The Binance cryptocurrency exchange intends to interact with regulators when launching the Venus initiative and will try to avoid the mistakes that the social network Facebook and its Libra project encountered. This was in a conversation with Bloomberg said co-founder of Binance Hye Yi. According to her, the Venus project was really inspired by various aspects of Libra, however, it is aimed primarily at Asian […]
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Bitcoin developer Rusty Russell discovered a vulnerability in various Lightning Network (LN) implementations that could lead to a loss of funds. Upgrade #lightning nodes please! c-lightning <0.7.1, lnd <0.7, eclair <= 0.3 vulnerable: https: //t.co/4E2hHUy386 – TheRustyTwit (@rusty_twit) August 30, 2019 According to him, users of the Eclair wallet from French startup ACINQ, c -lightning from Blockstream and the lnd client from Lightning Labs […]
Startup Parity Technologies released a new version of the client that fixed a bug that could turn off computers running Ethereum nodes. New Parity Ethereum release 2.5.7-stable / 2.6.2-beta protect against an RPC call vulnerability. Though the only nodes potentially affected are those who have manually enabled tracing or public-facing RPC, we recommend everyone to update. https://t.co/NaniWWTFS6 – Parity […]
The largest aerospace concern Boeing joined the governing board of the corporate blockchain network Hedera Hashgraph. According to CoinDesk, the company became the tenth member of the board, joining FIS Global, Tata Communications, Nomura Holdings, IBM and its other members. The project solution allows for micropayments, storing files in a distributed network, supports smart contracts and the ability to connect private networks to public ones. For this development […]
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) published a report stating that terrorist organizations ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hamas receive funding in the cryptocurrency using the Telegram messenger. It is reported by Jewish News Syndicate. In particular, MEMRI noted that in January representatives of Izz al-Din al-Kassam (the military wing of Hamas) used the Telegram and WhatsApp messengers, and […]
The blockchain consortium Hyperledger added support for the Pantheon Ethereum client, developed by the technical division of the ConsenSys startup. The initiative was called Hyperledger Besu. Thrilled to have another project join the Hyperledger greenhouse! Please welcome Hyperledger Besu, a Java-based #ethereum client formerly known as Pantheon. 1st Hyperledger project that can operate on a public blockchain. Read the blog by @PegaSysEng: https://t.co/Zclcy34S84 pic.twitter.com/9TpGS4fl5G – […]
Japanese corporation SBI Holdings intends to pay dividends to shareholders in XRP-equivalent through the VCTrade exchange. This is stated in a press release. So, everyone who owns more than 100 shares of the company will receive 30 XRPs per account on VCTrade, which was launched last year. Moreover, the type of stock is not important. Note that shareholders can apply for dividends […]
Los representantes de la plataforma comercial estadounidense Gemini anunciaron una asociación con Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN). El soporte de SEN permitirá a la compañía brindar a sus usuarios un mejor…
La criptomoneda Gram del Telegram Messenger se lanzará en los próximos dos meses. Sobre esto escribe The New York Times , citando a los inversores del proyecto. Según tres inversores…
The payment system of the Telegram Open Network (TON) project, despite its scope, is unlikely to be actively used by the Russians. This was in a comment by RIA Novosti the director of the ANO "Digital Platforms" Arseny Shcheltsin. In his opinion, the project will be primarily interesting as a development environment. “Our citizens sometimes do not attract cashbacks of 20-30%, they are unlikely to be mass […]