 2017, SegWit2x, was “extremely dangerous and irresponsible,” says a CEO who was formerly one of its biggest supporters. In a series of tweets on Nov. 16, Bobby […]
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Ukrzaliznytsya, a state-owned enterprise of rail transport in Ukraine, says its Lviv Railway illegally mined crypto using its electricity. A branch at Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsya), was illegally mining crypto using the power grid of the state. Ukrzaliznytsya, a state-owned enterprise of rail transport in Ukraine, says that its Lviv Railway unit used its electricity to […]
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Ahead of its hard fork, Bitcoin Cash sees suspicious hashing power sources cause a ruckus. An upcoming planned hard fork in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) will impose relatively simple technical changes to its consensus mechanism that will not split the chain, despite some turbulent undercurrents in the coin’s community regarding issues which have recently become difficult […]
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Iranian authorities are offering a bounty to anyone who exposes unauthorized mining operations in the country. Iranian authorities are offering a bounty to anyone who exposes unauthorized mining operations in the country, Iranian news outlet PressTV reports on Nov. 13. A spokesman of the Energy Ministry announced the bounty program during an interview with local […]
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Australian blockchain energy firm Power Ledger and BSES Rajdhani Power Limited have successfully conducted a peer-to-peer solar power trading trial in India. Australian blockchain energy firm Power Ledger and Indian electricity distribution company BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) have completed a peer-to-peer (P2P) solar power trading trial in the country. Power Ledger announced the news […]
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Singaporeans can already pay for cab rides with crypto. Speaking on stage at BlockShow 2019 in Singapore today, Alchemy Global Payment Solutions (Alchemy GPS) co-founder Patrick Ngan discussed some details of how his company is making it easier to pay for everyday goods and services with cryptocurrency. Ngan emphasized the power of choice to make […]
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Last week, the president of Venezuela appeared on national television holding a Trezor wallet. Was it just a stunt? Last week, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appeared on national television approaching a Trezor-branded stall at a local technological fair. He seemed perplexed as to what exactly a hardware cryptocurrency wallet is supposed to do. […]
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