CoinCentral: This Week in Cryptocurrency: April 26th, 2019

The Coin Shark: Is Modern-Day Messaging Privacy At Stake?

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 12:30

Security breaches are not something new when it comes to the Internet. Nearly all online users are widely believed to spend over 45% of their time in the messaging platforms, whilst the risk of private data leaks remains very high. A large number of organizations, celebrities, and…

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The Coin Shark: SEC to Hold Fintech Forum, Where They Will Discuss The Regulation of Cryptocurrency

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 13:33

On May 31, the The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold public forum focusing on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets. They will discuss issues related to the blockchain technology and cryptocurrency on the event. The forum will be organized by the Strategic Hub for…

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NullTX: Top 4 Cryptocurrency Blockchain Reorganization Events

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 14:00

Albeit blockchain technology in the cryptocurrency industry is designed to prevent rollbacks and reorganizations, that is not always the case. In fact, there have been several incidents which invoked or could have invoked a blockchain rollback or reorganization. A rather interesting turn of events, which warrants a…

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The Cryptonomist: Bitmain: hashrate in decline on the Bitcoin network

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 14:09

The company's commitment to the production of new ASICs is not questionable The post Bitmain: hashrate in decline on the Bitcoin network appeared first on The Cryptonomist.

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The Coin Shark: CoinMarketCap Excluded Bitfinex in Bitcoin Price

Monday, 06 May 2019 14:30

CoinMarketCap, a well-known cryptocurrency monitoring service, has stopped taking into account the cost of Bitcoin cryptocurrency (BTC) on the Bitfinex exchange from its market cap calculation. An asterisk appeared on the resource, to the left of the coin value. This means that the BTC price on Bitfinex…

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The Coin Shark: New Type of Internet Extortion: Hackers Erase Git-Repositories and Holding Code Ransom

Monday, 06 May 2019 16:30

The practice of extortion also hit the Git repositories of programmers. Users have noticed a new type of ransomware who erases codes, replacing them with a note requesting redemption. The main targets are GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. So, attackers erase the entire history of commits and leave…

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Medium: Is Crypto the Missing Ingredient for Universal Basic Income?

Monday, 06 May 2019 19:47

Over the past few decades, a growing suite of technologies and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to a significant…Continue reading on ReadWrite »

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Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin 2019 Gears Up to Bring Bitcoin Back Into the Conference Spotlight

Thursday, 02 May 2019 12:10

We’re a month and some change away from Bitcoin 2019: a conference made by Bitcoiners, for Bitcoiners. The conference will rekindle the same spirit of a similar Bitcoin conference that ended five years ago. Inspired by this earlier series, Bitcoin 2019 is rooted in the same ethos…

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Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 Release: Here’s What’s New

Thursday, 02 May 2019 13:02

Today, May 2, 2019, marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, the 18th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakomoto almost 10 years ago, and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today. Overseen by Bitcoin Core lead maintainer Wladimir van der…

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