Matthias Egli: How Swiss firm discovered Ethereum glitch Helen Bennicke Reblog It was back in January when staff at Zurich-based ChainSecurity were preparing some examples of how auditing crypto technology can work when one of the company’s founders – Dr Hubert Ritzdorf – noticed something awry in the programming. The Ethereum Constantinople update was postponed…
Month: March 2019
Cryptojacking software Coinhive will be terminated next week
References Coinhive, a legitimate Monero mining tool that has been abused by malware authors, will be shut down due to economical unviability Coinhive developers officially announced [1] that they will discontinue the crypto miner after March 8, 2019, and shut down dashboards on April 30th. The company said there are several reasons for the service…
None of the ‘mining phones’ announced at MWC19 actually mine cryptocurrency
54 Shares Though “foldable phones” and “5G” were undeniably the top buzzwords at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, there was one minor trend that caught my eyes: “mining phones” – or put elsewise, phones that mine cryptocurrency. For the uninitiated, mining refers to the process of solving cryptographic puzzles to verify transactions…
JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech – Crypto Genius
admin JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain team is increasing its firepower around a branch of mind-bending math called zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). These proofs, which allow someone to prove a statement is true about a set of data without revealing the data itself, are seen as a solution to the privacy issues that have made regulated companies wary…
After a Brief Decline, Crypto Market Cap Is Stable Around $130 Billion, Stocks Are Down
After a Brief Decline, Crypto Market Cap Is Stable Around $130 Billion, Stocks Are Down Crypto markets capitalization has been hovering around $130 billion after a major sell off on Feb. 24. Following a brief sell off, crypto markets continue trading sideways, while total market cap has remained stable around $130 billion 2471 Total views…
Justin Sun Discuses About BTT and Tron Version Upgrade
February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019 Founder and CEO of cryptocurrency platform Tron, Justin Sun recently conduct an Ask me Anything (AMA) Session on the Binance English Telegram group, where he was asked questions about the BitTorrent Token (BTT) and its further development, which lead towards hints of a new social media application for BTT,…
JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech – Crypto Genius
admin JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain team is increasing its firepower around a branch of mind-bending math called zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). These proofs, which allow someone to prove a statement is true about a set of data without revealing the data itself, are seen as a solution to the privacy issues that have made regulated companies wary…
LATEST: Ethereum’s Constantinople upgrade looks set to go ahead in the next few hours
LATEST: Ethereum’s Constantinople upgrade looks set to go ahead in the next few hours Nawaz Sulemanji Reblog With just hours left before the next major Ethereum upgrade, there doesn’t appear to be any sign of delays or possible chain split risks. The code change will include two simultaneous upgrades named Constantinople and St Petersburg, both…
Coinhive, the in-browser cryptomining service beloved by hackers, is dead
Home » News » Coinhive, the in-browser cryptomining service beloved by hackers,… Coinhive, the in-browser cryptomining service beloved by hackers, is dead Featured Articles If you think back to last year, Coinhive was everywhere. The service offered any website an arguably legitimate way of generating income that didn’t rely upon online adverts. And plenty of…
Opacity is Ready for the Future: Introducing Opacity 1.0
· Updated February 27, 2019 After Bruno Block, founder of Oyster Pearl, performed an exit scam, a lot has happened with the project. The new CEO, Jason Coppola, is ready to do what the project was all about: change the game for crypto file storage. In October last year, the Oyster Pearl (PRL) founder perpetrated…