Blockchain, the world's largest provider of Bitcoin wallets, intends to help cryptocurrency projects with airdrop campaigns for its users. Representatives of the company are convinced that airdrop does not have investment risks, as in ICO, and difficulties in interacting with hardware devices, as in mining. Under the Blockchain Airdrops program, purse holders will receive free selection of tokens that have passed the selection procedure. "Airdrop allows anyone to freely get cryptocurrencies, having only an Internet connection and a computer ," stressed in Blockchain. Representatives of the company noted that airdrop-campaigns must be completely transparent. In Blockchain, they will also evaluate…
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A California court closed the case against the founders of the Augur decentralized market for predictions. This is reported by Forbes . In April, the former founder of the prediction platform, Matthew Liston, accused investor fraud Joseph Bell Costello and other Augur founders, Jack Peterson, Joseph Charles Crewe and Jeremy Gardner. Their fraud, harassment and malicious intent, Liston said, caused him to be forcedly removed from the project in 2014. The former founder of Augur wanted to receive compensation in the amount of $ 152 million. According to the publication, this case could be one of the most expensive among…
In the world of cryptocurrency solutions for secure storage will always be in demand. It is unlikely that demand will decrease, since the number of hardware wallets is very small now. New software Parity Signer V2.0 can turn almost any mobile phone into a hardware wallet, without resorting to additional equipment, writes Nulltx . The Parity Signer team has found a new solution that includes the functionality that advanced cryptocurrency users need – a hardware wallet in which the funds are under control at any time. Today, devices such as Ledger Nano S , Trezor and KeepKey provide secure storage,…
In the administration of US President Donald Trump, the issue that China is the most active miner of such cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum is being actively discussed. This was reported by Corey Johnson, strategic director of Ripple. He is confident that the administration has understood the importance of the current situation and the government is beginning to show concern on this issue. Further, Forbes published an article that the Chinese company Bitmain is a “earner” of more than 50% of BTC, but this statement is not true. Well-known economist Nouriel Roubini also expressed an opinion on his Twitter. He…
Users of Fintech-startup Circle Cryptocurrency Exchange Poloniex are experiencing problems with the input / output of Bitcoin. For the first time, representatives of the exchange confirmed the existence of such a problem about 16 hours ago, promising to resolve the situation within a few hours. We’re apologize for the wtc wallets. We’re working to reenable BTC deposits at 9:00 pm ET. We will keep you updated if that timeline changes. – Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) October 16, 2018 Less than an hour ago, representatives of the exchange reported that they were still working on resolving the issue and expected to complete…
The Evangelical Church in Russia was fined $ 1 million for high power consumption. Later it turned out that such an expense was caused by the mining of cryptocurrency . It became known that the police discovered a large number of computers in a building rented by the church, reports Today . The authorities forced the ministers of the church to pay their electricity bill, which was done. However, a little later, representatives of the community tried to challenge the verdict in court. According to the lawyer, a lot of electricity is consumed by electric heating system, as well as…
On November 27-28, at the Fintech on the Block conference in San Francisco, experts will talk about the use of the blockchain in the financial sector and about the trends that are undermining traditional banking. Among the speakers: Jeff Thomas, vice president of listing, Nasdaq; Kousalya Somsundaram, head of Fintech cooperation at HSBC; Michael Arrington, partner of the firm XRP Capital; Sam Cassat, Strategic Director, ConsenSys; Tim Draper, founder of Draper Associates; Guy Hirsch, executive director of eToro in the United States. Topics: The evolution and future of money; Implementation of the blockchain in the financial sector; Regulation of blockchain…
The TON (Telegram Open Network) blockchain platform is preparing for a test launch, which will be carried out before the end of autumn. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to a letter in which the organizers reported on the development of the project to investors. The authenticity of the documents was confirmed by two investors participating in the mailing list. According to the publication, at the time of receiving the letter in early September, the platform was 70% ready. According to the developers, work on most of the critical components needed to start testing has been completed. “TON development status”…
Bitfinex Bitcoin Exchange has entered into a partnership agreement with the Hong Kong Bank of Communications, partly owned by HSBC Holdings, a financial conglomerate. Payments will be made through a private account of Prosperity Revenue Merchandising Limited , reports The Block, citing informed sources. It should be noted that Citibank acts as a correspondent bank when transferring funds from Bank of Communications to the USA. Wells Fargo also performed the same role for Bitfinex partners in Taiwan before suspending the processing of iFinex Inc. services. and Tether Ltd. in April 2017. Nevertheless, it is not known for certain whether HSBC…
Paul Rosenberg, co-founder of the Cryptohippie VPN service and creator of the Freeman's Perspective website, where he writes about economic freedom, personal independence and online privacy, is also known as the author of A Lodging of Wayfaring Men – a book often referred to as the "Crypto Anarchists Bible." As one of the opinion leaders in the cipherpunk environment and an entrepreneur with a wide range of interests and a high level of expertise in various fields, Paul Rosenberg predicted the emergence of decentralized cryptocurrency and crypto banking markets many years ago. His interests include philosophy, theology, history, psychology and…