Month: May 2022

Truly Playable AAA Games to Look Forward to in 2022

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The emergence of blockchain games has flipped the gaming industry, putting players in charge of the decisions rather than developers. Their rise has been exponential, with over 398 active blockchain games currently floating in the market. The industry’s influence has risen to the point that it now accounts for 52% of all blockchain activity. The new entertainment facilitates NFT creation, trading, and ownership capabilities. Blockchain games give players complete ownership of their in-game assets while also allowing them to use those assets outside the games. Axie Infinity, for example, is…

How Scalable Quantum-Safe Blockchains Help Against Network Outages

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The blockchain industry is at the forefront of innovation, with new ways to harness this secure distributed ledger technology in various areas of traditional business. A key feature of conventional blockchains is the ability of any entity to verify the integrity of the blockchain ledger by executing the same algorithm that was used to generate it. What are quantum-safe blockchains? Quantum computers will be able to execute algorithms significantly faster than classical computers, enabling them to break most cryptographic algorithms. Attackers with a quantum computer might be able to break…

Marathon Digital ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Meeting Early-2023 Hashrate Guidance as Delays Continue

About 4,200 Marathon miners were successfully installed in containers at one of Compute North’s new facilities in Texas, the company said in a statement. However, these mining rigs are now expected to come online in May, as opposed to its original schedule of April 17, as the company’s energy provider required additional consent from a third party. Currently, it does not expect this process to impact future deployments of miners, the firm said in the statement. Source

BTC, ETH Marginally Higher Ahead of Today’s Rate Decision – Market Updates Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin was trading marginally higher on Wednesday, as crypto markets returned to the green ahead of the Fed meeting. ETH also rebounded in today’s session, moving away from its long-term support level in the process. Bitcoin BTC was trading higher on Wednesday, as bulls re-entered the market ahead of today’s Federal Reserve rate decision. Following a floor of $37,585.62 during Tuesday’s session, BTC/USD rallied to an intraday peak of $39,095.11 earlier today. The move came as bitcoin used its recent support point of $37,500 as a springboard, and bounced towards…

The creator economy will explode in the Metaverse, but not under Big Tech’s regime

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In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century. With the news that Meta plans to take a nearly 50% cut of virtual asset sales in Horizon Worlds, it will not be surprising if independent artists and content creators turn away from the Metaverse entirely. Or at least from its Meta rendition, no matter how excited the company might be about the creator…

Little by little, blockchain technology is beginning to appear around the house

Blockchain technology is familiar to cryptocurrency users and national banks, and awareness of it is spreading fast to gamers. Applications in industry, particularly supply chain management, have been appearing as well. Through them, blockchain technology may improve domestic life in unseen ways, such as ensuring high-quality food, responsibly sourced seafood, or preventing the counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals. Nonetheless, the home may be blockchain’s final frontier.  Blockchain penetration at the household level is so far quite low, but day-to-day utility was no afterthought for blockchain developers. Christoph Jentzsch, Simon Jentzsch and Stephan…