RSK Sidechain Is Now Secured by 45% of BTC’s Hashrate

On Feb. 14, the cryptocurrency infrastructure organization led by RSK Labs announced the one-year anniversary of the RSK network and highlighted several notable achievements. Over the last 12 months, the project’s merge mining has managed to gather 45 percent of the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network hashrate, making the RSK smart contract system more secure than … Read more

EOS Price Gains Materialize On the Heels of Sidechain and Cyperblock News

In the cryptocurrency world, every individual project tends to attract fans and haters. That is only normal, as most currencies, tokens, and assets try to pursue very different business models first and foremost. As far as the EOS price is concerned, it would appear a minor uptrend has begun taking shape. Some key developments behind … Read more

Ethereum Classic Devs Aim to Address Scaling With Callisto Sidechain

It seems a lot of interesting changes are coming to Ethereum Classic in the very near future. Similar to other cryptocurrencies, this particular altcoin wants to improve its scalability. To do so, it’s looking toward the integration of a sidechain known as Callisto. This is a separate blockchain which will have its own currency known as CLO. It … Read more

RSK Mines Its Genesis Block – Bitcoin Now Has Ethereum-Like Smart Contract Platform

RSK Labs has finally mined its genesis block and formally launched its long-awaited Bitcoin-based smart contract platform and sidechain on the mainnet. While still in beta with limited distribution, the new RSK sidechain is expected to offer significant scaling benefits to the Bitcoin network. News.Bitcoin.com caught up with CEO Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar to find out … Read more