Day: November 27, 2019

Devs Discuss Formal Specification Project for Bitcoin Cash

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On Monday, Bitcoin ABC’s lead developer Amaury Séchet explained in a blog post that Bitcoin Cash will be getting its own formal specification from Bitcoin Verde programmer Joshua Green. Séchet noted that although a slew of developers have written documentation, “the existing state of affairs is poorly documented.” Green and his team writing a formal specification for Bitcoin Cash is “great news” to the software engineer. Also read: Privacy-Enhancing BCH Tool Cashfusion Begins Working Behind the Scenes Bitcoin ABC’s Amaury Séchet Discusses the Attempt to Create a Formal Bitcoin Cash…

Cyber Criminals Are Using YouTube To Install Cryptojacking Malware

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Slovakian software security firm Eset has uncovered that cyber criminals behind the Stantinko botnet have been distributing a Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining module via Youtube. On Nov. 26, the major antivirus software supplier Eset reported that the Stantinko botnet operators have expanded their criminal reach from click fraud, ad injection, social network fraud and password stealing attacks, into installing crypto malware on victims’ devices using Youtube. Stantinko botnet has been active since at least 2012 The Stantinko botnet, which has been active since at least 2012 and predominantly targets users…

Market Mostly Trades Sideways as Bitcoin Price Hovers Around $7,200

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Tuesday Nov. 26 — Most cryptocurrencies are back to trading sideways, including Bitcoin (BTC) which has not been able to find higher trading levels in the past 24 hours. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin started the day at the $7,140 price mark, at which point the world’s largest crypto coin found an intra-day high of $7,320, before moving down again towards its current trading price near $7,190. After an unimpressive 24 hours, BTC is showing a minor gain of 0.05% on the day. BTC is still down around…