The TRON founder Justin Sun, who recently bought Steemit, would have too much power: Would it start the centralization within the community? Over the last few days, the centralization versus decentralization row has erupted in earnest. In case you missed it, the activities of Tron founder Justin Sun following his takeover of blogging site Steemit […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has officially apologized to the Steemit community following its involvement in a major centralization scandal involving Tron founder Justin Sun. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has officially apologized to the Steemit community following its involvement in a major centralization scandal involving Tron founder Justin Sun. In its letter posted on March 10, Binance affirmed […]
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Bitmain co-founder Micree Ketuan Zhan launched another lawsuit in an attempt to regain his position as the CEO of the firm. Micree Ketuan Zhan, the co-founder of leading mining hardware producer Bitmain launched another lawsuit in an attempt to regain his position as the CEO of the firm. According to a court filing in Fujan […]
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Check the bad crypto news of the past week. So, how high is Bitcoin about to go? Analyst Willy Woo thinks it’s going to hit $135,000. It’s a “common-sense prediction” he told RT’s Keiser Report. Tim Draper is betting even higher. The venture capitalist has moved his money out of the stock market (too “frothy”) […]
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An upcoming Indian crypto roadshow has nearly doubled the number of cities it is visiting following the Supreme Courts repealing of the RBI crypto ban. The Indian Crypto Bulls Roadshow describes itself as a not-for-profit initiative that seeks to educate Indian citizens as to the emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. The roadshow was originally scheduled […]
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao takes issue with Justin Sun’s characterization of the Steem takeover as an ‘upgrade’. Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao is distancing himself from Tron founder Justin Sun over what has been described by some as a ‘hostile takeover’ of the Steem blockchain. Sun claimed that these reports were “misleading” and that “We […]
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Blockchain tech as the privacy keeper: How the distribution of metadata will help you to maintain privacy. It has been nearly seven years since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on highly classified global surveillance programs, inciting a national conversation about privacy in the digital age. One of these revelations was that the NSA had access […]
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In what seems as one of the biggest crypto dramas of 2020, community seems to have the upper hand. The scandal surrounding the Steem blockchain continues to unfold. After juggernaut exchanges Binance, Huobi and Poloniex were heavily criticized by community members for allegedly mobilizing customer deposits to take over the network, two of those firms […]
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The Ethereum community is still engaged in bitter debates on ProgPoW and ASIC resistance, which some believe exposed the ‘suboptimal’ nature of its governance. The Ethereum (ETH) community has recently been engaged in a bitter debate sparked by a proposed mining algorithm change. Dubbed ProgPoW, the proposal would invalidate all currently existing ASICs to only […]
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Trustless zero-knowledge proof systems, known as zk-SNARKs, have the potential to become the leading technological solution for privacy protection. At a time when technology can be used as both a mechanism for privacy intrusions and a tool for protecting privacy, the prescient sentiment of cypherpunks in the 1990s of cryptography as the last defense against […]
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