The planned Ethereum hard fork called Istanbul can be postponed due to the Parity team’s unwillingness to deploy key upgrades to the Ropsten test network at the indicated time. About this with reference to the words of company representatives Trustnodes writes. Activating Istanbul on the test network should be the last step before launching the update on the main network. However, Parity developer Wei Tang said: “For […]
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The largest social network Facebook has announced a set of specialists who must ensure that the Calibra mobile wallet and the Libra digital currency comply with legal requirements. It is reported by CoinDesk. In particular, among the published vacancies, there is a specialist who will deal with the analysis of regulatory requirements and the formation of a policy for the implementation of appropriate control. This employee is expected to interact with the Calibra Legal & Political Team […]
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The Swiss Financial Markets Supervision Service (FINMA) has issued blockchain firms with SEBA Crypto and Sygnum licenses for banking and securities transactions. This was reported on the website of the department. FINMA representatives emphasized that such licenses were first introduced to blockchain service providers. SEBA Crypto and Sygnum will now be able to work with institutional and professional investors. In addition, today […]
Chairman of the House Financial Representatives Committee of the US House Maxine Waters said that her department will continue to study in detail the features of the cryptocurrency initiative Libra from the largest social network Facebook. Congresswoman introduced the agency’s work plan for this fall. The list of tasks, in particular, contains an obligation to continue studying Libra and the Calibra wallet, created by Facebook. The committee also intends to learn the views of […]
The Polkadot development team has launched an experimental version of the blockchain interaction protocol called Kusama. Kusama CC-1, @polkadotnetwork's tentative experimental canary network, is out! https://t.co/w2EJRyrYEY – Gavin Wood (@gavofyork) August 23, 2019 According to Polkadot founder Gavin Wood, the new protocol combines “cutting-edge technical improvements in management, consensus, and scaling.” Initially, the Kusama network will operate on a consensus mechanism […]
Two years after the activation of Segregated Witness, the share of bitcoin transactions using this protocol reached 61.93%. Segregated Witness (SegWit) was activated on August 24, 2017. The protocol eliminated a number of problems that stood in the way of Bitcoin, opening up opportunities for network scaling, including through the Lightning Network. In particular, with the introduction of SegWit, the method of storing data in […]
Blockchain wallet has partnered with leading payment processor BitPay. Say hello to easier crypto payments ? our latest blog introduces a new way to spend bitcoin on your favorite internet items (think: giftcards .. travel .. jewelry) right from your web or mobile Wallet. Read more here: https://t.co/bnZEleoiMb – Blockchain (@blockchain) August 23, 2019 According to representatives of […]