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South Korea's Largest Crypto Unveils New Consensus Algorithm
9.4.2020
Top South Korean cryptocurrency, ICON, has announced an innovative new consensus algorithm
Coronavirus Second Order Effects and Improving on Bitcoin With BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen
5.4.2020
BitTorrent creator and Chia CEO Bram Cohen joins the hosts of Let's Talk Bitcoin! To discuss the limitations of Satoshi's approach to Nakamoto consensus, how he believes it can be improved and the lasting impacts of coronavirus lockdowns
Staking, Consensus and the Pursuit of Decentralization
4.4.2020
The pursuit of decentralized consensus poses difficult challenges and inspires creative solutions, and we continue to see innovation in the proof-of-stake ecosystem
Staked Token Supply Doesn’t Correlate with Price, Says Messari Analyst
3.4.2020
There is no correlation between the percentage of staked supply of PoS tokens and their price, a Messari analyst argues
Major Japanese Crypto Conference off, Consensus Goes Virtual + More News
13.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak, one of the largest crypto conferences, Consensus 2020, initially scheduled...
Consensus 2020 Crypto Event Goes Virtual Due to Coronavirus
13.3.2020
Consensus 2020 is another crypto conference affected by coronavirus, but it will still be hosted virtually in May at no charge
CoinDesk Takes Consensus 2020 Virtual
13.3.2020
Consensus 2020 will be a virtual experience, bringing together the entire community
Women in Blockchain: Has Gender Distribution Come to the Crypto Market?
9.3.2020
The number of women working in blockchain companies has grown since 2018, so has the number of female crypto investors. But does that give women more recognition in the market?
Cut the Consensus: You Can’t Run a Business Like a Blockchain
27.2.2020
What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations
5% of Block Rewards – Bitcoin ABC Will Add Infrastructure Funding Plan in Next Release
15.2.2020
Bitcoin ABC developers published a blog post on Saturday which discusses the miner Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and the team told the community the software engineers have been “requested” to implement IFP. According to the developers, the code for IFP will be implemented in...
ConsenSys Project Launches ‘Proof-of-Use’ Network to Discourage Speculation
11.2.2020
The Activate network requires tokens to reach maturity within three years of the first token sale
Blockstack Nodes Will Be Paid in BTC – Not STX – to Secure the Network
6.2.2020
Blockstack is rolling out a new consensus mechanism that presents a fresh use case for the world's most popular cryptocurrency
Telegram Reveals Catchain, a BFT Consensus Algorithm
5.2.2020
Telegram’s Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism is called Catchain
Three High Profile Crypto Networks Face Reward Halvings This Spring
28.1.2020
This spring, three of the largest crypto networks, BTC, BCH, and BSV, will undergo their halvings around the same time for the first time in history. During the last halving in 2016, only one network existed, but now three protocols share the same consensus algorithm. Google Trends shows that...
Bitcoin Gold 51% Attacked – Network Loses $70,000 in Double Spends
26.1.2020
The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) network suffered another set of 51% attacks on January 23-24, as roughly 29 blocks were removed in two deep blockchain reorganizations (reorgs). Reports indicate that more than 7,000 BTG was double spent as the chain suffered a loss of $70,000 in two days. Also read: Bitcoin...
BTC’s Hashrate Touches 120 Exahash, But the Price Has Not Followed
3.1.2020
On January 1, the BTC network hashrate touched an all-time high at close to 120 exahash per second (EH/s). Despite the crypto market lull and lower BTC prices, the 2020 milestone happened just before the blockchain’s 11th anniversary. BTC’s curious jump in hashrate has the cryptosphere...
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...
Meet Snowglobe: An Avalanche-Based Pre-Consensus Protocol for BCH
22.12.2019
On December 20, BCHD and Openbazaar developer Tyler Smith published first draft specifications for a protocol he calls “Snowglobe.” Smith’s Github repository says that Snowglobe is a propagation protocol for nodes using Nakamoto Consensus and it uses an Avalanche-based consensus...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Offer New Strategies Before Reward Reduction
10.12.2019
As the reward halving approaches, bitcoin miners are preparing new strategies so customers can reap the most profits from their hashrate services. On December 3, the mining operation Poolin introduced a hashrate auto-switch feature so clients can automatically switch between BTC and BCH mining....
As Halving Interest Grows, Spectators Discuss Miner Hoards and Capitulation
28.11.2019
Recently, cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing the upcoming halvings set to happen on the BTC and BCH blockchains in six months or less. Since crypto prices have been heading southbound, the SHA256 consensus hashrate continues to remain relatively unfazed and data stemming from freshly...