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ING, Rolls Royce and Multi.io Join Blockchain Education Alliance

The Blockchain Education Alliance launched by blockchain accelerator MouseBelt has gained several noteworthy new members. Ashlie Meredith, the head of education for MouseBelt Blockchain Accelerator, told Cointelegraph on Aug. 17 that the new members include brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev, Dutch bank ING, cryptocurrency exchange Multi.io, and luxury car company Rolls Royce. The addition of these firms makes 26 current members in the organization.According to MouseBelt, these companies have been utilizing blockchain technology for up to five years.  Blockchain Education Alliance was involved in a three-day conference which streamed nonstop in May when

XRP (Ripple) vs XLM (Steller) vs ADA (Cardano): Which Altcoin Reigns Supreme?

Some of the best cryptocurrencies to prospect on are also some of the best values. What if we were to tell you three altcoins — currently priced in the low cents — are all potential sleepers? [embedded content] In the case of XRP (Ripple), XLM (Stellar), and ADA (Cardano), all three altcoins have unique growth potential on the crypto market.  Ripple, for example, has a rich history in e-payments dating back to the days of ripplepay.com, as an early competitor to PayPal.  In 2011, crypto-mogul Jed McCaleb (more on him

CoinShares: ‘Bitcoin Is Like a Risky Tech Stock’’

Bitcoin acts more like a tech startup stock than digital gold — with investors reaping big rewards if it works but potentially losing everything if the crypto asset fails.That’s the conclusion of an Aug. 10 report from digital asset manager CoinShares titled A Little Bitcoin Goes a Long Way. In it authors James Butterfill and Christopher Bendiksen argue that the fact Bitcoin (BTC) “starting its life at a price of zero” gave it a stellar reputation.“If it reaches its potential, the value could be immense,” the report stated.“At the same

Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical

Adam Back recently took to Twitter with controversial comments on many of the industry’s largest crypto projects — including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Stellar (XML). His tweets placed these projects in the same category as a number of bonafide scams, which he considers to have been orchestrated as “premines”.We interviewed Back in order to clarify his position on the matter, starting with questions of how he feels about Satoshi Nakamoto essentially premining over one million Bitcoin. Back responded that “Bitcoin has no premine”, adding that he considers

BAT, Stellar Lumens, VeChain Price Analysis: 07 August

Bitcoin’s latest attempt to climb on the charts has been met by some degree of success, with the world’s largest cryptocurrency, after a long time, managing to hold a level above the psychological resistance of $10,000. At press time, Bitcoin was being traded at $11,736 with a trading volume of $8.3 billion.Source: CoinStatsSuch success was underlined by the fact that while BTC failed in its attempt to sustain a breach of $12,000, it didn’t fall below $11,000, implying that Bitcoin is again building up strength before its next effort. The

A befektetők az altcoinok felé mozdultak el júliusban

Az eToro kereskedési platform most közzétett jelentése szerint júliusban az altcoinok népszerűsége rendkívül megnőtt. Habár még mindig a bitcoin a legnépszerűbb kriptovaluta, az eToro trading felület legfrissebb jelentése szerint a vezető kriptovaluta kereskedési volumene csak 7%-kal emelkedett. Az altcoinokról viszont már nem mondható el ugyanez. Júliusban valósággal szárnyaltak a kevesebb piaci kapitalizációval bíró kriptovaluták. A legjelentősebb emelkedést a binance coin érte el 521%-os növekedéssel. Júniusban még a 15. helyen állt, júliusban már a 6. helyen. A zcash is jelentős ugrást tett a 13. helyről, a 7. helyre jutott, köszönhetően annak,

3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Transactions Are Slow

Aug 01, 2020 at 08:27 // News Despite Bitcoin offering unprecedented decentralization and security, its network has one significant flow, namely, the transaction speed. A single transaction processing can take up to 10 minutes. But why is this happening? To understand why bitcoin transactions sometimes take so much time to confirm, it is essential to first understand how they are verified. Delving into the essence Once a transaction is created, a transaction message is sent to the Bitcoin blockchain and passed around all the nodes available on the network. This

South Korea’s ICON Reveals new Consensus Algorithm

ICON, the largest public blockchain network of South Korea, has recently announced its new consensus algorithm. On the 8th of April 2020, ICON revealed the Loop Fault Tolerance 2.0, or LFT 2.0, consensus algorithm.A New Innovation For Korea’s Blockchain SpaceIt’s claimed that this new algorithm is capable of improving the network bandwidth and overall scalability of the ever-popular Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance consensus types, or PBFT. According to ICON, this algorithm can achieve this without compromising the security through doing so.The white paper for LFT 2.0 was published today, having

South Korea’s Largest Crypto Unveils New Consensus Algorithm

South Korea’s largest public blockchain project, ICON (ICX), announced its new Loop Fault Tolerance 2.0 (LFT 2.0) consensus algorithm on April 8.The new algorithm claims to make performance improvements in scalability and network bandwidth over the popular Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) consensus types, without compromising security.Innovation reduces network load and improves throughputThe LFT 2.0 white paper was published on today been published on Github, following three years of research and development. It marks the first time that a South Korean team has successfully innovated on this element of blockchain

Crypto Conference Attendees Prepare to Enter a 3D Virtual World

Blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiasts have found new ways to come together amid the global coronavirus lockdown. A crypto conference called BlockDown 2020 is scheduled to take place in the virtual realm this month, with big name personalities from the blockchain community set to appear as digital 3D avatars.Notable attendees on the docket include Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb, and NEO founder Da Hongfei. Also appearing will be Roger Ver, executive chairman of Bitcoin.com, and Erik Voorhees, CEO and founder of Shapeshift.Musician-turned-crypto-innovator Akon will headline the