Author: BlockchainJournal

The launch of the first Bitcoin-ETF may attract several billion dollars to cryptospace, said Gabor Gurbacs, director of digital assets at VanEck. Gurbucks made his prediction in an interview with the program Ran Ran Neuner (Ran Neuner) Crypto Trader on CNBC, explaining the possible consequences of the approval of Bitcoin-ETF. In his opinion, it is very likely that “institutional dollars” will enter the bitcoin industry through securities, mainly because ETFs can provide the greatest protection for investors and minimize risks. “Now, 90 to 95% of digital assets are retail. People invest using trading platforms that offer a low level of…

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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,…

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This is a review of memes. The jokes are over. Or vice versa? Bitcoin lurks and does not show any special price fluctuations. To follow this is a separate kind of pleasure. A memes that all of us cab relate. Lol ? #cryptomemes #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #blockchaintechnology pic.twitter.com/BTYMmV16pn – Petite $ uze (@PetiteSuze) November 5, 2018 It seems your strategies don't work, baby: Need to somehow survive: And if good old violas are no longer an option: … you can invest in a wolf: Cryptohomäki fell into a deep existential crisis. They inspect their library: … room: Before / after discovering…

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Edward Chen, senior manager of Huobi Global, and Andrei Grachev, head of the Russian branch of the company, at the Blockchain Life conference in St. Petersburg announced that the launch of the Russian-language website and local support service is scheduled for November 12. This writes Bitcoin.com . According to them, users will be provided around the clock online support. In addition, the exchange will have a Russian-speaking call center. The exchange also plans to create a start-up accelerator in Russia and launch an educational program aimed at raising the level of cryptocurrency awareness and distributed registry technology . As part…

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Bitpay cryptocurrency processing service has announced that it will support the “traditional” implementation of Bitcoin Cash software called Bitcoin ABC. How does the November 15th # BitcoinCash hard fork affect BitPay users? For BitPay merchants: https://t.co/2UtEV62pU0 For BitPay and Copay wallet users: https://t.co/jAZeZIllaG @BitPaySupport – BitPay (@BitPay) 9 leaf fall 2018 p. According to BitPay representatives, backward-incompatible updates of the protocol make it possible to quickly introduce innovative solutions, however they carry the threat of a blockchain split into two competing chains. The company prefers the proven implementation of Bitcoin ABC and does not plan to provide access to the…

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Ethereum-developers in the course of the next videoconference decided on the approximate date of the hard forks Constantinople in the main network of the second by the capitalization of cryptocurrency. [embedded content] According to Afri Shedon of Parity, hardfork is supposed to take place on January 16th of next year. The block on which the protocol will be activated will be known in two weeks, on “Black Friday” (November 23). All-core-devs call for the connote – (@ 5chdn) 9 leaf fall 2018 p. Initially, the protocol update was scheduled for November, but after finding several bugs as part of testing…

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Billionaire Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt), the former CEO of Google, is considered a longtime fan of Bitcoin and the blockchain. He recently said that in the future Ethereum will become a “powerful platform”, but at the moment its potential is not being fully used. Schmidt made such comments during one of the events organized by Village Global in San Francisco, talking with economist Tyler Cowen. The interlocutors also discussed the future of technology, corporate governance reforms, features of employment at Google, etc. During the conversation, Tyler also asked Schmidt about the blockchain . “In my opinion, if we consider the…

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The American research firm Weiss Ratings presented the latest version of its popular digital asset rating.   According to this rating, only four cryptocurrencies received ratings higher than “B”, these are Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar (XLM) and EOS. Weiss Ratings can recommend not only the purchase, but also the accumulation of digital assets in the short term.   It should be noted that Bitcoin again received a rating of "C +":   The main reasons why Bitcoin received such a low rating are outdated technologies, slow transaction speed, difficulty in scaling, poor management and much more.   And what…

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British nationalist Tommy Robinson sharply criticized the PayPal payment system and urged his supporters to make donations in Bitcoin. About this he wrote on his page on Facebook. PayPal deprived the leader of the British nationalist movement, the England Defense League, the opportunity to receive and send funds through its payment system, freezing the account balance for 180 days. At the same time, the specific reasons for the decision are not indicated, except for the fact that the activity of the ex-leader of the British right-wing forces “contradicts the User Agreement”. Commenting on the screenshot of the notice, Robinson called…

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Canadian blockchain-company DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc has launched a new mining center. The company has an area of ​​2510 sq. M. has become one of the largest mining farms in North America. This is reported in a press release . DMG Blockchain plans to provide Mining-as-a-Service (MaaS) services to customers. Now the capacity of the factory is 60 MW, in the future it is planned to increase to 85 MW. For comparison, the same amount of power is enough to provide electricity to 50 thousand homes. "The capacity of the factory will allow us to increase the hosting capacity by…

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