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$5.6 Million Double Spent: ETC Team Finally Acknowledges the 51% Attack on Network
6.8.2020
The Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain network lost $5.6 million to one miner following a 51% attack initially thought to be a chain split. During the attack, the offending miner managed to double-spend 807,260 ETC ($5.6 million) after spending 17.5 BTC or $200,000 (at time of writing) to acquire...
OKCoin Exchange Awards Grant to One of Bitcoin Core’s Most Active Developers
6.8.2020
The grant from OKCoin will allow Bitcoin developer Marco Falke to continue the maintenance work he's done since 2016, like reviewing proposed code changes
Match Accented Letters with Regular Expressions
6.8.2020
Regular expressions are used for a variety of tasks but the one I see most often is input validation. Names, dates, numbers…we tend to use regular expressions for everything, even when we probably shouldn’t. The most common syntax for checking alphabetic characters is A-z but what...
First Mover: Bitcoin Rises More in One Day Than Stocks Have Gained All Year
6.8.2020
Bitcoin prices surged 5% Wednesday, outpacing stocks and gold amid calls for more government stimulus to stem the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic
One Month On, Forsage Continues Despite SEC’s Ponzi Warnings
6.8.2020
Forsage members are courting a high risk with the Philippines' securities regulator
Judge Worries Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trying to Line Their Pockets in Block.one ICO Lawsuit
6.8.2020
The district judge criticized a class-action lawsuit brought against Block.one for appearing to be an attempt to earn high legal fees
NASDAQ-Listed MicroStrategy, Wary of Looming Dollar Inflation, Turns to Bitcoin and Gold
5.8.2020
“If you have large dollar values and you're hoping for any kind of return on them, that's faded,” said CEO Michael Saylor. “Gold, silver, and bitcoin are showing strength.”
Making Sense of react-spring
4.8.2020
Animation is one of the trickier things to get right with React. In this post, I’ll try to provide the introduction to react-spring I wish I had when I first started out, then dive into some interesting use cases. While react-spring isn’t the only animation library for React, it’s one of the more...
XRP Price Gains 40% in One Week But Can It Continue Rally to $0.50?
3.8.2020
XRP price has broken through several key resistance levels including $0.30 as it tries to catch up to Bitcoin with its own impressive gains
Bitpatt.com, a Safe, Fast and Reliable P2P Crypto Exchange, Launches Operations
3.8.2020
While there are many crypto exchanges, fear of hacking and theft has slowly crept into crypto traders due to many such past incidents. It makes sense to always be in control of one’s fund and cryptocurrencies, and that’s why P2P or peer to peer services like Bitpatt are trusted by both...
Promise.allSettled
3.8.2020
The Promise object has many useful functions like all, resolve, reject, and race — stuff we use all the time. One function that many don’t know about is Promise.allSettled, a function that fires when all promises in an array are settled, regardless of whether any of the promises...
Big Travel Firm CWT Pays $4.5 Million Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers
2.8.2020
CWT, one of the biggest travel companies in the U.S., this week paid $4.5 million in bitcoin to hackers who infiltrated the firm’s computer system, stealing sensitive corporate data. It is unclear whether customer information was also compromised. Reuters reported that the bitcoin wallet...
As Gold Touches New Highs Investors Face Storage Issues, Market Dilution, Threat of Seizures
31.7.2020
During the last few weeks, gold has skyrocketed in value over the concerns fueled by the faltering global economy. Despite the fact that gold has always been a safe-haven, many investors are looking to bitcoin because they fear central banks will dilute the market or even confiscate the gold. Prior...
Fidelity Digital Assets Quotes Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Latest Investment Thesis
31.7.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) quotes Satoshi Nakamoto in its latest investment thesis report. The thesis is part of a series of reports examining the perspectives driving interest and investment in bitcoin. FDA is affiliated with Fidelity through parent company Fidelity Management & Research...
Upbots—A One-Stop Shop Solution for Trading and DeFi Investments
31.7.2020
With the massive rise of DeFi platforms in the last month, there has been a new focus in the blockchain industry with its emphasis on automation. For example, you can add liquidity to a lending economy, a decentralized exchange, or a market maker. Your investment automatically begins to accrue...
US Printed More Money in One Month Than in Two Centuries
31.7.2020
The Federal Reserve’s money printer has cranked up to ridiculous levels — but will it really lead to inflation?
Hackers Have Been Using Dogecoin to Deploy Malware for 6 Months & No One Noticed
31.7.2020
Researchers at Intezer discovered a new malware that relies on the Dogecoin blockchain network to deploy the attack against cloud servers
The Bond Market Is the Truth Teller No One Heeds, Feat. George Goncalves
30.7.2020
A veteran bond strategist gives his take on why the bond market has a better read than equities on short-term and long-term macro trends
Coda Protocol Touts User Growth One Year Into Testnet
30.7.2020
The O(1) Labs project thinks recursive zk-SNARKs are the key to more manageable blockchains
Bybit presents World Series of Trading (WSOT) – 200 BTC Prize Pool up for Grabs
30.7.2020
While movie theaters may be unusually empty this time of the year, a different kind of summer blockbuster is coming soon, one that promises to bring back the exhilaration of competitive crypto trading with up to 200 bitcoins (BTC) prize pool, up to 20% off trading fees and up to $9,400 in USDT...