Work

The New York blockchain startup Blockstack reported on the ongoing work on a new distributed protocol called Stacks, which uses the hash power of the Bitcoin network in combination with the Proof-of-Burn mechanism (PoB). The presentation of Stacks took place in January at an event organized by a startup in Hong Kong. An explanation of the principle of the new consensus algorithm is also available in the video posted by the lead developer of the project […]

Ethereum startup Aragon is exploring the possibility of launching the aragonOS platform to create smart contracts on the Polkadot protocol. This was told by the technical director of the startup Jorge Iskierdo, writes CoinDesk. According to him, the additional network will not affect the work of Aragon that started in November 2018 in the Ethereum blockchain. “The idea is to make the majority of aragonOS transactions virtually free and highly optimized,” […]

The number of downloads of the mobile application of the Japanese stock exchange Coincheck since the renewal of registration of new accounts in October 2018 reached 1.73 million. This is evidenced by the report of the online broker Monex Group, which owns the site, Bitcoin.com writes. At the end of December, more than 900,000 new users confirmed their identity. Monex Group notes that the resumption of activity allowed the exchange to halve losses […]