Author: BlockchainJournal

The Tron Foundation plans to acquire the services of the Chinese search engine Baidu in the field of cloud computing. Nevertheless, the parties did not agree to cooperate in the field of blockchain development, according to the traditional Chinese news provider cnLedger, citing the ODaily resource. 1 / ODaily: The 'partnership' between Baidu and Tron is largely about buying cloud computing resources from Baidu. "The two parties have been made at the business level". Source (CN): https://t.co/GXu0KsbtGX – cnLedger (@cnLedger) October 15, 2018 TRON developers will create blockchain products that are fully compatible with Baidu Cloud. 2 / According to…

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We talk a lot about the blockchain , talk about how the technology of the distributed registry can change the world, make society more comfortable and fair. But cryptocurrencies (although thanks to the most popular of them all learned about the blockchain) are associated even by crypto enthusiasts primarily with the ambiguous attitude of governments, vulnerabilities, hacker attacks and the prospects for losing savings. Investors in cryptocurrency appear to be such risky players of an incomprehensible and semi-legal market. No one dared to expand the narrow scope of digital money, to bring to a new global level. Early? And no.…

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correspond The listing of tokens on the exchange could never be called a transparent process. The industry is full of all sorts of speculations and rumors, and the recent letter of accusation of Binance in a bribe of 400 BTC for listing has become, perhaps, the apogee of "conspiracy theories about listing". It is not surprising that such situations arise more and more often: the number of dubious coins and tokens is growing every day, forcing cryptobirds to choose those who deserve to be among the most traded assets. Especially for the Blockchain Journal journal, economics researcher, Betmatch chief research…

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The next update of the anonymous cryptocurrency protocol Monero is scheduled for October 18th. It should pass on block 1685555. Users support this update, so you should not prepare for the division of the blockchain and the emergence of a new cryptocurrency. Merchants, pool operators, service providers, stock exchanges, and other ecosystem participants should upgrade to CLI v0.13.0.2 or GUI v0.13.0.0. Major changes in the Monero protocol It is planned to integrate the Bulletproofs technology or range proofs (English – range proofs) into the protocol. This will allow the user to ensure that the values ​​required to confirm the transaction…

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One of the world's largest asset managers, Fidelity Investments, announced the launch of a unit focused on providing institutional investors with Bitcoin and Ethereum services. About this writes The Forbes . The new division received the name Fidelity Digital Assets and, possessing a staff of 100 employees, will provide a platform for trading cryptocurrencies and consulting services around the clock and seven days a week. The platform already has first customers, but its launch for a wider range of investors is scheduled for the beginning of 2019. “This is a recognition that there is institutional demand for the class of…

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Bitpay cryptocurrency processing service announced support for USD Coin and Gemini Dollar, inviting merchants to make settlements in these stablebcoins. Up until today, BitPay only supported Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. “BitPay was created to make payments for organizations all over the world faster, safer and cheaper using Bitcoin. Adding USDC and GUSD gives BitPay users an alternative in the form of stable coins, ”said BitPay co-founder and CEO Stephen Peir. As the company notes, the new option offers a non-volatile method of settlement without having to rely on traditional banks. At the moment, according to BitPay, the company can make…

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Parity Technologies, developers have released a beta version of the application Parity Singer 2.0, which allows you to store and sign kriptovalyutnye transaction using the private key offline. The updated version with an improved interface Parity Singer allows you to use the old phone as a hardware wallet. “Parity Signer is designed to work on devices that, after downloading the application, do not connect to the Internet,” the message says. The application supports multiple networks – Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Ropsten and Koval. The built-in security mechanism prevents users from signing transactions for other networks. The app also notifies users when…

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added to OKEx exchange Today, the well-known cryptocurrency exchange OKEx made a statement that it is starting to work with four new stablecoins (stable cryptocurrencies that have a fixed rate): TrueUSD (TUSD), USD Coin (USDC), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), Paxos Standard Token (PAX). It will be possible to trade these cryptocurrencies from tomorrow, October 16th. But now you can make deposits in these digital assets. It should be noted that the listed stablecoin will be able to bargain both against Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether USDT. What do you think about these stable cryptocurrencies?

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Following the news of the opening of the Fiat exchange in Uganda, which will allow to exchange cryptocurrencies for Ugandan Shillings, Binance decided to hold a contest for traders, playing BNB 37,000, which translates to about $ 370,000. Prizes will be distributed based on the percentage of profits earned during the competition period. The period of the competition: from October 18 to November 1, 2018. The remuneration structure is as follows (27,000 BNB): First place: 8,000 BNB Second place: 4,000 BNB Third place: 2,000 BNB Fourth to tenth places: 6,000 BNB Places from the eleventh to the fifth place: 7,000…

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will be held in California October 20 in California, Berkeley will host the music festival Our Music Festival (OMF), based on the blockchain and cryptocurrency. This writes Bitcoinist . Organizers of Our Music Festival released a billion Ethereum tokens OMF. They said that cryptonom can be spent at the festival to pay for “services, goods and experience.” There will also be a “crypto angle” at the festival where visitors can learn more about digital currencies. DJs ZEDD and 3LAU, rapper Big Sean, singer Charlotte Lawrence and duet Matt & Kim will perform at Our Music Festival. In the long run,…

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