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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Block.One, the firm that developed the EOSIO software, announced that it will now vote for the block producers of the EOS network. Block.One, the firm that developed the EOSIO software, announced on Nov. 13 that it will begin participating in the election procedures for block producers (BPs) on the EOS blockchain. “Small, but significant EOS […]
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While money laundering is noted as a key fear of regulators, the numbers shows fiat currency is still the main choice of criminals. Cryptocurrencies came to life as a counterweight to the global financial restrictions that are powered by banks and regulators through the use of fiat. Therefore, it is fitting that Bitcoin (BTC) broke […]
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Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++ programming language, has vented his frustration about the use of C++ in Bitcoin mining operation. Bjarne Stroustrup, a Danish computer scientist and the creator of C++ programming language, has vented his frustration with use of C++ in Bitcoin (BTC) mining. Stroustrup made his remarks during an interview for Lex […]
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Difficulty readjustment shows Bitcoin network stabilizing itself as mixed price action continues, but miner interest remains as hash rate rises. Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjusted downwards more than at any time since its 2018 price low on Nov. 8, data shows. As noted by entrepreneur and cryptocurrency commentator Alistair Milne on Monday, difficulty fell by […]
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The official Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency has published a report recognizing Bitcoin as “the first successful application of blockchain technology.” The official Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency has published a report recognizing Bitcoin (BTC) as “the first successful application of blockchain technology.” Published today, Nov. 11, the coverage is exceptional given China’s abiding hardline […]
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Both Argentina and Venezuela see their biggest ever weekly volumes on Localbitcoins as citizens grapple with the deteriorating purchasing power of their fiat currencies. Bitcoin (BTC) trading set new records in two of its most keenly watched South American markets last week, new data has revealed. As monitoring resource Coin Dance confirmed on Nov. 10, […]
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Cointelegraph auf Deutsch presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency and blockchain-related developments from the German-speaking world. The past week has marked a number of crypto- and blockchain-related developments in the German-speaking world. Malta Enterprise partnered with Deutsche Telekom’s IT service subsidiary to offer its blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) marketplace, French IT company Atos and Austrian startup […]
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Emerging technologies have the potential to impact climate change and shift society’s makeup to be more sustainable and accessible to all. The world is slowly, but very surely, turning its attention to climate change, and to the human activities that are having the largest impact. The recent U.N. General Assembly on Climate Change broached these topics in […]
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After launching Zcash in 2016, Electric Coin Company gave the Zcash trademark to the Zcash Foundation. Electric Coin Company (ECC) has donated the Zcash trademark to the Zcash Foundation. ECC created and launched the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) in 2016, and will now own the trademark bilaterally with the corresponding foundation. ECC and the Zcash […]
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