Smart Contracts On A Public Blockchain
Good or Bad? Smart Contracts are all the rage lately, with Ethereum bringing them into the limelight but a lot of other currencies also support them. The problem with smart contracts is that they...
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Ripple’s Escrow and Investor Concerns Unanswered
A lot of people seem to think Ripple’s escrow lockup means XRP is safe and that they are committed to it. But what most don’t realize is that it only addresses certainty in supply...
Public Blockchain Breaks IT Security Standards
The thing that makes me nervous from an IT Security Administration perspective, is that I think a lot of the population has not been through the dot-com to dot-bomb era and seen the numerous...
Bittrex added XRP and ETC to their USD Markets
This is old news from August 2018 but I thought I’d mention it is significant for Ripple’s XRP because it allows direct trading and conversion between the USD. This makes it a lot easier...
Nvidia’s Geforce RTX Revolution Real-Time Ray Tracing GPU!
A Gamers Delight? Gamer’s and computing addicts alike should revel at Nvidia’s achievement at the consumer graphics level. Ray Tracing is essentially the equivalent of a real-time and real-life light source for what ultimately...
Is Decentralized Centralized?
Vitalik Buterin VS Changpeng Zhao I always found it strange when people refer to decentralized as completely decentralized when it comes to cryptocurrency. Because, there is never truly such a thing as decentralized. It...
Monero lost more than 50% of its network hash rate
This is old news to many but I’ve been watching it, the hash rate on Monero was just over 1000 MH/s prior to the algorithm update as a way to combat ASIC mining by...
Your TV A Bitcoin Miner?
Yes, China-based Bitcoin mining products maker, Canaan Creative has revealed it’s plans to marry hardware and everyday products into one Bitcoin mining relationship. South China Morning Post reported that Canaan has launched something called...
Trons Disappointed Fans
Fans That Disappoint Fans and supporters took to social media to show their disappointment after the ‘secret announcement’ late last night. Justin Sun and the Tron Team apparently didn’t deliver the ‘marketing & shine’...
Bitcoin Anonymity at what cost?
Wasabi Wallet We’ve already heard of “tumblers” which make it very difficult to trace the true sender or receiver of a Bitcoin transaction. Now we have the “Wasabi” wallet project, which does something a...
