Tag: Blockchains

Bitcoin Lightning Exchange FixedFloat Sees ‘Suspicious’ Transfers of $3M to Ethereum, Tron Blockchains

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Tokenized US Treasury Bonds Hit $1 Billion Milestone on Public Blockchains

This week, 21.co’s onchain data analyst Tom Wan presented figures revealing that tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds on public blockchains have surpassed the $1 billion mark. The analyst highlighted that Blackrock’s BUIDL experienced significant growth of 400%, escalating from $40 million to $240 million within a span of a week. The Rise of Tokenized Real-World Assets […] Source CryptoX Portal

Zano Blockchain’s Hard Fork Facilitates Privacy Coin Creation, Introduces Confidential Assets

The Zano blockchain’s recently completed Zarcanum hard fork (HF4) will enable users and organizations to create custom tokenized assets that meet their specific needs. These custom tokenized assets or confidential assets, will be untraceable on the Zano blockchain. The team believes that without privacy and security, cryptocurrencies cannot achieve the much-hyped widespread adoption. Hosting Multiple […] Source CryptoX Portal

Blockchains Will Upend Economies of Scale

Traditionally, those numbers have been big, and the bigger the required scale of investment, the harder it is for firms to enter and stay competitive. Some industries are still headed in the direction of ever bigger investments and capacity required to achieve scale. Today, building a new state-of-the-art semiconductor facility is so expensive – estimated at up to $30 billion – that only a few companies are left in the business where there were once dozens. Source

Top 10 Proof Of Work Blockchains Like Bitcoin

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Proof of Work blockchains stand as the cornerstone of cryptocurrency technology, first popularized by Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency. At their core, these blockchains rely on a consensus mechanism called Proof of Work (PoW). This mechanism is essential for validating transactions and creating new blocks without the need for a central authority. In a PoW blockchain, miners compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles. The first miner to solve the puzzle gets the opportunity to add a new block to the blockchain and is rewarded with cryptocurrency. This process not only secures…