Analysis

Will Bitmain Stage a 51% Attack on the BTC Network?

Bitmain is very close to having 51% of the BTC hashrate and concerns are high: would the mining company stage a 51% attack on Bitcoin?

8 years ago · By PADDY BAKER

Tron Plagiarism: Are Investors Prepared For Lawsuits?

Tron, the $3 billion dollar project known for plagiarizing from other projects, has been caught plagiarizing from other projects.

8 years ago · By ANDREW ANCHETA

Haja and OrbitDB Code Review

OrbitDB under development for some time, a peer-to-peer database for the decentralized web. Now under Haja Networks, let's see a code review.

8 years ago · By ANDRE CRONJE

Suicide By Speculation: Crypto Volatility Chokes Adoption

Speculation on crypto price has for a long time been the main route for people to access cryptocurrency. Unfortunately, it's a flawed metric.

8 years ago · By PADDY BAKER

Latest

Uranus Code Review: Ubiquitous Sharing Platform

Jun. 23, 2018

Uranus Code Review: Ubiquitous Sharing Platform

Going to be tough to keep this Uranus code review professional. This week I have looked at Saturn, Jupiter, and now Uranus. I’m not joking.

By ANDRE CRONJE

Republic Protocol Code Review: Dark Pools

Jun. 22, 2018

Republic Protocol Code Review: Dark Pools

Republic Protocol and its dark pools aim to facilitate transactions on a hidden order book. Here's a code review to track their progress.

By ANTON NELL

Betting On Augur: 8 Reasons To Be Bullish On REP

Jun. 22, 2018

Betting On Augur: 8 Reasons To Be Bullish On REP

<a href="https://www.augur.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Augur</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (REP) will be the talk of the cryptocurrency community when they go live on the Ethereum mainnet on July 9th, 2018.

By ZACH WHEELER

Spacemesh Code Review: PoST Consensus

Jun. 21, 2018

Spacemesh Code Review: PoST Consensus

Spacemesh claims their new Proof of Space Time blockchain consensus will improve security, scalability, decentralization, and 'fairness'.

By ANDRE CRONJE

China Really, Really, Likes EOS

Jun. 21, 2018

China Really, Really, Likes EOS

China’s national blockchain referee has made a call, and the rulings are in: EOS is by far the favorite, distantly followed by Ethereum.

By ANDREW ANCHETA

Perlin Code Review: Avalanche DAG

Jun. 20, 2018

Perlin Code Review: Avalanche DAG

Andre Cronje's Perlin code review suggests that that their blockchain protocol represents a "new paradigm" and is "terrifyingly good".

By ANDRE CRONJE

UPDATE: Perlin ICO Review and PERL Token Analysis

Jun. 20, 2018

UPDATE: Perlin ICO Review and PERL Token Analysis

Perlin ICO (PERL token) is creating a blockchain optimized for scaled distributed applications. It could be as important as Ethereum itself.

By THE ANALYST TEAM

Tether Cryptocurrency Fully Backed By US Dollars, Says Report

Jun. 20, 2018

Tether Cryptocurrency Fully Backed By US Dollars, Says Report

Tether has released a long-awaited third-party audit which proves the USDT cryptocurrency is asset-backed by USD.

By ANDREW ANCHETA

InterValue Code Review: Blockchain 4.0

Jun. 19, 2018

InterValue Code Review: Blockchain 4.0

InterValue apparently jumped straight to blockchain 4.0 when I was asleep? Maybe not really - the code review reveals nothing special yet.

By ANDRE CRONJE

BIS Crypto Report Undermines Itself. Not Cryptocurrency.

Jun. 19, 2018

BIS Crypto Report Undermines Itself. Not Cryptocurrency.

The BIS Crypto report has been used by the mainstream media as proof cryptocurrency is inherently flawed. Crypto Briefing investigates...

By PADDY BAKER