Tag: Blockchain

The percentage of Segregated Witness (SegWit)-spending Bitcoin (BTC) transactions has reached 50.5%, or an all-time high, according to transactionfee.info statistics. SegWit solution to Bitcoin transactions SegWit is a proposed update to the Bitcoin Core, which is designed to reduce processing and wait times. Originally, the update was aimed at solving transaction malleability, a well-known weak […]

Telegram’s TON network will be the biggest blockchain ever, according to those working on the project. But its fate is far from certain. The Telegram Open Network, or TON, is Telegram’s upcoming Proof-of-Stakenetwork that promises to integrate blockchain payments into its messaging app that serves some 365 million users. If it delivers on promises of […]

The Ripple-backed startup Coil is partnering with Mozilla and Creative Commons to launch a $100-million grant for content creators and developers. Coil is designed to give online publishers a way to directly monetize their work by allowing fans to reward them in both crypto and fiat currency. The new Ripple Backed Startup grant program is […]

Facebook’s Libra is not intended to challenge the “monetary sovereignty of nations,” according to cofounder and Calibra CEO David Marcus. Facebook Libra is no threat to FIAT – Anyway France, Germany, China, the United States—and just about every other country on Earth—they’ve all got Libra all wrong, according to Facebook’s David Marcus. And the former […]

In a recent interview with BLOCKTV, Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin talked about the future prospect of Facebook’s Libra while also identified concerns regarding Telegram’s impending blockchain. Libra Political Neutrality. Buterin acknowledged Libra’s newfound presence in the crypto community and admitted that its introduction had “shaken up the space in interesting ways.” The fact that a […]

There are treacherous passes in any technological revolution. So What are the Blockchain Issues and Limitations? Some people in the blockchain industry have pointed out that blockchain has become overhyped, when, in reality, the technology has limitations and is inappropriate for many digital interactions. But through research and development, success and failure, and trial and […]

This question has been asked by every futurist research lab in many of the largest banks, central banks, financial institutions, think tanks, consulting firms and government committees around the world. How Could Blockchain Technology Change Finance? R3CEV, a consortium effort financed by some of the world’s largest banks, is busy trying to answer this question. […]

Switzerland’s financial watchdog says it is open to international cooperation and oversight of the way in which it regulates Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency network Facebook Libra in Switzerland. In a Sept. 12 interview with Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) director Mark Branson said it was illusory to believe that a single country […]

The police in China have carried out another raid on a cryptocurrency project, sealing up offices belonging to the GXChain (GXC) project. Can China Ban Cryptocurrency? Well-Known 2017 Cryptocurrency Project Targeted by Police Tweeting on Wednesday (September 11, 2019), Primitive co-founder Dovey Wan revealed that the Chinese police has taken action against GXChain. China Ban […]

Sorry bulls, the Bitcoin price is slipping once again. Over the past day, the cryptocurrency has trended lower, falling to $10,050 as of the time of writing this. At 2.5% down on the day, Bitcoin isn’t looking bearish per se – Bitcoin Drop Low? Yet, with volumes decreasing and Bitcoin being caught in a descending […]

Venezuela’s largest bank opens up petro cryptocurrency wallet registrations. Venezuela’s government is doing everything it can to boost crypto adoption in an attempt to save its economy. And Bank of Venezuela is falling in line. Venezuela’s largest bank, state-owned Bank of Venezuela, is close to becoming the first financial institution in the country to offer […]

SWIFT prepares its international end-to-end payments project for European nations. With crypto-adoption surging across the globe, SWIFT is gearing up to launch its flagship project of offering international payments for European customers. According to reports, the organization is working on Proof-of-Concept to achieve the desired goal. With Europe making great progress in the sphere of […]

Facebook Libra, Other Cryptos Must Comply With US Rules: Treasury Official. Facebook’s Libra must achieve the highest standards of U.S. regulatory compliance prior to any launch, a U.S. Treasury official has said. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sigal Mandelker, under secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said not only Facebook Libra, […]

What Are the Applications and Use Cases of Blockchains? Blockchain technology is a revolution in systems of record. Bitcoin is history’s first permanent, decentralized, global, trustless ledger of records. Since its invention, entrepreneurs in industries around the world have come to understand the implications of this development. Applications and Use Cases of Blockchains The nature […]

What is the Difference Between a Blockchain and a Database? As stated in our guide “What is Blockchain Technology?”, the difference between a traditional database and a blockchain begins with architecture, or how the technologies are orchestrated. A database running on the World Wide Web is most often using a client-server network architecture. What is […]

Little-Known Exchange Claims It Will Be First to Sell Telegram’s TON Tokens. When Telegram launches its long-awaited blockchain sometime this month or next, the go-to marketplace for the new gram tokens could be a fledgling exchange with fewer than 4,000 users. At least, that’s what Blackmoon Crypto is hoping. But the Cayman Islands-registered exchange will […]

Bitcoin Shooting to $20,000 This Year With 5-10 Altcoins Worth Attention, Predicts ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees Bitcoin continues to move sideways just above $10,000, as traders try to predict which way it will break next ShapeShift Predicts Bitcoin $20k. But the CEO of crypto exchange startup ShapeShift isn’t sweating the day-to-day price action. Erik Voorhees […]

Stellar Planning to Airdrop 2 Billion XLM to Users of Messaging Platform Keybase Stellar Development Foundation (SDF, which is the non-profit organization founded in 2014 by Jed McCaleb (co-founder of Ripple and its former CTO) and Joyce Kim to “support the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network”, announced on Monday (September 9) that […]