Day: February 6, 2020

How Blockchain is Changing the Fortune of Online Gambling

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The age of the internet was a game-changer for the gambling industry. It enabled anyone with an internet connection to play their favorite casino games or engage in sports better from anywhere. Now, despite being heavily regulated in many countries, the online gambling sector is growing at an impressive rate. According to a report from market research firm Mordor Intelligence, the industry can expect further growth of 8.77% CAGR between now and 2020. However, despite this optimistic projection, the online gambling space also faces several key challenges. There is a…

Hack Blockchain To The MAX! €15.000 Prizepool at MAXathon in Berlin April 18-19, 2020

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Sharing is caring! Maxonrow will host its first-ever MAXathon from April 18-19, 2020 in Berlin, where participants will have the chance to win from a €15.000 prize pool and explore how blockchain can be used to create solutions for healthcare, education, and governments using Maxonrow’s SDK.   MAXathon will take place at Factory Berlin Görlitzer Park, a community space and startup lab, host of hackathons and events, where Berlin’s diverse network of innovators come together.   MAXathon will be free of cost, and in addition to all meals and after-party,…

Australia to Release National Blockchain Roadmap After Year of Preparation

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The Australian government is going to launch its national blockchain strategy on Friday, Feb. 7, following a nearly year-long preparation. It has been almost a year since the country’s Ministry for Industry, Science and Technology and Ministry for Trade, Tourism and Investment announced the national blockchain strategy and roadmap last March. The new policy roadmap aims to make Australia’s nascent blockchain industry into a global leader, making the country’s wine industry, banking and finance the key priority sectors. Special focus on domestic wine Outlining the program’s development, Karen Andrews, Minister…

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Proposes 3-Year Safe Harbor Period for Crypto Token Sales

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to give legitimate crypto projects a shot at success without running afoul of U.S. securities laws. The two-year official at the Securities and Exchange Commission – nicknamed “CryptoMom” by the blockchain community – has formally proposed a safe harbor for token projects. It would give them some breathing room to develop their networks and communities before having to worry about the regulatory regime. Under Peirce’s proposal, unveiled during a speech at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago Thursday, crypto startups would have a three-year grace…

Blockstack Nodes Will Be Paid in BTC – Not STX – to Secure the Network

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Blockstack is giving its long-term holders a new way to earn bitcoin. Announced Thursday, the decentralized-web startup is rolling out a consensus mechanism that essentially presents a fresh use case for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.  When version 2.0 of Blockstack’s Stacks blockchain comes out, miners on the network will need to post BTC to mine a block. That BTC will then get shared with nodes maintaining a copy of the ledger. “We accept bitcoin as the most secure blockchain in the world. We accept a world where this will…

Crypto Researcher Hasu Flags Attack That Could Bring ‘Purge’-Style Mayhem to Bitcoin

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Pseudonymous researcher Hasu has discovered a new twist on a well-known potential attack on the bitcoin network. The researcher posted a description of the attack, which he named “Purge” after the B-movie franchise, to the bitcoin developer email list last week. It’s a variation on the so-called sabotage attack, in which malicious miners try to wreak havoc on bitcoin for its own sake, rather than for profit. “Purge attacks probably don’t constitute a bigger risk than other known forms of sabotage attacks, but seem like an interesting spin,” he wrote.…

Crypto Researcher Hasu Flags Attack That Could Bring ‘Purge’-Style Mayhem to Bitcoin

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Pseudonymous researcher Hasu has discovered a new twist on a well-known potential attack on the bitcoin network. The researcher posted a description of the attack, which he named “Purge” after the B-movie franchise, to the bitcoin developer email list last week. It’s a variation on the so-called sabotage attack, in which malicious miners try to wreak havoc on bitcoin for its own sake, rather than for profit. “Purge attacks probably don’t constitute a bigger risk than other known forms of sabotage attacks, but seem like an interesting spin,” he wrote.…

Crypto Market Could Be Due For a 2-Year Bull Run, Says Top Analyst

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A recent rally across all the major crypto assets is hinting the beginning of what could be an overlong bull cycle, says Satoshi Flipper. The top crypto analyst asserted in a tweet published on Thursday that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may stay in an uptrend for the next years. He explained that bull runs in the crypto market typically last longer than bearish phases, and top cryptocurrencies just need to break above certain resistances to indicate the beginning of an upside rally. “Ethereum above $200 and Bitcoin above $10k will bring…

Bitcoin Price Is Moving Up Again, Number of BTC Users Hits 23 Million

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Yesterday, BTC price was back to growing. Today, on Thursday, February 6th, the asset continues its growth mostly around $9,700. By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex. BTC/USD tech analysis. Number of BTC transactions has exceeded 500 million. Commission for transfer in BTC worth 460 million USD was less than 1 USD. Bitcoin price is moving higher. As we can see in the weekly chart, Bitcoin is forming a steady rising wave. In this case, the upside target is the resistance level at $11500.00, which may be a serious test…

XRP Breaking Records & Five Live ODL Corridors

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An incredible start to 2020 for Ripple and XRP with ODL usage and payment volume breaking news records over the XRP/MXN and AUS corridors almost daily. Since October 2019 we have seen an exponential growth in the usage of ODL mainly from MoneyGram’s Mexican remittance corridor which topped 16.6 Million XRP today. This is an astonishing leap of over ten million in daily remittance volume since mid November last year, October’s total blitzed that of the entirety of 2018 also at 20 million XRP. With the addition of five more…