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Elon Musk Gets Help From Dogecoin Creator Against Twitter Bots

September 17, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Tesla creator Elon Musk sought help eradicating Twitter’s infamous bots from an unlikely source September 16, publicly asking Dogecoin founder Jackson Palmer for help.

Palmer: Twitter ‘Should Automate’ Botnet Fix

In an exchange Sunday, Palmer confirmed he had given code to Musk in order to prevent bots posting fake giveaway advertisements below his genuine tweets.

“Elon has the script… we had a good chat on how [Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey] and the Twitter team should definitely automate and fix this problem on their end though,” he wrote. Read more...

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Monero Have A Dedicated Research Team That Need Your Help

September 17, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Whilst Monero is a decentralised cryptocurrency with no central control, there is a community led Monero research lab who have taken it upon themselves to improve the Monero network through carrying out extensive research and through implementing various upgrades etc.

Monero Research Lab are currently focusing some of their efforts on further research into Monero’s multi-sig wallets, one of the unique features of the Monero network that make it technically one of the most secure crypto projects going.

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Coinbase Joins Race For A Crypto ETF, Seeks Help From BlackRock

September 9, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Coinbase has thrown its hat in the ring to launch a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) and has approached BlackRock for help, according to unnamed sources interviewed by Business Insider. BlackRock, which manages $ 6 trillion in assets, has pioneered ETFs and has a blockchain working group. Coinbase, which announced a cryptocurrency index fund for accredited investors

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Google Launches New Search Engine to Help Journalists Find Datasets

September 7, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Google recently launched a new search engine that aids journalists, policymakers, scientists and other users by granting access to datasets needed for research. The Dataset Search platform sifts through digital libraries, various publishers and author’s personal websites, among other places, to display open data repositories. The search engine relies on publishers to label their data […]
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Coinbase Eyes ETF With Help From BlackRock: Business Insider Report

September 7, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

In an effort to expand its institutional services, Coinbase is joining an industry chase for the ever-elusive bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).

As reported by Business Insider, the cryptocurrency exchange provider has been liaising with BlackRock, a U.S. investment management company with some $ 6 trillion in assets under its purview. Individuals close with the matter said that Coinbase has sought guidance from BlackRock’s blockchain working group. Read more...

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NetCents Crypto Credit Card to Help Increase Mainstream Adoption

August 28, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

NetCents cryptocurrency credit card will be accepted at 40 million merchant locations globally in an effort to directly compete with Visa and Mastercard. The company will also integrate its loyalty programme with its crypto credit cards to encourage and reward users for spending digital currencies.

NetCents To Facilitate Seamless Crypto Spending

NetCents Technology, a Canada-based payments processing company, has unveiled its new digital currency credit-card service — which will be operational in the domestic market by Q4 2018, and the European markets by early 2019. This service has been launched to make it extremely easy for cryptocurrency enthusiasts to spend their digital currency holdings. Read more...

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Castbox Uses Blockchain to Help People Find Podcasts On Anything, Anywhere

July 24, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Podcasts are great for helping people learn new things, connect to new subject matter, and access perspectives otherwise difficult to find. Yet not all podcasts are available to everyone. CastBox aims to change that.

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Chaincode Devs, Google Alumni Create Industry Group to Help Bitcoin Scale

July 21, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Scaling has been a heated topic for the bitcoin community for some time. Further, even when a technology does become available, getting people to use it becomes the next big hurdle. Segregated Witness has not been fully adopted by all wallets and service providers, and not all exchanges batch transactions, to name two examples.

Officially announced today, July 20, 2018, Bitcoin Optech (which stands for operations technology) is creating a forum where Bitcoin developers and companies can come together to solve scaling problems in harmony through workshops and online discussions. Read more...

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Securitize to help liquidate security tokens via DS Protocol

July 2, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Prominent security token issuance and lifecycle management platform Securitize announced in a press release CoinReport received from Clarity, Securitize’s communications agency, the launch of the Digital Securities (DS) Protocol, an open source, third-party apps-supporting protocol developed on Ethe…

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World Refugee Day: How Digital Identities Can Help a Population in Crisis

June 21, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

According to statistics from the United Nations Refugee Agency, there are 25.4 million refugees in the world and some 3.1 million asylum seekers. On this year’s World Refugee Day, we’re reminded of the perpetual crises that plague our international communities and the displaced individuals they create.

For those in the blockchain industry, today may also serve as a reminder for how the new technology may provide a solution. With the ability to keep consistent, immutable tabs on digital identities, blockchain technology could rewrite how we record state-issued IDs in a digital age. Read more...

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Up In a Down Market? 2 Projects That Could Help You Fend Off the Bear

June 20, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

2018, once expected to be a bullish year, has turned into a slow burn of agony for most. Especially if one gained interest in and started accumulating in January of this year. Our hearts go out to the investors who hopefully stick around to see future run-ups in the years to come. Some even went as far as selling their homes to go all in on Bitcoin. Those people especially could use a boost or a change of trends sooner rather than later. Here are a few projects and their strategies that may be able to weather the storm. Read more...

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Bittrex Lands Bank Agreement to Help Customers Buy Bitcoin With Dollars

May 31, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Inc. has established a formal agreement with Signature Bank in New York to allow corporate clients in specific states to purchase virtual tokens using USD. The move is designed to increase the amount of institutional capital making its way through the crypto space.

