This year continues to be the most significant for blockchain development and adoption as the technology quickly moves toward mainstream use. Also, despite the months-long decline in market caps, interest in cryptocurrency investing continues to grow, notably in the institutional sector. For years governments and central banks have held that regulation is necessary to protect…
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Whether we like to admit it or not, the technology world has been under male dominance for a long time. Too long it seems. Unlike most of the other technology-based industries, blockchain is raw and unestablished. This is both a promise and a challenge for women in the industry.
Blockchain technology is incredibly different from other industries…
Since its release in 2009, Bitcoin Core has dealt with several software bugs, yet only a few have been deemed as serious and high-risk. Recent reports indicate that a bug which essentially allowed anyone interested to crash the entire Bitcoin network has just been patched.
With this in mind, the bug in question has been described…
This article will provide insight and information helping you understand Ethereum's uncles, why they exist, and how their existence benefits the safety of the network. It contains some crypto-heavy language, but I've tried to keep it as simple as possible, clearly defining new words as we go along.
Everything is perceived from the perspective of the…
An executive at Ripple Labs has indicated that the company’s long-awaited commercial product, xRapid, could soon be released. Ripple’s XRP token value moved up more than twenty percent on the news, although it has since retreated slightly. The availability of xRapid will mark the largest move yet of a blockchain-based product into mainstream use.
Sagar…
The National Police Agency of Japan aims to pour in funds for the development of a new crypto tool in order to flag the individuals involved in illegal trades. As stated by NHK towards the end of August 2018, the agency plans to spare 35M YEN in the following year for this project and until…
Out of the thousands ICOs that start every day, just a small percentage actually succeed in achieving their capital goals. The Pareto principle is at a full swing here, literally with a handful of ICOs taking in the majority of the investments. EOS is a great example of this principle seen in crypto reality. The era of ICOs…
Citigroup is reportedly in the process of creating a cryptocurrency investment product that could revolutionary change how the public invests in blockchain assets. Known as a digital asset receipt (DAR) it is aimed at institutional investors, and could significantly simplify the means by which cryptocurrencies are bought and sold. Additionally, this product will add a…
As known, Netherlands-based banking giant ING published a customer report recently where it was declared that Turkey is the leading cryptocurrencies owner among all European countries. The fact that the people in Turkey are heading to more technological innovations and current economic circumstances serve as an increasing factor for it. Investors and engineers, mostly from…
It is a well-known fact that the cryptocurrency scene is overloaded with scams that take advantage of unaware and naive people. This article will talk about why people end up getting scammed and what they can do to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future. If you've been scammed, or know someone that has…
