Brave Developer: Growing Privacy Concerns is Why BAT Will Succeed
Technical Operations Coordinator at Brave, Chris Nguyen, hosted a Reddit AMA in which he answered questions from the
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AMFEIX Investors Raise Concerns About Massive Pending Withdrawal Requests
A number of people who invested in a cryptocurrency company are claiming that the company is scamming its users.The fund in question is called AMFEIX, which promised high-yield monthly returns to its users and supposedly raised more than $60 million in Bitcoin (BTC). At the end of June, Cryptox began
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Much Anticipated Central Bank Digital Currencies Raise Privacy Concerns
Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs, have been an increasingly popular topic in the cryptosphere and financial world as a whole, especially with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. In the United States, the need for a universal electronic payment system for stimulus checks gave rise to a proposition for
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Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization Concerns
So many users are dependent on Ethereum client Geth that a bug could temporarily freeze the network – something blockchains aren’t supposed to do, ever. In light of this, Ethereum Core developers decided Friday to postpone work on the Berlin hard fork until at least August in an effort to
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Binance Launches Crypto Mining Pool Amid Centralization Concerns
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched its mining pool "Binance Pool" on April 27. The pool will operate with zero fees until May 31, after which the rate will be set at 2.5%. The press release for the pool states that large miners can contact Binance to negotiate an extension of the
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Bitcoin Miners Reveal Concerns Over Mining Rig Shipment Delays and Bitcoin Halving
The cryptocurrency market rout in mid-March, which saw bitcoin’s price slide significantly in value, has strained bitcoin mining operations by slashing considerable revenue from the block rewards. Moreover, shipping delays from mining manufacturers have caused uncertainty and mining operations don’t know when next-generation miners will ship. The mining firm Hut8
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Govt. Pauses SEC Suit Against $30 Mln ICO Amid Parallel Investigation Concerns
Prosecutors have paused a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against the alleged operators of a $30 million fraudulent ICO amid concerns that proceedings may impact the integrity of a parallel investigation into the defendants.The United States attorney’s office for New Jersey intervened in the case on
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Blockchain Africa Forges Ahead Despite Coronavirus Concerns
The Blockchain Africa conference kicked off on Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, despite rising concerns about the Coronavirus outbreak.South Africa’s first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at the beginning of the month. As of March 11, thirteen South Africans have tested positive for the virus.Despite the relatively low infection
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MIT Wasn’t Only One Auditing Voatz – Homeland Security Did Too, With Fewer Concerns
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found a number of security vulnerabilities in Voatz’s tech infrastructure during a cybersecurity audit of the mobile voting app vendor’s Boston headquarters, according to a newly declassified report obtained by CoinDesk. However, the DHS report, conducted by a Hunt and Incident Response Team with the
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Iran Concerns May Be Driving Trump Administration’s Talk of New Crypto Rules
Tensions with Iran may be behind U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s cryptocurrency compliance comments on Wednesday.The New York Times reported the Trump administration “has expressed growing concern” that this technology is being used to “evade American sanctions on countries like Iran.”Earlier this week, the Parliament of Iran Research Center published
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