The 43-year-old resident of Sweden, Michael Salonen, was sentenced by the court of Stockholm to seven years in jail after he was convicted of murder in a murder in the murder of two employees of the British bitcoin exchange CryptoPay. This is reported Birminghan Mail . In addition, Salonen sent a number of letters with an unknown white powder to a number of Swedish politicians, including the country's prime minister, Stefan Leuven. As the investigation established, in August 2017, the man sent two homemade bombs to CryptoPay, of which he was a client. Fortunately, the explosive devices did not work.…
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On November 9, a statement appeared in Netta Lab’s Twitter account that the organization discovered a vulnerability in the Ethereum virtual machine that allows you to endlessly execute smart contracts without paying for gas online. The researchers also allegedly turned to the operator of the American database of vulnerabilities, where they registered the corresponding discovery. Netta Labs discovered an Ethereum EVM vulnerability, which could be exploited by hackers. The risk of failure can be satisfied indefinitely without gas being paied. – Netta Lab (@NettaLab) November 9, 2018 At Netta Lab's request, Google can find the site of the netto.io project,…
The developers of the CarbonUSD-related Steyblcoin tied to the US dollar have announced the transition to the EOS blockchain , reports CoinDesk . According to representatives of the project, the Carbon team seeks to make the coin interoperable among the “key” blockchain networks. This, in their opinion, will provide "a significant contribution to the cryptoindustry in the long term." Initially, CarbonUSD was an ERC-20 Ethereum- based token. However, two months after the launch of the stablebcoin, the developers provided the opportunity to transfer tokens to the EOS blockchain. In their opinion, the latter provides for “lower commissions and faster payments,…
The traditional Saturday review of the latest blockchain initiatives includes applications such as digital identification, education, and anti-counterfeiting in the hardware market. IBM and Seagate use blockchain to fight counterfeit hardware manufacturers Where: USA In which area: hardware manufacturing Goal: preventing the spread of fake hardware Who is engaged: IBM, Seagate Technology PLC Used technology: IBM Blockchain Platform based on the Hyperledger Fabric framework Estimated implementation date: unknown Link: Press Release Deloitte and Attest use blockchain in the field of digital identification Where: USA In which area: digital identification Objective: to develop a state-of-the-art digital identification solution for the needs…
The American banking giant Morgan Stanley recently published its crypto report, which analyzes important trends in the industry and the blockchain industry. In addition, the document states that over the past year, Bitcoin and Altcoins have become a “new institutional investment class.” According to the report, at the turn of 2017-2018. there was an important transitional period. As a result, cryptocurrencies have become a more profitable investment class due to lower volatility and increased public awareness of markets. The report's authors suggest that traditional financial markets are likely to start switching to digital assets and distributed accounting technologies (DLT). This…
Now, many blockchain experts are running Twitter accounts. In order to keep abreast of the latest news and current trends in the cryptocurrency market, Profitgid advises to follow the publications of these 10 specialists. Content Vitalik Butterin Vitaly Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer, known as the co-founder of Ethereum, and also as one of the founders of the magazine Bitcoin. Buterin's tweets are always interesting and usually cause a heated discussion. Twitter: @VitalikButerin ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS Andreas M. Antonopoulos is the author of books (“MASTERING BITCOIN”, etc.), a speaker at conferences, a teacher and one of the leading…
In April 2018, an unknown attacker managed to gain access to the account of the largest mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain on the Bitcoin exchange Binance. The hacker used 617 BTC ($ 5.5 million at the rate at the time of hacking) for the price of the MANA token. This is reported by CCN , citing a Bitmain lawsuit, which the company sued the Western District of Washington. Thus, the price of MANA at Binance in just an hour increased from $ 0.12 to $ 0.34, and the weighted average rate – by 40% to $ 0.20. This probably allowed the…
at stake November 9, the South Korean news resource BlockchainROK announced that all the official communication channels of the new Bitcoin exchange Pure Bit in the Kakao messenger have been cleaned, and the project website is unavailable. Earlier, the exchange within the framework of ICO attracted more than 13,000 ETH (approximately $ 2.8 million) to the development of the Pure Coin project, but over the past 24 hours these funds were almost fully withdrawn to a third-party wallet. ?? – New Korean exchange Pure Bit just pulled out the exit scam claiming 13,000ETH. Kakao channels are pulled out. This is…
At the last videoconference, the developers of the Ethereum blockchain have set a new date for the hard-core Constantinople in the main network – January 16, 2019. At the same time, the block on which its activation will occur has not been finally selected yet. It is assumed that the developers will again discuss this issue in two weeks on “Black Friday”, on November 23. [embedded content] Initially, the protocol update was scheduled for November, but after finding several bugs as part of testing on the Ropsten network, the developers decided to postpone it. The code for updating Constantinople will…
Bitcoin.com's CEO and one of Bitcoin Cash’s main supporters, Roger Ver, said that self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto and nChain senior researcher Craig Wright fooled him. He made such a statement in circulation on the Bitcoin.com Youtube channel. [embedded content] Ver decided to clarify his position on the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hardfork and the conflict between the developers of incompatible Bitcoin ABC clients and Bitcoin SV . He posted a screenshot of the email that Wright allegedly sent him. “If you support ABC, then you support the Shitkoins and despise Bitcoin. You are my enemy, and you have no idea what this…