Blockchain

Popular blockchain company, Blockstream has purchased $25 million worth of MicroBT’s WhatsMiner M30s Bitcoin mining hardware. Blockstream stated in an announcement that it plans to deploy the hardware across its various mining facilities located in the United States and Canada. A Top Secret Mining FacilityFurthermore, Blockstream disclosed that it would allocate some of the mining equipment to a new “top-secret” mining facility it plans to launch soon. The purchase will be an essential...

Despite its popularity as a platform for DeFi applications, the rampant growth in both the number of DeFi applications and the number of users has put a strain on Ethereum’s infrastructure, leading to a number of challenges that many Ethereum DeFi users now face on a regular basis.Arguably the most significant of these are scalability and cost.With Ethereum pushed to its limits and fees hitting record highs, other platforms may be set to muscle in on its DeFi turf in the near future. Here, we...

Shyft Network will bridge this gap to facilitate institutional adoption of blockchain-based solutions through its opt-in infrastructure.Blockchain-based identity verification network Shyft Network has unveiled its native cryptocurrency, the SHFT token together with its planned use case. The news comes as a timely reminder of the network’s relentless effort to provide an ideal platform for reclaiming trust, identity, and credibility for humanity.SHFT TokenThe SHFT token, being the native...

The off-chain decentralized computation platform Cartesi has launched a layer-2 solution to work on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The so-called Optimistic Rollups aims to decrease the high transaction fees by orders of magnitude and support scaling by taking computational demands off-chain.Cartesi’s Optimistic Rollups For The ETH NetworkThe Ethereum network, arguably the most utilized blockchain in the field with various ERC-20 tokens, stablecoins, and serving as the underlying technology...

Since its launch in January 2009, the blockchain has moved past its initial use to secure the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. It is now recognized as the most secure and reliable means of storing and validating data.The main benefit of using the blockchain is that data is not hosted in any central location. It moves away from the centralized model that has dominated the internet to a decentralized model of storing data. The WaCo project uses a blockchain to store and validate data ValueGo® a patented...

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The latest partnership with the Ethereum Foundation adds up to the already long list of Ethereum-focused projects between the two firms.Reddit has announced a partnership with Ethereum Foundation in what it calls its first-ever blockchain partnership. The partnership according to Reddit seeks to strengthen its ties with the Ethereum Foundation as well as bring value and independence of blockchain to its users. An announcement from the admin of Reddit u/jarins, stated that the partnership...

The giant social media platform Reddit has doubled-down on its blockchain and cryptocurrency involvement with a new partnership with the Ethereum Foundation. As a result, Reddit plans to utilize the Ethereum network to create larger-scale applications like the Community Points introduced last year.Reddit Doubles-Down On BlockchainCryptoPotato reported last year that the San Francisco, US-headquartered platform launched Community Points as tokens built on the Ethereum blockchain. Users from...

[Featured Content]TakaMaka is a project that attempts to solve the governance issues related to distributed blockchains, as well as the execution of smart contracts, placing the emphasis on enterprise environments.The platform takes advantage of an innovative Proof of Stake (PoS) solution, which enables it to process a high number of transactions (1,000,000 TX/hour) under normal working conditions. The network algorithm, alongside the verification process, allows the realization of a...

The WAX blockchain is expected to significantly benefit from the Sanders meme immortalization.The popular United States politician and activist Bernie Sanders will have his famous inauguration meme immortalized on the WAX blockchain. Notably, Topps Digital released their latest line of NFT collectibles today that featured Sanders and his winter mittens as the subject of the promotional series.“Topps Digital is adding to the fun today by launching Garbage Pail Kids Bernventures set on the WAX...