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Blockchain technology is facing a serious scalability issue, and sorting it out might not be as easy as some think. What are some of the proposed approaches to solving the problem? Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Bitcoin’s problems are only solvable by departing from proof-of-work, according to research conducted by the Bank for International Settlements Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
ETC’s 51 percent attack — the vulnerability of proof-of-work laid bare Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Researchers from crypto exchange Gate.io report they have confirmed a 51% attack on Ethereum Classic, promise users refunds Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Ethereum devs should ‘embrace’ specialized mining hardware (ASICs), according to an Ethereum code contributor Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Although Proof-of-Work (PoW) has proven through Bitcoin to be the most secure mechanism for securing a blockchain, this past year has shown that mining as we know it is not secure. As PoW problems be continuously revealed and amplified over the course of 2018, the value and success of mining has been increasingly contended. When … Read more
Holders of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) at social trading and multi-asset brokerage platform Etoro will now be compensated with a fiat cash amount of BSV corresponding to their pre-fork holdings. The decision comes six weeks after the contentious hard fork took place. Also read: 50% of Chinese Stock Exchange Companies Investigated Fail to Demonstrate Real Applications for … Read more
On Oct. 31, 2008, at 2:10 p.m. EDT, the creator of the Bitcoin network, Satoshi Nakamoto, announced the publication of the protocol’s whitepaper using a Vistomail email address. It’s now been 10 years to the day since Satoshi’s idea was first revealed to the world — an idea that unleashed the first pure peer-to-peer version of … Read more
Blockstream co-founder Mark Friedenbach suggests Bitcoin scaling idea for increased settlement capacity that he claims does not require a hard fork Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
This article about the DApp Revolution was written by Heidi Yu. Heidi is a serial entrepreneur, influencer, marketing evangelist, and AI enthusiast. Heidi founded BOOSTO.io, a decentralized app store that returns power to creators and makers. If you can dream it, a decentralized application can do it. According to a report from UK market intelligence firm Juniper Research, … Read more
