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Attack

Bitcoin Cash Miners Undo Attacker’s Transactions With ‘51% Attack’

Two mining pools recently carried out a 51 percent attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain.

Tech  ·  24 May 2019
Bitcoin

Lightning App for Sending Bitcoin Tips on Twitter Is Now Easier to Use

An app that lets you send lightning tips via Twitter just got a 1.0 software release with a set of new features.

Tech  ·  24 May 2019
Bitcoin

Blockstream’s Samson Mow Is Launching a Space Alien Gaming Token on Bitcoin

Bitcoin... in space? A company led by Blockstream CSO Samson Mow is looking to bridge the worlds of crypto and online gaming.

Tech  ·  24 May 2019
Ethereum

Vitalik Proposes Mixer to Anonymize ‘One-Off’ Ethereum Transactions

Founder of ethereum Vitalik Buterin proposed Wednesday a "simple" design to enhance privacy features on the ethereum blockchain.

Tech  ·  23 May 2019
Ethereum

$19 Million: Ethereum Foundation to Fund Work on 2.0 Upgrade, Plasma and More

The Ethereum Foundation issued a blog post today outlining how an estimated $30 million would be spent to further develop the ethereum ecosystem.

Tech  ·  21 May 2019
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Fee Decrease Stalls Amid Decline in Token Holder Voting Turnout

A decrease to fees on stablecoin DAI failed to activate over the weekend due to a lack of voter turnout.

Tech  ·  20 May 2019
Ethereum

‘Tackling Real World Issues’: Hackers at ETH New York Build Apps Geared Towards Social Change

A New York Blockchain Week ended last Friday we spent time at an ethereum hackathon where developers came together to build blockchain tools with social impact.

Tech  ·  19 May 2019
Japan

My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More

The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 May 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords

The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?

Business  ·  19 May 2019
Bitcoin

About That Orange B… The History of Bitcoin’s Logos

Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin's might have come close.

Tech  ·  18 May 2019
Bitcoin

Bloq Labs’ Titan Aims to Simplify Crypto Farming

Titan is a one-step crypto miner management system from Bloq Labs.

Tech  ·  17 May 2019
Ethereum

Unpatched Ethereum Clients Pose 51% Attack Risk, Says Report

Ethereum clients that still haven't patched known vulnerabilities pose a security risk to the entire network, according to new research.

Tech  ·  17 May 2019
Patents

Amazon Wins Patent for Proof-of-Work Cryptographic System

Tech giant Amazon has been granted a patent for a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptographic system similar to those used by many blockchains.

Tech  ·  17 May 2019
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Votes to Decrease Stablecoin Fees for First Time in 5 Months

Dollar-backed stablecoin DAI is trading above a dollar for the first time in a long-time. MakerDAO token holders have voted to decrease fees on the stablecoin in order to address high market demand for DAI.

Tech  ·  16 May 2019
Emin Gün Sirer

Ava Labs Exits Stealth, Launches Blockchain Testnet Based on ‘Avalanche’ Protocol

Ava Labs is out of stealth, revealing a past $6 million funding round and a new blockchain testnet backed by the Avalanche consensus protocol.

Tech  ·  16 May 2019