Satoshi Invented GPU Mining to Defend the Network Says Early Dev
According to an early Bitcoin dev, Satoshi prepared several versions of GPU mining code to defend Bitcoin against a 51% attack.
Read More »Bitcoin Hashrate Bounces Back- 2x the Mining Pools, Farm Diversification, 100 Exahash
Around 18 days ago, the Bitcoin protocol experienced it’s third block reward halving and the network saw a 33% hashrate loss. Since then, however, bitcoin miners have increased in both…
Read More »Block Stars: Biometric Authentication Will Help You Forget Your Passwords
In the latest episode of Block Stars, Ripple CTO David Schwartz talks to the founders of Keyless, a deep-tech cybersecurity company whose innovative solutions in authentication and digital identity could…
Read More »Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides, Stocks Tread Water on Trump China Comments
Stocks across Asia and Europe took a dip Friday and so did bitcoin in anticipation of Trump’s comments on “deeply troubling situations” in Hong Kong.
Read More »Ripple At Standstill after Falling From Important Rejection
In the last 48 hours, Ripple has failed to breach the downtrend line. The crypto has been unsuccessful to push above the previous highs.
Read More »China’s Digital Yuan Has No Official Launch Date, Though in Progress
Although pilot tests for the digital Yuan have been launched and are happening progressively across four large Chinese cities, the governor of the Chinese Central Bank in a recent report…
Read More »Goldman Sachs’ Negative Opinion Of Bitcoin Raises Criticism
In a call with investors on May 27, Goldman Sachs, the New York-based multinational investment bank and financial services company maligned Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, saying they are “not assets.” This…
Read More »CoinGecko Debuts World-First DeFi Book with Launch of “Earn” Section
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce the release of a new section on CoinGecko called CoinGecko Earn and the publication of the world-first Decentralized Finance (DeFi)…
Read More »Tapping the Power of RippleNet Cloud
The world is being pushed toward a new paradigm where simple, everyday tasks and functions, often taken for granted, are becoming increasingly cumbersome. This is partly due to the ongoing…
Read More »OKCoin Grants $100,000 to BTCPay Server Toward Its Open-Source Development
Today, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin announced a $100,000 donation to open-source bitcoin payment processor project BTCPay Server. The funding comes as part of the OKCoin Independent Developer Grant, which…
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