BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast 14th October 2018
Listen to the 14 October 2018 BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast below. [su_audio url=”https://anchor.fm/s/58aba88/podcast/play/1538065/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2018-9-15%2F5161689-44100-2-0dbb0254312f9.mp3″] On this edition of the BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, we discuss how Tether has drastically crashed below parity with the USD and how Bitcoin prices on Bitfinex have surged well above global market price, both indicating serious problems on Bitfinex. Learn about the failure of […]
Siberian Church Turns to the Power of Crypto In Mining Gaff
A church in Irkutsk, Siberia’s largest state, has been taken to court for draining too much power from the local grid through crypto mining. Crypto mining in itself is not illegal and Russian law permits reduced power rates for non-government organizations. But, it seems that the church decided to go beyond covering essential heating and […]
Tether Becomes Untethered to USD While Bitcoin on Bitfinex Surge USD 1,000 Above Global Market Price
Bitfinex, the biggest USD to Bitcoin exchange in the world, has been having serious banking troubles recently. First, it was revealed that they had severed ties with their primary bank, the Noble Bank of Puerto Rico, while simultaneously they were keeping the exchange running via a private account at HSBC. Then Bitfinex halted all fiat […]
McAfee Claims: If in 2020 Presidential Race, “I Will Tell the Truth”
British-American computer programmer and businessman John McAfee has begun making pledges in his run up to the 2020 US presidential elections. The founder of McAfee Anti Virus software and vocal cryptocurrency advocate stated recently that he would seek a nomination to run in the next US presidential election. In doing so, has expressed a clear […]
Brooklyn Nets Basketball Player Regrets Missing Bitcoin Slam Dunk
The National Basketball League’s Spencer Dinwiddie says he regrets not holding on to his bitcoins in 2017, allowing him to benefit from the end of year price hike. The Brooklyn Nets guard, who narrowly missed out on the Most Improved Player award in the NBA last season to Victor Oladipo, was in quite early on […]
Humanitarian Blockchain Series #3: Closing Charities’ Accountability Gap Through Blockchain Technology
Humanitarian Blockchain a BitcoinNews.com series Part 3: Closing Charities’ Accountability Gap Through Blockchain Technology Welcome to the third installment of the Bitcoin News Humanitarian Blockchain Series. Charity begins at home, but the growing question being asked over the past few years is, where does it actually go? We try to highlight some […]
What Is a Timewarp Attack?
When most people think of possible attacks on Bitcoin or crypto, they think of a 51% attack where a miner amasses a majority of the network hash power and forks the blockchain, in order to double spend crypto or to implement code changes. However, another lesser known hack is the timewarp attack, which is what […]
Christie’s Art Auction House Adopts Blockchain Technology
Christie’s art auction house has announced that they will be integrating blockchain technology into the auction of ‘An American Place: The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection’ during November 2018, where they will be selling numerous pieces of art that are collectively worth USD 300 million. It is major news that Christie’s is going to be using […]
Ethereum Constantinople Hard Fork Fails On Testnet, Making Ethereum Fork Unlikely In 2018
The Ethereum Constantinople hard fork has been the focus of the Ethereum development community, and it is meant to bring a full suite of upgrades to Ethereum. Constantinople was deployed on the Ethereum Ropsten testnet at block 4.23 million on 13 October 2018, but it failed to work. Due to this failure, Ethereum developer Afri […]
Live Stream of 51% Attack Shows Fragile Nature of Many Altcoins
A hacker that operates under the pseudonym Geocold promised to conduct a live stream of a 51% attack on an altcoin, and on 13 October 2018, he made an attempt to 51% attack Bitcoin Private. He was successful at gaining a majority of hashing power, and the only reason he didn’t complete the attack was […]
