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Concepts in Security, Both Inside and Outside the Crypto World

7 Feb 2020 3 minute read 0 comments BitcoinGordon

I trade every day. I also keep up on crypto forums and social media. Something that comes up on a regular basis are discussions about KYC, or Know Your Customer or Client, 2FA (2 factor authorization), and generally the issues people have with protec...

Publish0xTutorials - How to use new software without risking your OS

6 Feb 2020 5 minute read 6 comments Creepto

Sandbox downloaded software - NOW! Note: this article will focus on the Sandboxing feature introduced in Windows 10. If you're using MacOS or Linux, scroll to the bottom, to see an alternative. The risk As a Publish0X reader, you're bombarded with li...

Leaving Google and Facebook behind: my list of private alternatives

29 Jan 2020 3 minute read 1 comment PierreL

January 28 was Data Privacy Day, and in honor of that, I decided to share the list of Google and Facebook alternatives I've switched to over the past couple years. This list is non-exhaustive, based on my user experiences and can be updated over time...

Ripple and the Gemini exchange work in partnership to encourage the adoption of cryptocurrencies in the United States

28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.

That Ripple is engaged in a massive lobbying campaign in the United States to encourage the adoption of a regulation that allows the spread of cryptocurrencies in the country has been known for several months, at least since it has decided to open a...

Urbit: An Altogether Different Connected World (Some further research into this particularly unique and fascinating project.)

26 Jan 2020 7 minute read 7 comments rhyzom

"The essence of any 21st-century reaction is the unity of these two forces: the modern engineering mentality, and the great historical legacy of antique, classical and Victorian pre-democratic thought. The adept, to achieve reactionary enlightenment...

The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange receives SOC2 rating for its custody services

25 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.

Gemini, the New York cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2014 by the twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has just completed a type 2 SOC (acronym for Service and Organization Controls) evaluation; the news, even if expressed in somewhat obscure langua...

The SEC is on a war footing, a new ICO ends up under attack by the Securities and Exchange Commission

24 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.

This time it's Opporty's turn, ICO launched between September and October 2018 by Sergii Grybniak who, according to the press release issued yesterday by the SEC itself, ended up in the clutches of the Securities and Exchange Commission for declaring...

At a Glance: IPO, ICO, IEO and STOs Compared

20 Jan 2020 3 minute read 0 comments tabul8tor

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), the process in which private companies offer shares to the public in exchange for shares in a public-listed company, have been around for hundreds of...

Use Cryptomator to safely store your data anywhere

19 Jan 2020 2 minute read 1 comment GramKrux

While creating and collecting documents, images or any other data, there is the need to store these data in the cloud for backup reasons. There are many storage providers out there like Google Drive or Dropbox which support integration into the opera...

Bitcoin and Ethereum are commodities, the status of XRP, the native currency of Ripple, is not yet clear, the president of the CFTC says so

18 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.

Interviewed by the online news channel Cheddar on January 13. Heath Tarbert, president of the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) said that while it is now accepted that decentralized coins such as BTC and ETH are comparable to commodities, t...