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SegWit Goes Beyond Scaling Bitcoin
Segregated Witness (SegWit) does more than condense transaction data that goes into the Bitcoin block. Marek “Slush” Palatinus, architect of the hardware wallet Trezor, pointed this out when he said: “Segregated Witness is not just about scaling. There are other issues with Bitcoin under the hood, and SegWit opens potential for applications and use-cases that […]
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Four Lessons to Learn From the Ethereum Hard Fork
Someone exploited a code loophole on the Decentralized Anonymous Organization (DAO) and hijacked close to $50 million. It took an Ethereum hard fork to claim back the funds.
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Public and Private Blockchains: There is A Place For Both
Everyone is building a blockchain solution. Ok, not actually everyone. But many have fallen in love with the Bitcoin code; some are copying it, and others are building on top of it. The first copycats of the blockchain resulted in basically complete clones of Bitcoin. That’s how altcoins like Litecoin, Dogecoin and Namecoin came into […]
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Here are Answers to Questions You Might have on DAO
As June 2016 got underway, there was a new attraction in the crypto space. And that was DAO (Decentralized Anonymous Organization). This entity had raised about $150 million from excited investors online. Everyone couldn’t wait to see it go live. And then the unexpected happened. On the 16th June 2016, a hacker exploited weakness on […]
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The Bitcoin community blasts Nathaniel Popper over NPR’s podcast
Does the name Nathaniel Popper ring any bells? He is the author of Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money.
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Why Social Media on Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Networks Might be the Way Forward
“We are not the customers of Facebook, we are the product. Facebook is selling us to advertisers.”- Douglas Rushkoff, media theorist and writer. Most of us can’t imagine life without social media, it’s the first place we visit in the morning and the last place we report to before falling asleep. It’s fun and exciting to […]
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