From Bitcoin vs. cold hard cash to a successful pilot for IOTA, here are some of the stories that break in the world of crypts.
Bitcoin (BTC)
An expert in illicit finance told US lawmakers that, despite rumors and fear, Bitcoin is not useful to terrorists [19659005] Director of Analysis at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies & # 39; Ce on "Sanctions and illicit finances" reported to members of the US House of Representatives that "hard cold money is still king," Forbes reports. Terrorist groups have tried and failed to raise funds in the crypt a number of times.
Ripple and XRP
Ripple released version 1.0.0 of ripple-lib, a high-level JavaScript interface for the Led XRP registry. [19659008] The new version presents "a series of changes and improvements that make the library more capable and flexible, including new methods for accessing the rippled APIs, including subscriptions."
IOTA
ElaadNL, a & # 39; an open alliance that has established a network of over 3,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the Netherlands, says it has successfully tested a new proof-of-concept based on IOTA and using its distributed register technology, the Tangle.
The alliance began testing an IOTA powered charging station five months ago and built several "mini-Tesla" to conduct the tests [19659008]
According to Invade, the station "opera autonomously and takes care of the communication and payment with the end user.The values of the counter are stored every 15 minutes in the tangle, which guarantees a reliable and irrefutable administration. "
Litecoin (LTC) [19659004] A new web-based portfolio for Litecoin is under development.
Litecoin.gg says it is creating a secure wallet that works anywhere with an Internet connection, with zero downloads and no usage costs.
The project developers state that they will not be able to access private keys, which will be stored on an encrypted database that can be decrypted using the password of your account.
(a) Web-based wallet technology involves inherent risks that could lead to potential financial loss, more information: https://t.co/ySCgtqdlBG
(b) https: / /t.co/ QxvYtJXKTH is an independent portfolio system not affiliated with the Litecoin Foundation or Litecoin Core.– litecoin.gg (@litecoingg) 11 September 2018
Tron (TRX)
Tron & # 39; s BitTorrent just acquired has unveiled a description of "Project Atlas" Describing how BitTorrent will work with Tron in the future.
"BitTorrent peers can offer tokens to encourage other users to run clients on fast networks and seed torrents for longer periods, leading to greater swarm longevity and higher download speeds for all swarm participants.
Users can earn tokens to continue sending files after completing the download.The storage and bandwidth will be infused into the torrent ecosystem, causing a rising tide of increased availability and longer periods of life of the stream. "
So far, there is no roadmap for when Project Atlas will be released.
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