During a discussion on blockchain at the Open Innovations forum in Skolkovo, representatives of business and other relevant organizations discussed the current state of technology, its significance for society, and also possible ways of its development. So, the president of the Federation of Intellectual Property Sergey Matveev emphasized that the blockchain technology is “absolutely social” and this is its main significance. “Blockchain is not an IT story. […]
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FairPlay and ForkLog summarized the draw of $ 2000 in TPLAY tokens. The total prize pool was shared by 10 winners, whom we selected using the ForkLog blockchain randomizer. The first place and the main prize of $ 1000 went to the user with the nickname @rvally. For $ 200 users won: @artemanskiy @mabyl @ vfr35yhn @ Dmitriy544 For $ 40 users won: @Ignatyakovlev @yppss @ TDR4k @AtrurCy Oleg […]
Four Kharkov cyber police officers are suspected of stealing bitcoins after a search. Law enforcers allegedly transferred cryptocurrency from a wallet to a mobile device after it was withdrawn. The court decided to provide access to the data of mobile operators to clarify the circumstances. In January, a search was conducted against a suspect in fraud, during which a mobile phone was seized. Half an hour after the end of the search from the wallet to […]
The head of the Russian payment service Qiwi Sergey Solonin, who is one of the investors of the Telegram Open Network (TON), is ready to wait for the settlement of the Telegram dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He reported this to Izvestia. He does not know about the plans of other investors. According to lawyers interviewed by the publication, most likely share Solonin’s position and are ready to wait […]
Blockstream c-Lightning client developer Rusty Russell suggested raising the default transaction fees on the Lightning Network from 1 satoshi to 5 satoshi, as well as charging an additional 0,0005% of the payment instead of 0.000001%. Russell’s proposal was supported by ACINQ CEO Pierre-Marie Padua and Jack Mollers, founder of Zap Solutions. However, other developers believe that a single proposal from the three largest […]
Digital security can jeopardize privacy. This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Open Innovations forum in Moscow. The head of government noted that the Internet "creates tremendous opportunities for the development of the individual and for entire states." However, open data carries many threats. “The concept of digital security includes many aspects. First of all, this provision […]
Casa introduced the Casa Covenant service, which allows you to transfer bitcoins to the heirs of their owner. The service uses multi-signature and its own security protocol. Announcing Casa Covenant! A Bitcoin Inheritance Service that solves the question: “What happens to my bitcoin when I die?” Https://t.co/NtLuD9sy4P – Casa (@CasaHODL) October 16, 2019 There are three scenarios today: bitcoins are lost after death […]
The head of the Gram Vault custodian, Sergey Vasin, filled out an application for listing on the Poloniex exchange even before the SEC filed a lawsuit against Telegram. According to Vasin, who is also the COO of Blackmoon, Gram Vault stores 50% of tokens from the first round and 75% of tokens from the second round of sales. He also added that Telegram does not work directly […]
In Ukraine, draft laws on the taxation of transactions with cryptocurrencies and the fight against money laundering with the help of digital assets were introduced, as well as amendments to the document “On public electronic registries” aimed at introducing blockchain. This was announced by People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Zhmeretsky. The draft laws were prepared by the inter-factional deputy association Blockchain4Ukraine together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, BRDO and other market participants. Recall recently […]
Economist Stephen Moore, an agent of Donald Trump, co-founded Frax, which will release the eponymous stablecoin to compete with central banks, Fortune reports. Its partners were Sam Cazemian, co-founder of Everipedia (a blockchain competitor to Wikipedia) and former adviser to the Reagan administration Ralph Benko. “Central banks will soon feel competition from private currencies like Frax. The days of state currency monopoly are numbered, ”said Moore. Is he […]