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Accompanied by a strong media campaign, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency Zcash launched recently on October 28. The crazy price jumps and crashes drowned out the fact that the launch of Zcash could mark the start of an interesting experiment in cryptocurrencies.…

The Ethereum network has been experiencing several intense Denial-of-Service attacks that have delayed a substantial amount of smart contract settlements and transactions. The inability of the Ethereum development team to mitigate the attacks have placed a heavy burden on developers…

Leading bitcoin merchant payment processor BitPay announced that it has launched a new bitcoin wallet, called Copay, which leverages Intel security technologies to provide ultra-secure storage. BitPay has integrated Intel’s Intel® Software Guard Extensions and Intel® Identity Protection Technology with…

Symbiont, a New York-based startup, has released its highly anticipated enterprise-grade blockchain platform called Assembly, which is based on its smart contracts system built for major financial institutions and banking service providers. According to the Symbiont development team, its blockchain…

Founded in early 2016, Lisk is a decentralized blockchain platform with a robust set of features. Headquartered in Berlin, Lisk uniquely allows for the deployment, distribution, and monetization of blockchain applications, each connected to their own sidechains. This ensures the…

Back in . released a bitcoin price target at $655 with validation following shortly afterward; now the investment advisory firm has recently revised their bitcoin price prediction upward to $848, emphasizing the deflationary nature of the digital asset as a…

In April 2013, under intense pressure from the EU, Cyprus suddenly decided to ‘bail in’ its banks, whereby 37.5 percent of uninsured deposits were converted into equity and depositors were prevented from withdrawing their funds. As a result, bitcoin usage…

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Rubyist, Agilist, blockchain adventurer, vegetarian, and runner – these are just among a few terms to describe Rhian Lewis. And that’s just the beginning… Rhian is the former digital journalist at @thetimes.co.uk,  co-developer of…

Blockchain has the potential to propel the Internet of Things and allow for greater efficiency in the use of resources, as recently highlighted by Ernst & Young,   “Blockchain-powered industrial IoT networks will allow us to connect industrial assets —…

Tether Inc. has announced the launch of their new Tether Euro token. These tokens are issued on the OMNI layer, and can be traded and transferred over the Bitcoin blockchain. Every EURT, as this token is called, is backed by…

The number of cryptocurrencies in existence is quite significant already, and more are being added on a regular basis. Cross-Stratum Mutual Community, a UK-based company focusing on technology and finance, plans to issue their own digital currency soon. This project…

Due to the open-source nature of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies, new cryptocurrencies enter the market on a regular basis offering different features than its pioneering predecessor bitcoin. One of these new cryptocurrencies is Lisk with the ticker LSK. Skip ahead…

Since the bitcoin ‘gold rush’ of 2013, when the price rallied from $126 to over $1,100 from early October to late November, cryptocurrencies have become a very popular investment for more ‘adventurous’ investors. Due to the relative infancy of cryptocurrencies,…

After much debate and weighing of options by developers and the Ethereum community, the Ethereum network successfully completed its first hard fork on on July 20. The fork effectively reinstated The DAO code back to the point before an attack…

Bitcoin reached a new milestone this week as the 420,000th block was mined and the mining reward was halved from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC. Other stories added their own drama this week, all of which carry consequences for the…

Following the attack on one of Ethereum’s main applications, the DAO, where $50 million worth of ether (ETH) was moved to another entity, a debate about the proposed solutions has raged on in the community. The DAO is a digital…

The term Dao is best known as a Chinese spiritual and philosophical tradition that promotes harmony with all things. In this context it is defined as a “way”or “path” that engenders a life that flows naturally without being forced. Then…

Imagine an online currency whose sole aim is the distribution of wealth to all who create value and utility. The beneficiaries would be a broad spectrum of end-users, exchanges, payment processors, as well as those accepting micropayments — like writers,…