On Nov. 18, a few days after the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fork, Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia announced the launch of Bchd, a full node implementation of the BCH chain written in Golang. Pacia and contributors have detailed that it’s been…
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Bcoin Developers Release Cross-Chain Atomic Swap Application
On Friday, Nov. 16, the developers behind the full node projects Bcoin and Bcash announced an application that allows users to complete cross-chain atomic swaps between both the BCH and BTC chains. The Bcoin programmers have also released a guide,…
Blockchain Tech Attracting More Experts From Big Companies
Adaptation is always key to success. It’s completely normal that when blockchain tech started really heating up, a lot of top-tier Silicon Valley talent began to “migrate”. To many experts’ surprise, despite the harsh market conditions this trend hasn’t slowed…
GALLACTIC ICO: The Next Generation Blockchain
GALLACTIC GALLACTIC is a blockchain ecosystem that leverages Smart Chain technology to create flexible and scalable solutions. GALLACTIC ICO Status: Running 72 d : 4 h : 38 m : 36 s https://gallactic.io/ Concept: GALLACTIC is a blockchain ecosystem of…
Columbia University, IBM Launch Two Accelerator Programs for Blockchain Enterprises
IBM and Columbia University have announced two blockchain accelerator programs that will provide expertise and resources to help startups in the space innovate at scale. IBM and Columbia University have announced two blockchain accelerator programs that aim to help startups…
Top Crypto Exchange Huobi Pays Its Dues to Beijing by Setting up Communist Party Committee
Huobi has engaged in regulatory conformity of another sort by fulfilling its obligation to set up a Communist Party chapter. The company behind major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has created a Communist Party branch as part of its obligations to the…
Thai Central Banker: A National Cryptocurrency Is Years Away
Central bankers have been talking about issuing their own digital coins ever since they first saw the appeal that bitcoin holds for many people. However, the latest indications point to it being a very long time until we will see…
Report: Censorship-Prone EOS ‘Needs to Re-Architect Its Infrastructure’
EOS, the $4 billion blockchain project developed by Dan Larimer, has been savaged in an exhaustive new review. The 17,000-word report, based on extensive laboratory testing, concludes that EOS’s real-world throughput isn’t much better than Ethereum’s and that its consensus…
The Daily: Teenagers Want Bitcoin for Christmas, Coinbase-Funded Game to Enter Beta
In today’s edition of The Daily, we focus on the intersection between the cryptocurrency industry and gaming. A game startup recently raised $16 million from investors such as Okcoin and Galaxy Digital, while the developers of a game backed by…
Russian Authors’ Society to Launch Blockchain Platform for Intellectual Property Loans
Russia’s non-profit copyright society plans to launch a blockchain-powered platform for managing intellectual property-secured loans. Major NGO the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) will launch a blockchain-based financial platform for intellectual property-secured loans, according to Russian news outlet TASS Nov. 16.…
