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2018-10-27 11:00:32 ​​What it came from the Monero upgrade to Bulletproof transactions?

With the recent activation of Bulletproofs on Monero, Bittrex has reduced the $XMR withdrawal fee to 0.0001 XMR.

Binance has lowered XMR withdrawal fees to 0.0001 $XMR.

Bitfinex has reduced Monero $XMR withdrawal fees from 0.04 to 0.0001 XMR.

Bulletproofs will replace a a mathematical method hiding amounts of transactions currently used. The currently used method is the reason why the blockchain is pretty big and a normal transaction uses 13kB. With bulletproofs, this will be reduced by ~80% making the fee lower, the blockchain growth smaller, and the network faster.
Learn more about Bulletproof here. Open / Comment

2018-10-26 17:38:50 Mastercard was one of the first ardent critics of cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology. And this criticism was not at all positive.

Nevertheless, now Mastercard wants to patent the method of fractional management of blockchain assets.

However, so to speak, who screams the loudest... So what is the irony of this whole event?


https://telegra.ph/So-what-is-the-irony-of-this-whole-event-10-26 Open / Comment

2018-10-26 13:27:26 Bitfury is going to launch an IPO

Bloomberg reports this info, citing its own sources. Mining company Bitfury is considering the potential idea of IPO and may become the first public company in the crypto industry in Europe.


https://telegra.ph/Bitfury-is-going-to-launch-IPO-10-26 Open / Comment

2018-10-25 14:59:55 Reddit user with nickname u/blockchainified informed the community that COSS exchange had a vulnerability which led to theft of his funds.

The account was hacked using 2FA brute force and 11 700 000 tokens was stolen. COSS said that this is not the first occasion of such a theft. Nevertheless, of course, the exchange claims that the theft occurred through the fault of the user. However, not all so simple...


https://telegra.ph/11-700-000-tokens-was-stolen-from-COSS-exchange-10-25 Open / Comment

2018-10-24 17:30:16 Let's talk a little about ERC-20 standard tokens and what vulnerabilities do they have

ERC-20 became the pioneer and the most common standard for tokens working on the Ethereum blockchain. The standard was first introduced in 2015 and gave a start to the enormous growth of the ICO market. The reason for this was the fact that the ERC-20 contains a list of rules that future tokens must comply with.

However, in reality everything turned out to be not as good as in the white paper...


https://telegra.ph/Lets-talk-a-little-about-ERC-20-standard-tokens-and-what-vulnerabilities-do-they-have-10-24 Open / Comment

2018-10-24 12:34:14 The last two weeks can be proclaimed the weeks of stable coins

Competitors don't let poor Tether to breathe, and more and more stables are entering the big market.

On October 23, Coinbase announced support for the first stable coin on its trading platform. This coin is USD Coin (USDC) from the Circle company. US customers outside the state of New York can now buy, sell, send and receive USDC, the launch of which was first announced last month.

Of course, this step is good for ethereum. However, unless Coinbase release audit statements, it’s no different from USDT. ...


https://telegra.ph/The-last-two-weeks-can-be-proclaimed-the-weeks-of-stable-coins-10-24 Open / Comment

2018-10-23 17:00:24 Investing in successful ICOs in the future can make a good profit. It is perspective for the future. When someone is skeptical of this phrase, it is always worth remembering that Ethereum began with the ICO.

Unfortunately, due to the hype around the cryptocurrency, many projects were a frank scam. However, in the second half of 2018 worthy and profitable projects entered the arena. We will gradually consider these projects and monitor their growth.

https://telegra.ph/About-successful-ICOs-Part-1-10-23 Open / Comment

2018-10-23 12:22:35 Bakkt will enter the stage on December 12

In August this year, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced the development of a crypto platform called Bakkt. To date, the official start date is named and it is December 12, 2018. This is going to be one of the most important event of this bearish year.

And, of course, it is worth noting that the launch of this site will be one of the “pushing” factors in the approval of the SEC Bitcoin-ETF in the near future.

https://telegra.ph/Bakkt-will-enter-the-stage-on-December-12-10-23 Open / Comment

2018-10-22 16:00:49 A bit about the state of Bitcoin today

After Tether’s tokenized dollar began to fall, the exchanges began to get rid of USDT and withdraw large volumes of BTC. Recall that on October 15, the most popular stable coin USDT fell to $ 0.87 dollars.

https://telegra.ph/A-bit-about-the-state-of-Bitcoin-today-10-22 Open / Comment

2018-10-22 13:55:54 ​​What is happening in crypto world?

Monero fees fall to $0.021 cents after Bulletproof hardfork.

Swiss online financial services provider Swissquote now offer purchase and custodial services of ICO tokens for clients.

Russia’s Sberbank and the National Settlement Depository announced plans to supply services related to ICOs.

LocalEthereum now integrates with popular Ethereum wallets. Users can now connect their favourite wallet to LocalEthereum instead of using a username and password combination. Open / Comment