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The judging of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 should be as transparent as possible, so voting for the winner must be transferred to the blockchain platform. This proposal was addressed to the director of the competition, John Ola Sandu, by the founder of the company Cryptocode and a member of the Belarusian Blockchain Association Alexander Lozben. Every year @ Eurovision voting faces mistrust. I represent the crypto community in Belarus and we can offer a blockchain […]

The international blockchain-company Bitfury Group has entered into a partnership with HadePay payment processing. This is reported in the company's blog. According to Bitfury representatives, thanks to the cooperation with HadePay, bitcoin payments using the Lightning Network (LN) second level network will be available to merchants from the USA, Canada and the EU. HadePay has integrated the LN-supporting Peach Merchant API, which is designed to make payments quick, convenient […]

The microtransaction protocol of the Lightning Network in the future can make the mass distribution of Bitcoin a reality, while at the same time implementing Satoshi Nakamoto's concept of digital p2p money. The growth of this second-tier network is indeed proceeding at an enormous pace. So, by mid-March, the number of available nodes exceeded 7,300, an increase of almost 19% over the month. 45% increase in the number of open channels, which […]

Analytical company Fundstrat Global Advisors has presented a new forecast, according to which in 2019, Bitcoin is waiting for a new price increase. Ironically, its publication almost coincided with an unexpectedly sharp increase in the market on Friday, February 8th. As the leading analyst of the company Thomas Lee wrote in his recent tweet, 2018 can really be considered the year of “hangover” after historical heights […]

The American edition of Forbes has made the traditional rating of Fintech 50, which includes companies whose products and services are considered the future of the financial services industry. It is noteworthy that five cryptocurrency companies appear on the list. Introducing: The most innovative fintech companies in 2019 https://t.co/Hs6srm4ipj # Fintech50 pic.twitter.com/JdisfocmPA – Forbes (@Forbes) February 4, 2019 So, in the blockchain and cryptocurrency edition […]