IC3 Studies Blockchain Scalability Issue, Proposes 4MB Bitcoin Blocksize
Apr 04, 2016 09:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Initiative For Cryptocurrencies Contracts (IC3), an initiative of faculty members at Cornell University, Cornell Tech, and UC Berkeley, has released a position paper that says that the bitcoin block size could scale up to...
Interpol’s Digital Security Challenge Hunts Bitcoin Blackmailers
Apr 04, 2016 06:48 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organisation, conducted a Digital Security Challenge, the first of its kind, from March 21 to 24, to solve a complex cybercrime scenario and gather enough evidence for a...
Coinsilium To Hold First Blockchain Tech Lab Next Week
Apr 04, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinsilium, a London-based blockchain technology development and investment company, will run the inaugural Blockchain Tech Lab, from 11 to 17 April 2016. The lab is a comprehensive and intensive blockchain tech course...
SEC Closely Monitoring Proliferation Of Blockchain Technology, Chairwoman White Says
Apr 04, 2016 05:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Speaking at the SECs and Rock Centers Silicon Valley Initiative, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shed light on how the SEC is monitoring and responding to developments in the private markets, as...
Caribbean Bitcoin Startup Bitt Receives Funding From Overstock
Apr 04, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Online retailer Overstock.com, Inc. has made a strategic investment in a Caribbean-based financial technology firm Bitt.com. Overstock.com is investing $4 million in Bitt initially. The announcement was made at a media...
The "halving" sounds like a horror story and may well turn out to be one for Bitcoin
Apr 03, 2016 23:32 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Bitcoin relies on the participation of people and organisations to act as the bankers of the system. Called Bitcoin miners, they effectively record each transaction on a ledger called the Blockchain and in return, they are...
Apr 01, 2016 12:20 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Ransomware attacks can be regarded as the dark side of the ongoing technological revolution. Ransomware encrypts files, so that people can no longer access their data and demands payment for decrypting the files. These...
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