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Cybersecurity firm uses encrypted hard drive with Bitcoin to test applicants

Researchers wishing to apply to New York-based Red Balloon Security have to complete an unusual technical interview as part of their application process: unlocking a hard drive containing crypto.According to a report from Business Insider, Red Balloon sends the hard drives to certain candidates for cybersecurity research positions at the

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Upcoming Cardano hard fork to introduce ‘token locking’ ahead of Goguen

IOHK, the development arm behind Cardano, recently announced a new hard fork of the protocol scheduled for mid-December. Kevin Hammond, a software engineer at IOHK, revealed this week that Cardano will undergo a hard fork later this month as part of its transition to the Goguen development era. Although most observers

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Helium Wireless Network Approves New Hard Cap for HNT Token Emissions

Helium is hard-capping production of the tokenized fuel that powers its decentralized wireless network.Under a newly passed improvement proposal, Helium miners will stop adding to the circulating supply of HNT tokens at 223 million, a figure they will reach sometime in 2070 once bi-annual “halvenings,” also new to the network,

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Blockchain Bites: Data Unions. Hard Forks. And One Citi Analyst’s Case for $300K BTC.

A Citibank managing director thinks bitcoin could hit $318,000. MIT researchers resoundingly reject blockchain-based voting. And Bitcoin Cash’s latest fork looks set to fail.Top shelfTechnical comparison?A Citibank executive published a report predicting that bitcoin could reach $318,000 by December 2021. Using technical analysis, and a comparison to gold markets in

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