On Sunday in Russia there are more than six thousand elections of various levels. In Moscow, for the first time, a blockchain-based electronic voting system was introduced. However, in the morning there were reports that she had failed. According to the Campaign Insider Telegram channel, at block No. 30 (Central and South Chertanovo), recording information about votes on the blockchain hung for half an hour. […]
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The developers of the Telegram Open Network reached the final stage before the full-scale launch of the project, introducing software for nodes and a block explorer for a test network. Initially, the release was planned for September 1, but was postponed for several days for unknown reasons. According to Dmitry Goroshevsky, Technical Director of TON Labs, about 100 […]
“We are doing serious research. The danger of zombies is real and the world must pay attention. We demand $ 100 million from John McAfee for the damage caused to our work. He has put the world at risk, ”said a statement from the South China Zombie Research Center project, which appears to be issuing the Zombie Coin. Whether this is a joke is still unknown. We are sue […]
Representatives of the Bakkt platform have confirmed that they will start accepting bitcoin deposits on Friday, September 6. Today our Warehouse opens for customer bitcoin deposits and withdrawals as we prepare for the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures, launching September 23 The availability of physical delivery brings more flexibility in managing bitcoin exposure – Bakkt (@Bakkt) September 6, 2019 Launch [… ]
Facebook's Libra digital currency is vulnerable to economic shocks, writes Bloomberg, citing analysts at banking holding JPMorgan. According to them, she will not be able to provide the level of security that existing payment systems offer. First of all, we are talking about a bottleneck problem – when network bandwidth is limited, and the activity of participants does not stop growing. At JPMorgan […]
The blockchain division of the Japanese corporation Line, which owns the eponymous messenger, received a license from a local regulator to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. This is reported by the Cointelegraph. The BitMax platform will allow 80 million Japanese Line users to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and XRP. According to the company, more than 187 million people worldwide use the Line instant messenger every month, and its […]
The digital currency from the People’s Bank of China will appear in WeChat and Alipay payment systems. You can use it without the Internet. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the deputy head of the payment unit of the People’s Bank of China (NBK) Mu Changchun. Development should protect the country's monetary sovereignty and renminbi status and partially replace paper money. Some mechanisms will […]
The indicator for the “BTC” request in Google grew from 2 points to 100, while the “Bitcoin” request remained the same – 8 points. According to one version, users searched for the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the interest in which is due to Dorian. According to Forbes, the reason is attempts to manipulate the price of bitcoin. “There are algorithms programmed to find correlations between a number […]
The largest manufacturer of miners Bitmain introduced two new products – Antminer S17e and Antminer T17e. Sales will start on September 9th. Introducing the new # AntminerS17e & # AntminerT17e, 2 new miners that offer the best value for mining. The S17e has a 64 TH / s hash rate and 45 J / TH power efficiency, while the T17e has a 53 TH / s hash […]
Mark Mobius, a well-known investor in emerging markets and founder of Mobius Capital Partners, expressed fears regarding blockchain technology in a conversation with CNBC and said that the cryptocurrency provided with gold would be “quite interesting”. Mobius considers blockchain a “risky" technology because of the conviction of many that it is completely safe: "People say:" Blockchain cannot be hacked. " No, you can. Everything created by man can be […]