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Today, July 19, the so-called friendly hardfork will take place in the network of the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency ZCash, which will result in the Ycash network. This was announced by its creator Howard Lou on the ZCash community forum. Lou spoke out against increasing funding for protocol developers. At the moment, Founder's Reward system assumes that 10% of the total emissions (2.1 million ZEC) […]

Despite the fact that after a sharp rise, the price of Bitcoin faced an inevitable correction, having lost almost 17% in recent days, investment funds show very good dynamics. A striking example of the growth of institutional interest in cryptocurrency is the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), whose shares have increased by more than 300% since February. According to the Forbes report, at the moment GBTC shares […]

The developer of Zcash, the Electric Coin Company (ECC), intends to make radical changes to the architecture of this cryptocurrency user-oriented privacy, reports the Decrypt publication. The ambitious plans of the creators of the project provide that the network Zcash will be able to handle "thousands or even millions of transactions per second." To implement them, you may need to switch to a completely new blockchain with support for sharding technology. […]

Barry Silbert, part of the holding of the Digital Currency Group, Grayscale Investments launched Ethereum Trust. The company's blog says that the trust traded under the ETHE ticker "allows you to invest in Ethereum without owning a cryptocurrency." Grayscale's director of investment and research, Matt Beck, said that the new trust is an excellent tool for portfolio diversification: “Cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum, represent […]