A German programmer hacked the Muhstik ransomware virus distributor server after paying 0.09 BTC to restore access to files. In a message on the Bleeping Computer forum, Tobias Fromel, under the nickname battleck, wrote that he managed to get the entire database of encryption keys and a decryptor program, which he posted free of charge to the network for 2858 victims of the attacker. Fromel […]
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The large cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced the launch of P2P trading for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether paired with the Chinese yuan.…
US Congressmen Bill Foster and French Hill asked Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to consider issuing the United States National…
The developers of the Telegram Open Network (TON) network published the first version of the rules for using the Gram token wallet, in which the participation of the Telegram messenger team in the development of the project was officially confirmed for the first time. Earlier, neither Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, nor any other company representative made public statements regarding the Telegram Open Network. According to a published document, a wallet for storing Gram tokens […]
Casa Node 2, a new generation of hardware bitcoin nodes with Lightning Network protocol support, promises users faster transaction processing, as well as built-in support for the BTCPay Server processing service. This is stated in a statement published on Tuesday, October 8 by the California company Casa. Announcing Casa Node 2! ⁰⁰⚡️ Faster and more powerful ⁰? Gorgeous new NodeOS update⁰? BTCPay Server Support⁰⁰Oh […]
Block.one, the developer of the EOS protocol, introduced EOSIO 2.0, a new version of the software designed to improve network security and scalability. According to a Block.one report, EOSIO 2.0 will be the first implementation of the protocol, where the WebAssembly engine will be used to expand the capabilities of the network and create new tools for developers. Allegedly, with the release of a new version of the protocol and the abandonment of the engine […]
Bitcoin Core developer Gregory Maxwell said that people calling for a bitcoin hard fork to provide protection against a “51% attack” demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the first cryptocurrency. Greg Maxwell responds to the question: “Why not hard-fork Bitcoin to make it less vulnerable to 51% attacks?” (HT @AlyseKilleen) pic.twitter.com/k9yb9KBc9I – Tuur Demeester (@TuurDemeester) October 6, 2019 He explained , Oh really […]
Researchers representing the BitMEX crypto exchange believe that it is unlikely that the BTC project in the field of scalability…
The database of 8.7 million Beeline operator customers who connected home Internet was in the public domain. It contains names, addresses and phone numbers, Kommersant reports. Beeline assures that most of the data in the database is out of date: “This information is a small part of the 2017 database. We recorded a leak two years ago. All the perpetrators were identified and punished. ” According to information […]
A full launch of the Telegram Open Network will take place on time. The company informed investors about this in…