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Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical

Adam Back recently took to Twitter with controversial comments on many of the industry’s largest crypto projects — including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Stellar (XML). His tweets placed these projects in the same category as a number of bonafide scams, which he considers to have been orchestrated as “premines”.We interviewed Back in order to clarify his position on the matter, starting with questions of how he feels about Satoshi Nakamoto essentially premining over one million Bitcoin. Back responded that “Bitcoin has no premine”, adding that he considers

BAT, Stellar Lumens, VeChain Price Analysis: 07 August

Bitcoin’s latest attempt to climb on the charts has been met by some degree of success, with the world’s largest cryptocurrency, after a long time, managing to hold a level above the psychological resistance of $10,000. At press time, Bitcoin was being traded at $11,736 with a trading volume of $8.3 billion.Source: CoinStatsSuch success was underlined by the fact that while BTC failed in its attempt to sustain a breach of $12,000, it didn’t fall below $11,000, implying that Bitcoin is again building up strength before its next effort. The

A befektetők az altcoinok felé mozdultak el júliusban

Az eToro kereskedési platform most közzétett jelentése szerint júliusban az altcoinok népszerűsége rendkívül megnőtt. Habár még mindig a bitcoin a legnépszerűbb kriptovaluta, az eToro trading felület legfrissebb jelentése szerint a vezető kriptovaluta kereskedési volumene csak 7%-kal emelkedett. Az altcoinokról viszont már nem mondható el ugyanez. Júliusban valósággal szárnyaltak a kevesebb piaci kapitalizációval bíró kriptovaluták. A legjelentősebb emelkedést a binance coin érte el 521%-os növekedéssel. Júniusban még a 15. helyen állt, júliusban már a 6. helyen. A zcash is jelentős ugrást tett a 13. helyről, a 7. helyre jutott, köszönhetően annak,

Blockchair In Blockchain World | Let Us Explore The Explorer In 2020

Table of Contents Rate this post Blockchain technology has the whole new world to explore whether in term of applications, tools, features, compatibility with other technologies and many more. In earlier days, when Bitcoin was launched in 2009, it was considered that Blockchain is meant for the financial system only. But, as the potential of technology was analysed by the various communities, they concluded that Blockchain is meant for exploration. In this article, we will limit our nerves to explore to cryptocurrency. In the crypto marketplace, investors generally keep track

Crypto Tidbits: Bitcoin Explodes Past $11k, Ethereum 2.0 Nears, Cardano’s Shelley Launches

Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. It’s been an explosive week for the Bitcoin and crypto market, to say the very least. Bitcoin surged from under $10,000 to as high as $11,500 this week. Over the past seven days, the asset has gained approximately 20% — the best weekly performance in many months. Chart of BTC's price action over the past two weeks from TradingView.com Bitcoin’s recent price action comes as a breath of fresh air for crypto traders, which had to deal with BTC flatlining in the $9,000s for

Cardano Partners With South African Blockchain Alliance To Boost Adoption

The Cardano Foundation announced a partnership with the South African National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA) on April 7. The partnership endeavors to explore further ways to strengthen technology’s adoption throughout South Africa.According to the official announcement, Cardano will use blockchain technology to boost socio-economic growth in South Africa. The Foundation believes such a partnership will help them to achieve their goal of increasing blockchain adoption across the region.South Africa as the key market for African blockchain awarenessCardano cites the South Africa market as pivotal to building a network across the country

South African National Blockchain Alliance Holds Online Launch

The South African National Blockchain Alliance carried out an online livestream launch while the country is in the midst of a 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The organization was due to be launched at the beginning of April in Johannesburg but had to be taken online as South Africa and the world tackles a global health crisis.The launch happened during a livestream on YouTube on April 3, which included a panel of speakers elaborating on how SANBA will help nurture blockchain-focused startups and companies that

Cardano’s Byron Reboot Goes Live, Paving Way to Shelley Mainnet

Proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain Cardano (ADA) went live with its Byron reboot yesterday, March 30, as the project prepares its transition to the Shelley mainnet.Announced by Cardano’s developer, the peer-to-peer technology firm Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the reboot involves a series of updates to major components of the Cardano network — the Cardano node, explorer, and Daedalus wallet backend, which is being spun out as a new version, Daedalus Flight.A process, not an eventIn an outline of the reboot’s significance, which has taken 18 months to complete, IOHK explained that