Author: BlockchainJournal

The Chinese Center for the Development of the Information Industry (CCID) has updated its crypto-currency ratings. The list contains 33 currencies, evaluated in general and in three separate categories. A high rating in the overall ranking is EOS, Ethereum and Bitshares. However Bitcoin's crypto currency was not included in the TOP. In the overall ranking, the center placed the EOS at the top of the list, followed by Ethereum, followed by Bitshares. EOS and Ethereum were also at the top of the overall ranking last month. However, Bitshares jumped from 12th place to 3rd. Bitcoin dropped from 10th place to…

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Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, said that it intends to use blockchain to make the production chain of orange juice more transparent. It is reported that Albert Heijn will launch a new blockchain-system in partnership with its supplier Refresco. To provide customers with maximum information about the source of their own "sustainable" product, they will be able to scan the QR code on an orange juice carton that will track the end-to-end route of its production, from Brazil to the Netherlands. It is reported that the system will store data that shows the ratings of quality…

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Creator Litecoin Charlie Lee (Charlie Lee) in a series of posts on Twitter tried to refute the myths that spread "fear, uncertainty and doubt" about the situation of this crypto currency. Lee believes that traders, funds and other groups for which Litecoin poses a certain threat, knowingly exert pressure on the price of LTC. Li said that Litecoin is one of the safest networks among all the altcoys, which is provided by ASIC-miners for $ 150 million, and also leads in the mining on the Scrypt algorithm and has "tons of liquidity". Due to the processing services Coinbase , Aliant…

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Ethereum, briefly losing to Ripple second place in the ranking of the Crypto-currency market capitalization, regained the advantage. TradingView data So, the weighted average rate of the asset for the last day increased by 17%, coming close to the mark of $ 250 (20:10 UTC). Nevertheless, Ethereum is still inferior to its closest competitor in the daily trading volume. If the ETH is in the region of $ 3 billion, then XRP – more than $ 4.3 billion. Recall, September 21 at a number of exchanges in pairs XRP / BTC and XRP / USDT sharply rebounded trading volumes, and…

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Nicolas Maduro said that Petro, a crypto currency secured by oil in Venezuela, will be used for international commercial operations, beginning in October 2018. The Venezuelan president appeared on the national VTV channel to deliver a speech on the latest economic issues. He announced the future use of Petro at the international level, stating: "Petro plays the role of currency for the exchange, purchase and conversion of currencies for the whole world." Nevertheless, the Venezuelan leader did not specify the areas in which Petro will be used, and did not name any of the countries ready to accept this crypto…

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Experienced coins of digital coins, living in Russia and around the world, know practically all methods of their extraction. But newcomers find it difficult to understand all the nuances of mining, why one way is more profitable than another, and how they are applied. Any interested person will need information about what the cloud mining is in 2018, why this method is more interesting than the others, what services should be paid attention, whether investments will be required, and many other details. Cloud Mining 2018 – the essence and specificity Let's start with the simplest – mining in translation from…

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Every ten years a new market opens for public trade. So it was with commodities, stocks, options. Now a similar phase of crypto-active. All these markets initially showed increased volatility, trading volumes were low, there was no regulation, and derivatives did not yet exist. Crypto currency has appeared relatively recently and is still characterized by increased volatility in comparison with other assets. High volatility leads to large-scale price movements and, with the right approach, makes a good profit. For algorithmic trading in stock markets, you have to buy special software, get permissions from exchanges and pay for historical data on…

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According to a recent statement, Bitfury Group has launched a new generation of its equipment for the Bitcoin crypto currency mining, ASIC Bitfury Clarke. The ASIC chip is part of an intelligent equipment designed to mine a digital currency based on a specific hashing algorithm. It is intended for specific use, not for general use. Bitfury Clarke will be sold individually in addition to integration into other Bitcoin production equipment, including its production servers and BlockBoxes. Bitfury plans to introduce a new ASIC into its mining farms in Canada, Norway, Iceland and Georgia. The ad details all the features of…

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The privacy-oriented Brave browser browser uses the Civic startup identification technology to verify the content producers. Civic to Offer Secure Identity Verification Services on the Brave Publisher Platform https://t.co/pxK2tCxKQe – Civic (@civickey) September 21, 2018 So, passing a special KYC-procedure will allow advertisers to securely receive BAT tokens. At the moment Brave has 4 million active users, and the number of verified content producers reaches 21,000. At the same time, Civic emphasizes that their KYC-procedure is content with flexible, and the content producers will not have to provide "unnecessary data". Recall, in July Civic acquired the domain identity.com. Subscribe to…

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The authorities of the Chechen Republic announced the launch of a mining pool. Information was confirmed by the press secretary of the head of Chechnya, Alvi Karimov, RBC reports. The project will unite the computing capacities of the residents of the countries members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEMA), in particular Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The creation of the mining pool will be the first step in the implementation of the blockade program "Crypto Chechnya" aimed at developing the region's economy. The authorities of the republic plan to create a pool on the basis of the regulatory "sandbox"…

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