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22 Aug 2019 The Ravencoin Dev team has now confirmed the upcoming algorithm changes to the new X16Rv2 algorithm planned to happen on Tuesday October 1st 2019 at 16:00:00 UTC. The new X16Rv2 will have the algorithm Tiger into three separate parts of the current X16R algo with the Tiger hash performed before the algorithms […]
Aug 16, 2019 0 Shares 2 Min. reading Many analysts agree that the looming possibility of a no-deal Brexit, could propel Bitcoin’s price to unexpected heights. A rather bold prediction comes from the CEO of Commerce Block, Nicholas Gregory. He goes as far out as to state that an eventual no-deal Brexit could fundamentally change […]
Zscaler ThreatLabZ analysts have managed to locate a unique type of trojan that overwhelmingly seems to target cryptocurrencies. In last week’s blog post, analysts from the cyber security firm reveal that they managed to identify a new remote-access trojan (RAT). This new RAT is able to capture the administrative control of the infected computer and […]
SEC believes that project’s tokensale, thru which it raised $14.8M back in 2017-2018 had a signs of scam and company misled the investors Source link […]
13 Aug 2019 The BEAM Project is having a hard fork in about two days and you need to make sure that you are ready for it if you are mining it or are using a local wallet for BEAM. The BEAM Hard Fork is scheduled for block #321321 which should be reached sometime in […]
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has released an index of sorts devoted to macro data about Bitcoin, and it’s not as bad as many people think. | Source: Shutterstock The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has released an index of sorts devoted to macro data about Bitcoin, all of it relating to electricity consumption. […]
Iran’s Assistant Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Saeed Zarandi, said that Trump’s administration is working to block bitcoin mining in the country, according to local news outlet Fars. After lobbying to get the country out of the SWIFT system, the U.S. now seems to have its eyes set on the recent interest of Iranian […]
At Bitcoin block number 584,802, AntPool seemingly attempted to publish a block that contained an extra 1.265 BTC in its block reward. | Source: Shutterstock As if 2019 hasn’t been crazy enough, earlier today someone seemingly tried to counterfeit an entire Bitcoin block. Bitcoin had an invalid block at height 584,802, as spotted by @juscamarena […]
Bitcoin mining is about to become mainstream and legal in Iran | Source: Lars Hagberg / AFP The government of Iran has opted to introduce specific electricity prices for cryptocurrency mining. The west Asian country, which has had a complicated relationship with cryptocurrency in the past, plans to set prices around the same tariffs that […]
Iran’s government has officially legitimized cryptocurrency mining as an industrial activity. | Source: Shutterstock Cryptocurrency mining in Iran is now legal, Mehr News Agency reports. This follows a Sunday decision by the country’s cabinet to authorize the mining of cryptocurrencies. Now classified as an industrial activity, cryptocurrency miners will be required to acquire licenses from […]