Russia’s blockchain vote experiences yet another hiccup, as e-constituents’ personal data is reportedly exposed. Personal data for over a million Russian nationals has reportedly been leaked. The data allegedly belongs to some of the citizens who participated in the recent blockchain-based e-vote on Constitutional amendments. The archive was reportedly available for everyone to download According…
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New findings show a major domain provider as a focal point for massive global spying. A mammoth global spying and data theft effort currently leaves web surfing citizens at risk, with several Bitcoin and crypto domains included in the mix, according to research from Awake Security. At the heart of the problem — a web…
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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty recently spiked, while miners hold larger piles of Bitcoin than usual. Recent findings from analytics company Digital Assets Data show miners hanging on to their Bitcoin (BTC). “Rolling MRI (Miner’s Rolling Inventory) has declined significantly since the halving, meaning that miners are holding onto more BTC than they are mining, despite the…
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Telegram’s built-in contact import feature was exploited to leak the personal data of millions of users onto the darknet. Telegram, a major privacy-focused messaging app, has suffered a data leak that exposed some personal data of its users on the darknet. A database containing the personal data of millions of Telegram users has been posted…
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VeChain’s medical records blockchain platform in Cyprus lets people prove, and control, COVID-19 test results. Blockchain tracking platform VeChain announced on Twitter on June 20 that its blockchain-based medical data management platform co-developed with digital healthcare solution firm I-Dante has gone live and will store COVID-19 testing results. The platform, dubbed E-NewHealthLife, was deployed in…
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Chinese local governments hit a bump in the road with implementing blockchain applications because stakeholders don’t want to share their data. Chinese local governments are facing difficulties when implementing blockchain applications due to stakeholders unwillingness to share privately owned data, according to a local report on June 10. Data is king According to the investigation,…
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Filecoin revs up test net, hosting a competition prior to its mainnet unveiling. Blockchain-based decentralized data storage solution Filecoin unveiled its testnet recently, complete with a competition. In an act of network experimentation, Filecoin’s test network will host a three week mining contest worldwide, with 4 million of the project’s FIL tokens up for grabs…
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Daily Ethereum network fees have surpassed those of the Bitcoin network and the gap is growing, recent data suggests. Daily Ethereum network fees surpassed those of the Bitcoin (BTC) network for two consecutive days on June 6 and June 7, data obtained by on-chain market analysis firm Glassnode shows. According to Glassnode, on June 6,…
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Blockchain’s has surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, hitting a new milestone. With block #632874, which was mined on June 3, the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain’s expected cumulative work hit a new milestone. According to Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, it has now surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, or 4951760157141521099596496896 hashes. Wuille noted that the previous milestone — 2^91 hashes…
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Coincheck suffered a data breach that may have leaked users’ emails and personal information, including date of birth and phone number. Major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has suffered a data breach involving unauthorized access to the platform’s domain registration service. Coincheck is one of the world’s oldest crypto exchanges. They suffered a $500 million hack…
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