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What Are WAVES, MRT, and WCT? Introduction to the Waves Platform

The Russia-based Waves Platform seeks to fix a major problem in cryptocurrency. As of mid-April 2018, ICOs raised over $6.3 billion, easily surpassing the $5.6 billion raised in 2017. But 20 ICOs started in 2018 already failed in the first quarter. Is Waves the solution?

8 years ago · By THE ANALYST TEAM

Bitcoin Mining Energy Usage A ‘ Sensationalist Narrative’ Says New Report

It turns out that bitcoin mining energy estimates may have been overexaggerated and that its environmental impact might not be as bad as previously thought. A new report published by CoinShares has disputed the methodologies that have been used to calculate previous estimates.

8 years ago · By PADDY BAKER

Huobi Chain: Billion-Dollar Exchange to Become Decentralized

The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has announced plans to move its operations onto a public blockchain. Launched on Wednesday, the Huobi Chain project will be built with the help of a 21-month hackathon and has reportedly invested over $110m worth of Huobi tokens into the scheme.

8 years ago · By PADDY BAKER

Republic Protocol Announces “Dark Pool” Platform

Good news, Satoshi! There's a new way for traders to exchange high volumes of Bitcoin, without crashing the market. The Republic Protocol project announced an open-source solution that will allow third parties to create a "dark pool" for anonymous cryptocurrency exchanges.

8 years ago · By ANDREW ANCHETA

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Blockchain Publishing Can End Corporate Dominance Of Science

Jun. 4, 2018

Blockchain Publishing Can End Corporate Dominance Of Science

Crypto Briefing interviews the co-founder of Orvium, a blockchain publishing project that plans to offer a platform where scientists and academics can publish and access work in a communal and collaborative environment. Publishers have dominated the sector for decades, blockchain could change that...

By PADDY BAKER

How Is A Bitcoin Born? Crypto Mining Explained.

May. 31, 2018

How Is A Bitcoin Born? Crypto Mining Explained.

Crypto mining explained. Mining is something of anathema in the crypto community: it is widely known about but what exactly it is, is a different story. This article hopes to give as comprehensive a run-down of what mining is for reference in the future.

By PADDY BAKER

nOS Code Review – NEO Virtual Operating System

May. 26, 2018

nOS Code Review – NEO Virtual Operating System

Our nOS ICO preview outlined some of the key assets of this highly-anticipated NEO Smart Economy project. It's a decentralized Internet play, data control returned to the user and websites and dApps hosting their content in a decentralized fashion. So what did Andre Cronje's nOS code review find?

By ANDRE CRONJE

Emotiq Code Review: Natural Language Smart Contracts

May. 25, 2018

Emotiq Code Review: Natural Language Smart Contracts

Here's my Emotiq code review for this blockchain: scalable, private, natural. Natural? Emotiq is a next generation blockchain with powerful scalability and privacy, combining the latest research in distributed ledger technology with an innovative natural-language approach to smart contracts.

By ANDRE CRONJE

Bitcoin Cash is Getting a Makeover

May. 23, 2018

Bitcoin Cash is Getting a Makeover

There aren’t a lot of bright spots in this rainy market, but Bitcoin Cash is making its own weather. Despite the grey skies, the nine-month-old crypto is already on a journey to reinvent itself. Rather than fighting for the Bitcoin crown, the coin is getting a makeover,

By ANDREW ANCHETA

Zilliqa News: Dev Team Unveil Scilla ‘Bug Resistant’ Language

May. 23, 2018

Zilliqa News: Dev Team Unveil Scilla ‘Bug Resistant’ Language

In Zilliqa news, the sharding crypto has today announced it will be integrating a new programming language for smart contracts which it claims is 'bug resistant'. Smart contracts have in the past proved vulnerable to attacks but Zilliqa's development team argue Scilla will make their platform secure.

By PADDY BAKER

Lightstreams Code Review: dApp Speed and Privacy

May. 19, 2018

Lightstreams Code Review: dApp Speed and Privacy

Lightstreams is a blockchain designed for decentralised applications that require speed and privacy when sharing content. It's built on a modified version of the Ethereum blockchain and purports to solve the problem of data storage. Andre Cronje looks it over in his Lightstreams code review.

By ANDRE CRONJE

Blockchain is FedEx’s “Next Frontier”

May. 15, 2018

Blockchain is FedEx’s “Next Frontier”

Remember that time you tried to order a new computer from China, except the package arrived a month late and looked like evidence from a crime scene? Blockchain technology may make misdeliveries a thing of the past, as FedEx races to implement blockchain solutions to the freight industry’s problems.

By ANDREW ANCHETA

NASDAQ tech powering new crypto exchange

May. 15, 2018

NASDAQ tech powering new crypto exchange

If you’re worried about trading on the next BitGrail, a new exchange may put your worries to rest. DX. Exchange announced that it will use NASDAQ’s sophisticated trading engine to create “an unrivaled, P2P crypto exchange.”

By ANDREW ANCHETA

Komodo Atomic Swaps Power “Decentralized” ICOs

May. 14, 2018

Komodo Atomic Swaps Power “Decentralized” ICOs

In a move towards reducing uncertainty in the crypto-space, one project has hosted the first "atomic swap dICO," or decentralized ICO, last week. Sources at Komodo also indicated that the platform had created an application "that allows users to participate in ICO's in a decentralized manner."

By ANDREW ANCHETA