Token Tezos (XTZ) grew by 30% over the weekend before the official launch of the main network, which is to be held this Monday. At the time of writing, XTZ is trading at $ 1.55, and on Saturday it rose to a monthly maximum of $ 1.75. The climb began before the weekend, right after the developers tweeted about the launch of the Tezos network on September 17. By the way, beta-launching already took place at the end of June. The volume of transactions also jumped 169%, to $ 5.13 million – apparently, investors were interested in a coin. For…
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block-protocol protocol was launched After a sufficiently long period of preparation and the need to resolve legal issues, developers of the blocking protocol Tezos announced the launch of the main project network. The #Tezos mainnet is live! https://t.co/nL825YY8SV – Tezos Foundation (@TezosFoundation) 17 September 2018 Tezos is positioned as a network protocol for secure and time-ready smart contract systems. According to the founders of the project, the platform focuses on such fundamental aspects as transparency, security and governance through consensus. It is noteworthy that the launch of a viable version of the software was made at the end of June.…
The company Innosilicon, specializing in the production of mining equipment , announced the launch of sales of the T2 Turbo device for bitcoin mining . In the statement of the press service of the giant it is noted that the capacity of the ASIC-miner will be 32 terahsha per second. In this case, the overclocking potential can reach 36 terakhshes per second. The device will consume approximately 68 watts of electricity per each tehraesh. The total volume of consumption will be about 2200 W (+/- 10%), the company noted. For comparison, the popular Bitmain Antminer S9 minor hash is 14…
Mining of the Bitcoin Cash crypto currency goes to a new level, given that the mining pools of Coingeek and BMG Pool have established control over more than 50% of the total network hash. According to the source, at some points, the total hash capacity of both pools reached 58 percent. It should be noted that BMG Pool belongs to the well-known businessman Craig Wright, and the owner of Coingeek is Kelvin Ayre, no less famous person in the crypto-currency industry, which maintains friendly relations with Wright. In this situation, when two large enough pools own most of the hash…
At the time of writing, the pair LSK / USD looks like one of the best in the crypto sphere. In 24 hours there was an increase of 10%, while bitcoin fell slightly, by -0.64%. A possible explanation is the recent announcement of the team about switching to the main network on August 30. Here's what the developers wrote in the official blog: "LiskHQ is working hard on the transition to the main network. All components of the ecosystem – Lisk Core, Lisk Elements, Lisk Commander, Lisk Hub – are updated and tuned to each other. The team is also…
The Bitcoine-based Bitcoine Exchange, based in Hong Kong, has launched a new decentralized platform for trade in crypto-currencies under the name Ethfinex Trustless on the basis of its hybrid platform Ethfinex. Introducing Ethfinex Trustless – an Ethereum based trading solution, placing security, privacy and control in the hands of the user. Take control of your trading on https://t.co/KjfSyA0C6O . https://t.co/YYdd1b2LE7 – Ethfinex (@ethfinex) September 17, 2018 As the exchange's message says, Ethfinex Trustless is aimed at eliminating the problems inherent in centralized exchanges, such as delays in input / output of funds, long answers from technical support and the possibility…
Institutional investors oriented platform for managing crypto-currency assets Caspian announced the successful completion of the prescription of the CSP token, which resulted in $ 16 million. At the same time, the platform announced that it is exiting the beta mode and running in a full-featured version. I just published "$ 16m Caspian Pre-Sale a Big Boost to Crypto Industry" https://t.co/0LVAjckMQ2 – Caspian (@Caspian_Tech) 17 September 2018 Caspian sees its target audience as institutional investors, who need to carry out transactions and support the distribution of funds across several exchanges. The platform offers a single interface for all leading crypto-exchange exchanges,…
The head of SpaceX and Tesla Inc, Ilon Mask, suggested that Jackson Palmer, the creator of the crypto currency, Dogecoin, come up with a way to deal with crypto-currency fraud on Twitter. @ummjackson if you can help get rid of the annoying scam spammers, that would be much appreciated – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 In his response, Jackson Palmer said that he sent the script to the personal messages of the Mask. "We had a good talk about how Jack [Dorsey – CEO Twitter] and the Twitter team should automate the process and solve the problem on their…
The head of the department of cyber security of Google Mark Risher (Mark Risher) warned the owners of crypto currency from excessive bragging on the Internet with his investment portfolio with digital currencies, reports Bitcoin.com . Excessive information attracts intruders Richer warned that advertising virtual wealth leads to increased attention of scammers and hackers and, as a result, cyber attacks. Recently, the owners of crypto-currency wallets have become priority targets for cybercriminals. The security expert claims that many of these attacks begin with careless messages made by the victim on public sites or on social networks. "Hackers can use less…
Less than two weeks after the appointment of Mtuli Nkubé as Zimbabwe's finance minister, the new head of the treasury could potentially begin a conflict with the central bank of the country due to the fact that the crypto currency is his priority for solving problems in the country. According to Mtuli Nkube, who recently took over as finance minister of Zimbabwe, crypto-currencies can help a South African country solve the financial crisis that has been going on for the last two years. On the way to the implementation of this project, Nkubeh promised to push the Reserve Bank of…