As a result of the next recalculation, the complexity of mining Bitcoin has risen to a new historical maximum, reaching a figure of 7.459 T. This is slightly higher than the previous record figure of 7.45 T, recorded in early October 2018. In general, according to the portal coinwarz.com, over the past seven days, the complexity of extracting the first cryptocurrency has increased by 11.26%, over the past 30 days, an increase […]
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Over the past 24 hours, the complexity of Bitcoin mining has grown to a new maximum. Thus, the previous record…
One of the world's largest consulting companies, Ernst & Young (EY), published a code of its own solution for implementing private transactions in the Ethereum network on GitHub. Thus, the Nightfall Ethereum solution is based on smart contracts and evidence with zero disclosure in the implementation of ZoKrates. This will allow translating tokens of the standard ERC-20 and ERC-721, while maintaining complete privacy, the developers say. In EY […]
During the first four months of 2019, only 1.3% of online transactions in the Bitcoin network were implemented on the merchant side. Thus, the recent growth and increased volatility in general push enterprises away from using the first cryptocurrency in the calculations, reports Bloomberg, citing analytical firm Chainalysis. The company stressed that the HODL strategy, involving the retention of digital assets for a long time […]
The Chinese APT grouping injects cryptocurrency miners and rootkits into MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Windows servers around the world. According to specialists from Guardicore Labs, since February 2019, attackers have been able to compromise more than 50,000 servers. The malicious campaign was named Nansh0u. The attackers hack Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers using brute-force, and then infect them with malware. […]
Users have gained access to the test network of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform – a preliminary version of the light client has been published. This simplified version includes only the files needed for compilation, in particular, the RocksDB database and the Abseil library. After assembling and configuring the light client, it connects to the full node of the TON test network. In addition, the site published step by step […]
The IOTA project team, which is engaged in the development of cryptocurrency for the Internet of things, announced that the…
The digital asset platform NEO announced the upcoming network upgrade, after which all consensus-supporting nodes should upgrade to client version neo-cli v2.10.2. As stated in the blog developers, the update will take place next Monday, June 3, at 09:00 GMT. ?NEO MainNet Upgrade Notice !!! Please find the details below, https: //t.co/c95BWLsdA3 pic.twitter.com/tYB5nsCgRd – NEO Smart Economy (@NEO_Blockchain) May […]
American cryptobirge Gemini has announced a partnership with payment startup Flexa. Gemini co-founder and early crypto investor Tyler Winkloss claims…
The beta version of the social network on the blockchain Taklimakan Network received an update and launched a campaign to attract new users. This is reported in the press release of the company. Taklimakan Network is a social network on the blockchain for content aggregation, e-commerce, collecting market intelligence and training. Taklimakan Network is in beta. The task of the platform is to give users a space for sharing knowledge, communicating […]