Blockchain

Median transaction fees on Ethereum just hit their highest point in almost two years, as the network struggles under heavy congestion.Meanwhile, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin confirmed on June 30 that the network would have to make do with current off-chain scaling solutions for the next two years. That’s until the planned scaling capabilities of Ethereum 2.0 are finally brought to fruition.Ethereum Median Transaction Fees SpikeIn the 48 hours leading up to June 30, the median transaction...

Starting with July 1st, 2020, the Uppsala Security’s Global Crypto Incident Response Center will investigate incidents reported by Samsung Blockchain Wallet users.Through a medium post, Uppsala Security team announced that it had signed a ‘Business Service Partnership’ contract with Samsung Electronics and also agreed to provide customer support services for the Samsung Blockchain Wallet starting with July 1st, 2020.Uppsala Security is based in Singapore, however, it has branch offices in...

Bolt Labs announced today that it plans to integrate its off-chain Bitcoin private payments protocol called zkChannels to the Tezos blockchain. The company is working with teams at Nomadic Labs and Metastate to complete the integration via an amendment proposal to be done by 2021.zkChannels To Build On TezosOriginally called BOLT, zkChannels v1 protocol saw the light of day earlier this year when Bolt Labs announced that it “enables private payments via zero-knowledge proof of knowledge...

DFINITY präsentiert offenes TikTok und gibt Internet-Computer für Third-Party-Entwickler frei DFINITY gibt heute bekannt, dass die Eigententwicklung Internet-Computer nun auch Drittentwicklern und Unternehmern offen steht:  Entwickler können darauf die nächste Generation dezentralisierter Anwendungen erstellen, die das Internet revolutionieren sollen.  DFINITY präsentierte diese Woche unter anderem das selbstentwickelte CanCan, eine Art...

Merely weeks after the launch of John McAfee’s privacy token GHOST, the coin is already seeing real-life utilization in Hong Kong Disneyland.The team behind the project also announced several upcoming features, including a “decentralized crowdfunding” platform and the release of the GHOST Cell Phone Service beta.GHOST Usage In Hong KongThe former antivirus software tycoon and popular cryptocurrency proponent John McAfee announced its newest digital asset endeavor in April. Called GHOST, it’s...

Through his official Twitter page, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said that Ethereum 2.0 scaling for data will be available prior to ETH 2.0 scaling for general computation.As the anticipated launch date for Ethereum 2.0 draws near, the whole debate about challenges facing the Ether blockchain network intensifies by the day. On June 30, 2020, Ethereum founder, Vitalik Buterin, tweeted the things to be first expected during the largest ever upgrade the Ethereum network might experience and...

Cryptocurrencies are known for their volatile nature, having wild price fluctuations in short spans of time. In the past few years, crypto payments have grown in popularity, and more and more services have started accepting crypto coins on their platforms. But many are wary of accepting digital assets because of these fluctuations. Sendbit.io is a company that aims to solve this problem by offering a Lightning network Blockchain Wallet to Standard and USD Business users that protect them from...

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Banxa, a full-service, internationally compliant digital banking infrastructure provider, announced it has completed its USD$2 million Pre-IPO investment round. The round was led by OK Group, a world-leading blockchain technology and service provider focused on the research and development of the technology and its all-scenario applications.. The funding round will be used to support Banxa’s global expansion efforts as it enters new markets throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. Other...

Olga Ukolova, cofondatrice de Pandora Core AG, a annoncé lundi le lancement d’une version beta (privée) de RGB, une plateforme de smart contracts d’un nouveau genre permettant d’émettre, sans encombrer la timechain et de façon confidentielle, des actifs numériques fongibles sur Bitcoin et le Lightning Network. RGB est décrit comme une approche différente des précédentes, qu’il s’agisse des propositions reposant sur Bitcoin (Colored...