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Ethereum’s layer-2 solution Linea is promising greater decentralization after the project’s team manually halted block production in a bid to censor a hacker’s address. Linea, Ethereum‘s zkEVM solution designed to improve scalability with over $1 billion in locked value, has…
Crypto Eri contacted Elon Musk directly to clarify whether the account suspension was a mistake.
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In a recent Twitter thread, a developer questioned the entire idea of Bitcoin's censorship resistance.
Decentralized exchange Pancakeswap has plans to block users and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses originating out of Iran. Reports suggest that the Binance Smart Chain DEX will stop Iranian users from accessing its platforms from early March 2022. Binance Smart Chain…
With a government-led crackdown on freedom of speech and the press, activists in Hong Kong have sought to use the blockchain as a tool for circumventing censorship. The novel technology continues to be touted as being a viable means of…
Financial regulators in the UK have lifted restrictions on Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS) in a move likely to soothe the anxieties of TenX and Crypto.com’s Visa crypto debit cardholders. WCS-Issued Crypto Debit Cards Now Unblocked The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority…
YouTube, a video-sharing platform, has been repeatedly accused of purging crypto-related content. With increasing policing, creators are actively searching for alternatives. If a June 8, 2020, reply by Brendan Eich–the CEO of Brave, is anything to go by, the privacy-focused…
Ethereum third-party wallet app MyEtherWallet (MEW) has inked a partnership deal with Unstoppable Domains — a blockchain domain platform — to become a reseller of .crypto domains. MEW to Roll-out .crypto Domain to 1M Monthly Users According to a press…
Blockchain blogging platform Steemit is set to migrate to the Tron ecosystem following a strategic partnership between both organizations. The move marks another development of Steemit as it seeks to recover from the negative impacts of the 2018 crypto bear…
Ethereum wallet platform MetaMask is now back on Play Store after Google reversed its earlier decision to suspend the app from its Android store. The move marks another 180 for Google as the tech company seemingly continues to blunder its…
Carl from The Moon (@themooncarl), a crypto-YouTuber revealed that the world’s largest video-sharing website YouTube has made an official response after wilfully taking down his crypto-related videos. Nonetheless, @themooncarl says he can never trust centralized platforms again, instead, he will…
Ethereum wallet provider MetaMask is the latest victim of Google’s unbound authority, having their Android client suspended with the reasoning that Google’s policy has a “ban on mining for mobiles”. MetaMask is one of the most widely used wallets for…
Tron (TRX) CEO Justin Sun is the latest crypto executive to have his account terminated by a Wall Street Bank. Ex-PayPal executive Roelof Botha, also suffered a similar fate with commentators highlighting the need for greater crypto adoption amid financial…
Justin Chastain, CEO of Voat, a censorship-free Reddit, said that American authorities contacted him regarding death threats posted by users on the platform. Following this, the CEO requested users to “chill on the ‘threats,’” reported Motherboard on April 26, 2019.…
A report published by ABC News on April 16, 2019, states that Russia’s lower chamber of parliament has passed a bill that gives more power to the Russian government over the country’s Internet traffic. Russia Tightens Grip on the Internet…
Many content creators have championed cryptocurrency or blockchain in general, but there hasn’t been much traction with regards to high-profile creators moving to a blockchain-based platform rather than YouTube or Twitch, the two biggest platforms for content creators in the…