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8 May 2019 2 minute read 3 comments Blockspectator
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The charges brought against iFinex, the parent company for Bitfinex and Tether, are an indicator of the opaqueness surrounding the operations of Bitfinex and Tether. House of Cards When the NYAG made her charges fo...
7 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
Following their recent growth, Insights Network is adding support for the EOS mainnet. Insights Network launched the INSTAR blockchain and INSTAR wallet which saw their activity increase significantly leading to their top ten ranking on Block’tivity’...
6 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
Beam and its underlying technology, Mimblewimble, are an exciting concept in regards to the issue of cryptocurrency privacy. While Bitcoin may be the flagpole cryptocurrency, during transactions, Bitcoin exposes a substantial amount of information,...
2 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
Bitcoin has become a demographic megatrend- according to new research by Blockchain Capital partner Spencer Bogart. In spite of the very challenging year and a half experienced by the cryptocurrency markets, Bitcoin familiarity, conviction, and prop...
1 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
U.S tax citizens will now be able to receive portions of their tax refunds in Bitcoin. This was made available following the announcement that the Cryptocurrency payment services firm BitPay will be partnering with Refundo- a company specializing in...
1 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
Over the past month or so, many cryptocurrency enthusiasts were miffed as to why a project called Cosmos (ATOM) was appearing in the top 20 projects on CoinMarketCap.com. There appeared to be minimal information on the projects supply or even exchan...
1 May 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Blockspectator
Mimblewimble is a relatively new privacy-orientated technology with origins from the Bitcoin world. The project is a new blockchain protocol that aims to improve Bitcoin’s UTXO model. UTXO stands for the unspent output from bitcoin transactions. UTX...
30 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
Elastos (ELA) is a third generation blockchain platform, similar to EOS and Blockstack. They aim to be the chosen operating system for blockchain and IoT devices. This will allow their virtual machine to run d’Apps on any types of device, including...
30 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
A Privacy-Preserving Computation Network (ARPA) is a blockchain compatible layer-2 solution. A blockchain can zero through a smart contract and trigger ARPA to perform private computation. The reason for this is: ARPA makes secure data sharing possi...
29 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator
India is reportedly looking to ban cryptocurrencies, thus locking itself out of a massive wave of economic innovation, at a time when countries like Russia and Finland are scrambling to welcome the cryptocurrency industry to their shores. The govern...