Chief executive officer of Bittrex Bill Shihara says the exchange has been working on this partnership for months. “It’s been a long path,” he commented. “It’s not just about banks being able to trust Bittrex; it’s about banks being able to trust crypto in general, and I think it’s really showing that crypto is turning the corner in terms of mainstream acceptance.” Read more...

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Bogs and Wojaks: How Crypto Memes Help Traders Deal with the Downturn

May 27, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The altcoin markets might be in freefall, ICOs dead in the water, and bitcoin nursing a fixed scowl, but you wouldn’t know it on crypto Twitter. Over the past 48 hours, its leading lights have been more preoccupied with having their profile pics “bogged” than posting charts. The Bogdanoff twins are one of the many memes to have taken over the crypto community, providing welcome relief amidst the growing gloom.

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China Using Blockchain to Help Fight Poverty in Tibet

May 24, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The Bank of China will use the technology to upgrade their existing poverty reduction system in hopes of increasing efficiency and transparency.

The benefits of blockchain technology are both powerful and far-reaching in that it does much more than just make virtual currencies possible.

One of the industries where the efficiency, security, and immutability of blockchain can really shine is in the finance sector. As this industry is heavily reliant on record-keeping, it stands to reason that a distributed ledger could solve a host of data tracking issues. Read more...

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Why Lightning Network Will Finally Help Bitcoin Beat Credit Cards, PayPal

May 17, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The Lightning Network (LN) is approaching 2000 functional nodes as users begin to highlight the conspicuous cost savings using the technology.

Lightning: 1997 Nodes, 6600 Channels, $ 150,000 Capacity

Data captured from an overview of LN’s Bitcoin mainnet integration showed 1997 reachable nodes (with the actual number presumably much higher) at press time, with 6614 open channels and a total network capacity in excess of $ 150,000.

Despite remaining a challenging tool in terms of user interface, the technology has markedly improved in the approximately five months it has been active. Read more...

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150 ICOs and STOs Adhere to KYC and AML Guidelines with the Help of IdentityMind Global

May 15, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

KYC and AML procedures play an increasingly important role in the world of cryptocurrency. This is especially true when dealing with initial coin offerings. IdentityMind has already processed 150 client requests in the past few months. It’s a very positive trend that will bring more legitimacy to the ICO industry moving forward.

IdentityMind is on a Roll

While the number of initial coin offerings has not decreased by any means, the same old concerns remain in place. More specifically, a lot of projects can still be considered securities, and not all of these fundraising initiatives take the necessary KYC and AML procedures into account. This is quite worrisome, as such procedures are a mandatory requirement in most parts of the world. Read more...

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Cryptocurrency Miners Help Keep Tiny Swiss Village Alive

March 30, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

The Swiss village of Gondo on the Italian border was once a haven for gold miners. Now, after decades of economic stagnation, it’s become a hot spot for miners of digital gold.

Over 100 years ago, the southern Swiss village of Gondo was famous on the European continent for its gold mines. These days, the tiny Alpine location is becoming famous for its cryptocurrency mining operations. Read more...

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50% Bonus on USAT Token Purchases Until 31st March, 2018; USAT Inc. Uses Blockchain to Help Inventors Patent, Protect, and Develop Their IP

March 26, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Celebrating the final weeks of its Pre-ICO, USAT Inc. is offering a very short-period promotion of 50% bonus on USAT token purchases before midnight 31st March 2018. Visit https://usat.io to take advantage of this great offer!

The Australia-based USAT Inc. allows inventors to patent their ideas for a small fee in USAT Tokens and then store their idea on a private blockchain, protecting the creator from IP theft. Then, if the IP holder wants to develop their idea through the USAT Inc. platform, the IP must pass rigorous scientific and commercial evaluations. USAT Inc. can offer new levels of IP Protection through this system. The projects are very carefully selected to address specific humanitarian and ecological problems, to help raise living standards. Read more...

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The Atlantis Blue Project Turns to Stellar to Help Restore the Damaged Larimar Trade

March 23, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

While the Larimar trade has recently been corrupted by malicious actors due to the popularity of the gemstone, the Atlantis Blue Project seeks to use Stellar’s blockchain to thwart this activity and restore its balance.

The Blue Beauty

Larimar is a rare gemstone found in the province of Barahona of the Dominican Republic. The stone is coveted by many due to its rumored healing powers, ability to increase one’s communication skills, and desirability as a stone used in fine jewelry. Also known as the Atlantis Stone, Larimar’s blue color comes from its substitution of copper for calcium in its formation. Read more...

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These Tiny “Crypto-Anchors” From IBM Could Help Fight Product Fraud

March 22, 2018 By Mark Lyford Leave a Comment

Each year, IBM showcases “5 in 5” technologies coming out of IBM Research’s global labs — five technologies that the company expects to fundamentally reshape business and society in the next five years.

This year, a “5 in 5 at a Science Slam” was held at Think 2018 in Las Vegas.

One of the 5 in 5 breakthrough technologies presented in Las Vegas is ultra-miniaturized cryptographic anchors.

Lead developer Andreas Kind heads the “Industry Platform and Blockchain” team at IBM Research Zurich, which contributes to the Hyperledger Blockchain Project and develops privacy and cloud security technologies. Read more...

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