Member of the US House of Representatives, Warren Davidson, on Tuesday reiterated the bill on the classification of tokens, which, he said, if approved by Congress and enters into force, will be a weighty message for innovative companies as to which jurisdiction is best for development. blockchain business. This writes CoinDesk . The bill was first drafted by Davidson with another member of the House of Representatives – Darren Soto – at the end of last year. They propose to exclude certain types of cryptocurrency and other digital assets from regulation in the field of securities. The new version of…
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Ripple cryptocurrency (XRP) can be integrated into Skype as the main tool for conducting microtransactions. If this happens, it is likely that the token will rise in prices, according to RBC Crypto . The representative of the XRP community, David Dliver, in his twitter account, said that Skype employees had responded to the XRP integration proposal. The creators of the Internet telephony system stated that this is an interesting idea and it will be examined more closely. Now the Ripple team is trying to collect the voices of crypto-enthusiasts to convince Skype developers of the need to implement a token.…
The well-known Bitcoin popularizer Andreas Antonopoulos, in his recent question and answer session, explained why Bitcoin mining would never be unprofitable for miners. According to Antonopolus, miners today work around the clock around the world, and some of them are more efficient than others. When the price of bitcoin falls or the number of miners increases, then mining is the least effective miner becomes unprofitable. When the least profitable equipment is turned off, and the complexity of the network changes, it will make effective mining installations even more profitable. This will lead to the connection of more miners, and then…
The New York State Financial Services Authority (NYDFS) rejected the Bittrex Bitcoin Exchange (Seattle, USA) application for a license to conduct virtual currency activities (BitLicense). The ministry considers the company's policy of legal compliance to be inadequate or completely non-existent, and the competence of the authorized top manager is questioned. Within the framework of the cooperation, NYDFS sent Bittrex several letters in which they outlined the shortcomings, in particular […]
At a time when every loud data leak sheds new light on how user activity is monitored, Firefox launches a new tool that prevents fingerprinting and illegal mining of cryptocurrencies . Mozilla is once again working with Disconnect, a company that develops software to protect against tracking. Firefox is already using a contextual ad blocker developed by this company. Both blocking methods are already available in test versions of Firefox Nightly 68 and Beta 67. In the future, Mozilla plans to install this tool by default in new releases. Recall that illegal mining cryptocurrency (or cryptodikejacking ) is the use…
Experts of the antivirus company ESET have detected a massive spam attack targeting visitors to porn sites from Russia, the USA, Germany, France, Spain and the Czech Republic. Fraudsters extort bitcoins from users under the threat of publishing a video that they allegedly managed to record via the victim’s webcam while watching porn. Extortionists threaten to send a compromising record to the list of contacts if they do not receive a ransom in the amount of 0.45 […]
In the upcoming eighteenth version of the Bitcoin Bitcoin full node client, Bitcoin Core will be able to connect hardware wallets . A full node in Bitcoin Core allows the user to independently certify the fact of a transaction, while hardware wallets are considered to be one of the safest methods for storing Bitcoin , so combining them can be considered as another step to ensure the safety of assets. The upcoming change is a big step for user security. Full Bitcoin nodes (BTC) give users the ability to verify that transactions have occurred, while hardware wallets are considered one…
The network of the largest cryptocurrency continues to break records in terms of processed transactions. For the first time, the Bitcoin network (BTC) handled over 400 million transactions. The core digital currency network was able to process 400,251,742 transactions. Now the BTC blockchain network processes, on average, about 350,000 operations daily. The platform manages to process 14,904 transactions per hour (just over four per second). Analysts attribute the sharp increase in the number of operations in the cryptocurrency network with its rise in price above $ 5000. It is worth noting that the number of transactions in the Bitcoin network…
The company Opera introduced a new Web 3 desktop browser Reborn 3 (Opera 60) with a built-in crypto-slot Opera Wallet, unlimited and free VPN and ad blocker. It is assumed that with its help, Mac, Windows and Linux users will be able to conduct cryptotransactions and interact with the decentralized Internet with an increased level of privacy and security. We are thrilled to are for We launch a major the update to the PC Our browser, codenamed Reborn 3. Less Learn how Opera sets a new standard of was browsing: https://t.co/YdeVhkxPzK pic.twitter.com/KwlGBfrrey – Opera (@opera) April 9, 2019 As explained…
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