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Researchers Detect Ambitious Bitcoin Mining Malware Campaign Targeting 1,000s Daily
6.4.2020
A major malware campaign is targeting misconfigured Docker servers with an illicit Bitcoin miner, cybersecurity researchers say
BIS Researchers Say Coronavirus Could Spur Central Banks to Adopt Digital Payments
3.4.2020
BIS researchers think COVID-19 may accelerate the adoption of digital payments and sharpen the debate over central bank digital currencies
Fake Ledger Live Chrome Extension Stole 1.4M XRP, Researchers Claim
25.3.2020
Fake Ledger Live extensions for Google Chrome are being used to collect user backup passphrases, a forensics team claims
Yale Researchers Turn to Hyperledger to Track Carbon Emissions
24.3.2020
A team from Yale's OpenLab has been exploring how blockchain, IoT and other data-science tools can be used to measure and track carbon emissions
U.S. Researchers Serve as Human Saviors – Begins the First Human Trial of The Covid 19 Vaccine
21.3.2020
It is perhaps the United Kingdom that first realized that its strategy to mitigate the impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic would not work unless the outbreak can be “suppressed.” The mitigation and home quarantine alone cannot solve this global issue at large; however, it may slow down the global...
Onchain Data Suggests Bitcoin Sell-Off Fueled by New Investors
20.3.2020
While the covid-19 outbreak has caused economic calamity, cryptocurrencies have regained some of the losses that devastated digital currency markets on March 12. A recent report published by the researchers at Coin Metrics notes the “crypto asset sell-off was driven by short-term...
Researchers Reveal Crypto Mining Botnet's Sneaky Tactics
20.3.2020
Even cybersecurity researchers are impressed with the sneaky tricks devised to help the Stantinko botnet’s crypto mining malware evade detection
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Found More Centralized Than Expected by Researchers
21.2.2020
The Lightning Network was found more reliant on hubs than expected
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Growing ‘Increasingly Centralized,’ Researchers Find
20.2.2020
Bitcoin's lightning network is growing "increasingly centralized," making it more susceptible to attacks, asserts a new paper by security researchers
US Worried Crypto Could Undermine Dollar as World Reserve Currency, Hiring Researchers to Prepare Response
16.2.2020
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence has admitted that cryptocurrency could undermine the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The head of the U.S. Intelligence Community is seeking researchers to detail the impact of that status loss on the U.S., its economy,...
Bitcoin Cash Community Begins Crafting Q&A Stack Exchange Site to Build Knowledge Base
7.2.2020
On February 6, Bitcoin Cash supporters were introduced to a new BCH-centric Stack Exchange community called bitcoincash.stackexchange.com. The goal of the Q&A site aims to build a “knowledge center” for Bitcoin Cash developers and individual researchers interested in learning about...
You Can’t Separate Utility from Security Tokens, Say EU Researchers
3.2.2020
The difference between utility and security tokens is not all as clear as some regulators make out, argue researchers for the Oxford University Law blog
Researchers Cut Hardware Wallet Market Forecast
17.1.2020
It seems that Mordor Intelligence, a market research company, downgraded its hardware wallet market growth forecast, while the market is still expected to grow more than 4 times its current size and reach USD 708 million by 2025.
Now, the company says that in 2019, the hardware wallet market...
Researcher’s Scathing Lightning Network Analysis Finds Flaws
9.1.2020
On January 7, digital preservation researcher David Rosenthal published an overview of BTC’s Lightning Network (LN) which claims LN infrastructure isn’t decentralized and privacy-preservation is a myth. Rosenthal’s analysis found significant flaws with the LN fee system and...
Researchers Explain How Blockchain Can Innovate Green Energy Markets
2.1.2020
ESRI researchers say blockchain and smart contracts can be used to design an effective forward trading system for the renewable energy market
Japan Hosting World Conference to Discuss Decentralized Financial Governance
26.12.2019
Following the consensus reached at the G20 leaders’ summit on the importance of discussing better governance for the decentralized financial ecosystem, Japan’s top financial regulator is hosting a global blockchain conference to discuss the subject. The regulator is welcoming...
Researchers Detect New North Korea-Linked MacOS Malware on Crypto Trading Site
4.12.2019
Security researchers identify a new crypto-related macOS malware believed to be the product of North Korean hackers at the Lazarus Group
Photonics Bitcoin Mining Tech Aims to ‘Democratize’ Energy Use
29.11.2019
Three researchers have published a paper at Cornell University’s arxiv.org proposing a system called Optical Proof of Work (OPOW) to potentially be employed in Bitcoin mining. According to the paper, “heavy reliance on electricity has created scalability issues, environmental concerns...
Another Research Paper Finds Flaws With the Lightning Network
26.11.2019
On November 21, researchers from Hungary and Institute for Computer Science and Control published a critical examination of the Lightning Network, the protocol intended to amend BTC’s scalability issues. The researchers’ simulation findings indicate the Lightning Network...
Longhash Blockchain Researchers Dispute 2017 ‘Single Whale’ Theory
19.11.2019
Research from blockchain education platform Longhash disputes the recent single-whale theory of the 2017 Bitcoin bull run