[ad_2][ad_1] Reports from recent weeks detail that attackers are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, raising concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well as repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or the breach of the Electrum wallet, suggest …
Read More »The most recent phase of Cryptocurrency Frenzy sees Porkchop, Whale Coins on the rise
[ad_2][ad_1] The risk is rampant on the financial markets. Stocks are trading at dot-com-era valuations, the IPO pipeline is full, SPACs are back, Bitcoins are heading for a record. And just at the right time, here come the crypto opportunists. Fueled by a spike in speculative appetite, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs are …
Read More »Monero Seeks To Appease Regulators With Listing Guidelines As Privacy Coins Face An Uphill Battle
[ad_2][ad_1] As the world became more and more connected, privacy continued to erode. For many libertarians and cryptocurrency users Bitcoin doesn’t offer enough privacy. This is why tokens like Monero (XMR) and zCash (ZEC) have made privacy their number one priority. Tokens like Monero make transactions more difficult to track …
Read More »Lockdown Life & Darknets: BTC Still the DNM King, Cashaa’s stolen coins sent to Hydra, cannabis sales surge
[ad_2][ad_1] During the past six months, the Covid-19 outbreak has caused a lot of havoc in the world and one thing is for sure, the use of darknet markets has increased. As the citizens of the world were locked down, cannabis sales skyrocketed and the dollar value of privately made …
Read More »Shortage of coins reminds you of an unsuccessful start of the linen change
[ad_2][ad_1] Laundry startup Washboard took the scorn of the media in 2014 for saying it would sell coin-operated washing machine quarters with a 35-50% markup. It closed after six days. But now, as more stores and customers turn to debit and credit payments to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, …
Read More »Wrong bitcoin code allows attackers to generate coins without mining
[ad_2][ad_1] Unidentified attackers exploited a Ravencoin vulnerability to coin extra RVNs “beyond the 5000 RVN per block coinbase,” Ravencoin lead developer Tron Black wrote in a post on Thursday. According to Black, members of Ravencoin’s CryptoScope team, which developed Solus Explorer, recently reached out to the Ravencoin developer team with …
Read More »The IRS wants to keep track of “nefarious” privacy coins and lightning-fast transactions
[ad_2][ad_1] The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is looking for information and tools to help it trace transactions using private currencies, layer two protocols like Lightning Network, and side chains like Plasma and OmiseGo (OMG). A June 30 inquiry published by the US Treasury Department reveals that the IRS Criminal …
Read More »Bitcoin’s price falls on fears that Satoshi Nakamoto has moved the coins
[ad_2][ad_1] To update: According to Glassnodes, small amounts of the transaction were sent to the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (0.004 BTC) and the crypto payments solution CoinPayments (0.003 BTC). Update: Bitcoin’s price has now dropped to $ 9,450, after dropping as low as $ 9,320. Bitcoin’s price has dropped $ 200 …
Read More »Privacy coins like Monero are the black sheep of cryptography
[ad_2][ad_1] Unlike BTC and BCH, privacy coins like Monero don’t pretend to try to follow Satoshi’s vision of a global peer-to-peer cash system. In 2019, the Monero Outreach team released a statement saying, “Bitcoin and similar clear coins represent a huge step back from what the open society has offered …
Read More »Bitcoin will surpass $ 100K in 2025 and collect more coins
[ad_2][ad_1] Justin Sun, founder and CEO of Tron (TRX), the 15th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is investing in a number of cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin (BTC). On a February 23 interview With CNN, the CEO of Tron claimed to be a long-term believer in cryptocurrencies and has a stake …
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