Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that distributed registry technology could allow Internet users to access various services using a single account. The blockchain-based solution can become a competitor of the single sign-on (SSO) technology from Facebook. “I have not yet thought of exact mechanics, but I think that the blockchain can be used for authentication in different […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called on State Duma deputies to speed up the adoption of a law on the digital economy. This was stated by the head of state during the annual message to the Federal Assembly. “I am instructing the government to create the most comfortable conditions for private investment in technology start-ups. Aim at their support development institutions. And I ask parliamentarians to pass laws that are of priority for the development of the legal environment for the new digital economy, which will allow us to enter into civil transactions and attract funding using digital technologies. ” Putin…
The research startup Amberdata analyzed the activity of the Ethereum network in the last 24 hours and, like the media, found five transactions with an abnormally high commission. History by @TaylorJDawson_ https://t.co/fw3iQUyPXF – epheph (@epheph) February 20, 2019 It turned out that all five transfers were made from one address. Within four hours the owner of the address […]
This Tuesday Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange opened public access to its decentralized Binance DEX platform with support for test tokens at testnet.binance.org . To start trading, users are invited to create a new wallet using the Keystore file and password, or unlock an existing wallet using the Keystore file, the hardware wallet Ledger , a mnemonic phrase or a private key. Also, the platform is available in “View Only” mode. To enroll BNB test users need to follow the link on the DEX main page, where, provided that they have at least 1 BNB on their account, they will be given…
The creator of the Ethereum blockchain, Vitaly Buterin, disclosed information about his cryptocurrency assets . According to Buterin on Reddit, in his cryptocurrency portfolio are: Tokens outside the ethereum ecosystem: BTC , BCH , DOGE , ZEC (total cost less than 10% of the value of my ETH); Ethereal Ecosystem Tokens: KNC, MKR, OMG, REP (total cost less than 10% of the value of my ETH); A significant part of the corporate stake: Clearmatics, Starkware; Income over the past 12 months (except for the salary from the Ethereum Foundation): several tokens for the services of a consultant (included above); Non-financial…
More and more companies around the world are accepting digital money. Bitcoin is already possible to pay on Amazon and eBay, pay taxes, pay for public transport, and that's not all. Four years ago, in 2015, the total volume of transactions in the Bitcoin network surpassed the American payment system Western Union. Since then, there have been significantly more large companies that accept digital money through special services or directly: AirBaltic – airline; Amazon, eBay – consumer goods; Dell is a PC manufacturing company; Etsy is a peer-to-peer e-commerce platform; PayPal – electronic payment system; Reddit – social portal; Time…
Google Inc. has made the bitcoin symbol available on the keyboard of iPhone users. Reported Decrypt. To use it in a message, you need to switch from the standard Apple keyboard to the Google Gboard keyboard and hold down the dollar symbol (or ruble on the Russian layout). The pop-up window will display symbols of several major world currencies. Bitcoin icon is located on the left. Will the symbol be added to […]
According to media reports, the Committee on State Construction and Legislation prepared for the second reading in the State Duma a bill on “digital rights” (Draft No. 424632-7 “On Amendments to Part One, Second and Fourth of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation”). Several new articles will appear in the Civil Code, but so far the concept of cryptocurrency will not be fixed in it. For the first time the bill was submitted in early 2018. The chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the head of the Duma committee on state construction and legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov took…
The Sparkpool mining pool received a payment of more than 2000 ETH for the extraction of block # 7 238 290. This is 600 times higher than the standard net remuneration of 3 ETH. This is evidenced by data from the Blocks block browser. So, the pool included in block 210 transactions and received 2103,1485 ETH. This incident is instantly overgrown with different versions. Co-founder of the decentralized IOST application […]
After the hype and excitement regarding BitTorrent (BTT) made a big advertisement for Binance Launchpad, CZ (head of the Binance exchange) planned to hold one loud launch per month, reports Chepicap . According to the documentation provided on the Binance launch panel, Fetch.ai (the next project to launch) seeks to combine machine learning, artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, and decentralized ledger technology to create an “economical internet”. Some of the key features of a standard ERC-20 based project are a scalable ledger, the use of synergistic computing and smart contracts , and an economy structure adapted to market dynamics. The sale…
