The Russian retail network Dixy, in conjunction with the OSA HP Hybrid Platform, launches the BigData platform, controlled by artificial intelligence using blockchain technology. This was reported to ForkLog by representatives of the retailer. With in-depth training and computer vision, the company plans to conduct data analysis that will ensure the availability of goods in real time, increase customer loyalty and increase sales figures. “Optimization […]
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According to some experts, Ethereum is gradually losing market share, yielding in many ways to other promising altcoins. It is reported by Bloomberg. Multicoin Capital Managing Partner Kyle Samani is confident that Ethereum is rapidly losing its primacy among decentralized application platforms. According to him, over the last six to nine months, other projects have appeared, offering similar solutions. The consequence of this process may be long-term […]
The developers of the blockchain project NuCypher have criticized the existing approaches to ICO / IEO, suggesting an alternative model of tokensale called WorkLock. Thinking about #token distribution models… Ideal distributions should: ▪ Disablentivize price speculation ▪ Be permissionless and #decentralized / YJiyprr2yK – NuCypher (@NuCypher) 27 March 2013 […]
The custodial division of the cryptocurrency company Coinbase announced the launch of a service that allows them to receive income from cryptocurrency based on the Proof-of-Stake algorithm, CoinDesk reports. The service is focused on institutional investors. The first supported PoS project will be Tezos. According to Coinbase, the annual yield of tokens of the latter will be about 6.6% (minus the company's commissions in the range of 20-25%). Representatives of Coinbase Custody argue that all customer funds […]
The popular Russian social network VKontakte is exploring the possibility of creating its own cryptocurrency. About this RNS said a source familiar with the plans of the company. According to the project, users will create individual accounts for the accumulation of cryptocurrency. Coins will be credited for the time spent on social networks and activity, as well as for interesting publications. Cryptocurrency can be accumulated, transferred to other users, exchanged for tangible goods and […]
Roskomnadzor demanded that the owners of 10 large VPN services connect to the state information system (FGIS). Otherwise, the agency threatened to block the services. The report mentions: NordVPN, Hide My Ass !, Hola VPN, Openvpn, VyprVPN, ExpressVPN, TorGuard, IPVanish, Kaspersky Secure Connection and VPN Unlimited. It is noteworthy that Openvpn is not a service, but a program for creating VPN networks. The Office noted that according to […]
Stock exchange derivatives OnederX opened the opportunity to speculate on memes. The algorithm developed by the specialists of the site allows evaluating the activity in the meme communities and earning bitcoins from it. As the representatives of the exchange told the magazine ForkLog, the idea of launching projects with quotes of popular memes and their own domestic currency is not new, but none of these developments have been crowned with success. In turn, the decision […]
Zebpay Cryptocurrency Exchange made Bitcoin payments available on the Lightning Network (LN). This is reported in the blog of the trading platform. “Zebpay users around the world can now use bitcoins on their wallets to make instant payments on the Lightning Network,” representatives of the marketplace say. To make the new option available, Zebpay users need to go into the wallet […]
HBUS, the US Huobi cryptobirds division, has formed a development team that will work on products and services targeted at institutional clients. Reported by The Block. The team will be led by Vice-President of HBUS Sales and Marketing, Caitlin Mew, who was formerly Vice-President of the investment company BlackRock. The developers will work on the creation of a service of crediting based on tokens, a platform for OTC-trading […]
Analysts of the portal Messari made public a serious inflation bug that occurred on the Stellar network in April 2017. Then this incident went almost unnoticed. According to them, a certain attacker using the bug in the MergeOPFrame :: doApply function of the Stellar protocol created about 2.25 billion XLM (at that time about $ 10 million). Subsequently, the coins were transferred to stock exchanges and, probably, […]