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 […]
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 […]
CoinDesk Markets analysts concluded that the Bitcoin dominance index has already peaked and the so-called “altcoin season” will soon come. In particular, experts found on the chart of market capitalization a doji candle with a long upper shadow, which is also called “Tombstone”. The appearance of such a pattern after an uptrend can mean a future change in trend. #Altcoin #altcoinseason here … # BTC #dominancerate is looking […]
According to the technical indicator of Bitcoin Days Destroyed (BDD), the price of Bitcoin (BTC) should rise much higher in…
A well-known Bitcoin supporter, Patrick Byrne, has announced his resignation as executive director of retail giant Overstock, the company he founded and led for 20 years. As official reasons for such a decision, Patrick Byrne calls investors “certain issues related to the government” in today's letter, making it clear that it is directly related to the recent recognition in […]
Christopher Berniske, a representative of Placeholder VC who invested in Bitcoin, Ethereum and some other cryptocurrencies, noted that it is…
Against the background of another drop in the price of bitcoin, after which the majority of the leading altcoins went into the “red zone”, the cryptocurrency “fear and greed index” fell to a record low value of 5 points. The specified index was developed by the alternative.me portal, the authors of which declare that when compiling it, they analyze such factors as volatility, market dynamics, trading volumes, social media trends, data of various […]
Bitcoin Core developer Peter Velle introduced Miniscript, a new programming language to simplify the development of smart contracts for the…
Bitcoin Core developer Peter Velle introduced Miniscript, a new programming language to simplify the development of smart contracts for the Bitcoin network. After publishing the corresponding message in the newsletter for Bitcoin developers, Peter Velle noted that the work on Miniscript lasted almost a year, and Andrew Poelstra and Sanket Sanyalkar also participated in it. Just announced our Miniscript project website on the bitcoin-dev […]
The day before, a full-fledged launch of the Metal crypto-payment application took place, the creators of which believe that the…