Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin spoke about the upcoming launch of the Telegram Open Network (TON) and the digital currency Libra from Facebook in an interview with BLOCKTV. "Libra has something that existing blockchains don't, which is access to 2.5 billion users. Existing crypto systems have something that Libra doesn't, which is a kind of credible claim to commercial and political neutrality. ”[…]
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The financial conglomerate Deutsche Bank has joined the Interbank Information Network (IIN) blockchain system, according to the Financial Times. The system developed by the American investment bank JPMorgan is designed for interbank messaging about international payments through the Quorum blockchain. Prior to this, the network was mainly used by small banks and JPMorgan customers. JPMorgan expects Deutsche Bank to be the only major player to join the network. […]
Calibra CEO David Marcus said Libra does not threaten the monetary sovereignty of states, as it is about the payment system, not about creating new money. The latter remains strictly the prerogative of central banks, he assured. “Libra is designed to become the best payment network and system working on top of existing currencies and providing tangible value to consumers around the world,” wrote […]
The gas limit in the Ethereum network was first surpassed by 8.1 million with the support of 50% of miners. Almost exactly 50% of miners are upvoting the gas limit right now; it just broke 8.1 million for the first time. pic.twitter.com/jn5jPg7dgs – Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) September 15, 2019 Mining pools Spark Pool, F2Pool and Ethermine supported the growth of the limit by voting, […]
The hacker stole 30,000 EOS ($ 110,000) thanks to a bug in the decentralized EOSPlay application. The cost of the attack was just over 300 EOS ($ 1000), reports CryptoSlate. The attacker involved the DeFi service EOS REX, which allows leasing network resources (RAM, CPU) from other users. The hacker filled the blocks with his transactions, ensuring a constant victory in EOSPlay. The incident has already commented on CTO startup Block.one […]
U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Segal Mandelker said cryptocurrencies could be the next frontier in the fight against terrorism. Today, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker addressed the 19th Annual International Conference on Counterterrorism. https://t.co/YHDAbFRwd5 – Treasury Department (@USTreasury) September 11, 2019 “Terrorist organizations and their supporters are constantly looking for new ways […]
The P2P exchange for the sale and purchase of Bitcoin Hodl Hodl will open the source code. This will allow everyone to create their own P2P trading platform. This was stated by CTO Roman Snitko during the Baltic Honeybadger conference. Reasons for the decision: projects are closed and the code is lost; Developing an exchange from scratch is a very expensive task; everyone has the right to manage the exchange; Hodl code Hodl tested on […]
Coinme, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency ATM provider, raised $ 1.5 million. We are thrilled to announce our that @ Ripple's #Xpring and the newly established #Blockchain Finance Fund have made investments as part of our recently opened A-1 funding round. Full Release: https://t.co/yjNH4JiQpR pic.twitter.com/qCkrgICUjg – Coinme (@CoinmeATM) September 13, 2019 In the financing round of Series A-1 participated an investment […]
EOS block manufacturers have decided to activate version 1.8 of the EOSIO protocol on Monday, September 23. This will be the first hard fork and the biggest update in project history. Coming out of today's 1.8 status call, EOS Upgrade Status is still green – on track for successful upgrade ✅? 27/30 top BPs are confirmed upgraded and ready and there have been […]