[ad_2][ad_1] Not content with being labeled “the world’s most advanced blockchain application platform,” Skycoin is launching a VPN app to offer privacy, security and anonymity to users. The app launched in beta mode as part of a larger update to the Skywire network, Skycoin functions as a practically free currency, …
Read More »Decentralized VPN based on blockchain and infused with cryptography is launched as a beta
[ad_2][ad_1] Not content with being labeled “the world’s most advanced blockchain application platform,” Skycoin is launching a VPN app to offer privacy, security and anonymity to users. The app launched in beta mode as part of a larger update to the Skywire network, Skycoin functions as a practically free currency, …
Read More »A cryptography study revealed a surprising fact about blockchain adoption in Mexico
[ad_2][ad_1] A report called “Crypto Trends in Mexico 2020/2021” surveyed a total of 353 company representatives across Mexico. The study, published by the Ponemon Institute’s Privacy Research Center, indicated that 40% of Mexican companies surveyed were looking to adopt blockchain and cryptocurrencies in some form. Of this segment, 71% focused …
Read More »Ripple’s CEO says US regulators need to embrace cryptography or lag behind China
[ad_2][ad_1] Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse urged US regulators “to step up and lean on digital currencies” to avoid falling behind China on the ground. In a tweet published on May 26, Garlinghouse warns that “staying complacent is actually bringing us back,” citing an article suggesting that the long-touted Chinese central …
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 »The end of the first decade of cryptography
[ad_2][ad_1] Massimo Morini is a veteran of investment banks and financial institutions including the World Bank. Some of his blockchain research has been reported here and here. The following is an exclusive contribution for the 2018 year of CoinDesk under consideration. The end of 2018 is not the end of …
Read More »The map is not the territory: rethinking cryptography as an asset class
[ad_2][ad_1] Sid Kalla, CFA and Bradley Miles are co-founders of Roll, an open social money standard on the blockchain ethereum. The following is an exclusive contribution for the 2018 year of CoinDesk under consideration. For long periods of time, bitcoin returns were not related to equity, bond or commodity markets. …
Read More »Hackers prefer cryptography due to downward market conditions
[ad_2][ad_1] Cryptocurrency mining malware has exceeded the 2018 threat index list. This is according to a report published by Checkpoint. It lists cryptographic malware as the most common and highlights Coinhive as the main cryptographic device. Coinhive is a legitimate Javascript miner that allows website owners to monetize their platforms …
Read More »Go around with penalties with cryptography
[ad_2][ad_1] However, the CBI decided to take a more moderate stance towards digital technology and the block chain after the imposition of a new round of US sanctions, hoping that digital technology would facilitate international money transfers. Iran and allow the country to circumvent the sanctions. Meanwhile, as an oil …
Read More »Ethereum Futures Contracts "A Long Way Off", cryptography experts say
[ad_2][ad_1] Several companies have launched markets for the leading cryptocurrency bitcoins, with CME and Cboe initiating bitcoin futures in December 2017. 2018 has seen several cryptographic companies express an explicit interest in offering ethereum derivatives on the market. However, a number of market experts have stated that the probabilities of …
Read More »