Coinfirm Aims to Make ICOs Safer
There has been quite a bit of scepticism around for ICOs recently. People are of the view that they are sometimes used for dubious means by companies that cannot fully vett the individuals who are funding the projects. Indeed, there...
The Promise of Ripple: Should You Invest?
Wednesday was a tough day for the cryptocurrency markets with all the leading players seeing steep falls and prompting talk of a correction in some circles. Ripple took the largest hit of all, falling 12.56% and has yet to recover...
China Sees Surge of Second Hand Mining Equipment for Sale
Maybe it was the government’s actions that spooked them. Perhaps the rigs were not able to mine as efficiently anymore. Whatever the reason, we are seeing an influx of mining equipment hitting the second hand shelves in China. This is...
What are Blockchain Oracles?
If you have been following the technology behind smart contracts and the blockchain recently, you may have come across a term “Blockchain Oracle”. These are indeed relatively new concepts that are most applicable to smart contract technology. Blockchain technology is...
The Increasing Likelihood of National Cryptocurrencies
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That old adage seems to sum up the prevailing mood in a number of national treasury departments as they contemplate how best to address the phenomenal growth of cryptocurrencies across the world. Two...
Smart Contracts and Decentralized Trading Exchanges
In recent years, topics related to the blockchain have been reported on virtually non-stop, and with good reason. There are hundreds of new companies now working to develop both products and services which are centered on the decentralized technologies. With...
JPMorgan’s Quorum Blockchain Integrates ZK-Snark Technology
The team at Zcash, the privacy focused cryptocurrency have announced that they have successfully integrated their zero-knowledge security layer (ZSL) into JP Morgan’s enterprise blockchain, Quorum. ZCash was the first cryptocurrency to make use of privacy enhancing technology called zk-snarks....
What is NEO (Antshares)?
You may have heard quite a bit about “China’s Ethereuem” and how an interesting new token was being used in Chinese ICOs. You may also have been interested in the extreme volatility that NEO has exhibited recently. Yet, what is...
Why Responsible ICO Regulations Are Welcome
There has been a great deal of unease surrounding Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in recent weeks and much of it is amply justified. When China moved to ban them outright back in early September many saw the move as typically...
Bernanke Praises Blockchain, Discredits Bitcoin
It was indeed an interesting talk by the former head of the Federal reserve. Speaking at the Ripple swell conference being held in Toronto, Ben Bernanke appears to have taken quite a bullish tone towards blockchain. He also made it...
