A return to proof of work mining, a blockchain built to be fork resistant, and the chance to develop in multiple programming languages. Lessons from history — and an eye to the future. Cointelegraph is following the development of an entirely new blockchain from inception to mainnet and beyond through its series, Inside the Blockchain…
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The concept of decentralization isn’t being given the respect it deserves — and change is needed. Decentralization: It’s a word that holds so much power and promise. But over the years, it’s become painfully clear that this concept isn’t being given the respect it deserves — and the consequences can be downright dangerous. We live…
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Steemit veterans vow to improve blockchain upgradeability and avoid damaging hard forks In March, the crypto world saw the first instance of what many saw as a hostile takeover attempt of another blockchain. Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, had acquired Steemit, Inc. and the Steem blockchain with it — or so he thought. A…
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Could their partnership with a new age guru save lives? Hashgraph has partnered with the Chopra Foundation to develop a mental health platform that they hope will scale to 1 billion users within five years. The platform’s initial focus will be on suicide prevention, though they hope to eventually turn it into a broader mental…
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The most-popular Steem DApp has moved to Hive, resulting in daily Hive transactions overtaking Steem for the first time. The most popular decentralized application (DApp) on Steem — a crypto-powered card trading game called Splinterlands — has become the latest high profile migration to rebel Steem fork, Hive. As a result, the number of daily…
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. It’s been a good week for Bitcoin. The halving doesn’t seem to have done the top cryptocurrency any harm at all, with the dollar value up more than 8 percent over the previous week. Ethereum is up more than 10 percent which just shows that the opportunity for…
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While Binance will support the Steem hard fork to freeze $6M in user funds, CZ offered support to additional forks. Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, the chief executive of top crypto exchange Binance, has issued a statement regarding the recent Steem hard fork that sought to freeze 23.6 million STEEM tokens associated with 64 wallet addresses.…
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Steem has completed a soft fork which sanctions the account that went rogue and sent 23.6 million STEEM to Bittrex in protest of a recent hard fork. Steem has executed a soft fork to restrict the rogue “community321” account from making transfers after the account sent nearly 24 million STEEM to Bittrex in protest of…
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Steem will freeze another $5 million in funds associated with the accounts of Hive supporters. The controversy surrounding Justin Sun’s handling of the Steem (STEEM) network continues to grow, with Steem moving to freeze another $5 million in tokens held by dissident Steemit witnesses and stakeholders. Network validators — called ‘witnesses’ — associated with Sun…
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During Virtual Blockchain Week, Justin Sun recounted his version of the events surrounding Hive’s controversial fork away from Steem. Speaking at the Virtual Blockchain Week (VBW), Tron founder Justin Sun presented his side of the recent events involving Tron’s “partnership” with Steemit Inc, and the subsequent hard fork that resulted in Hive (HIVE) forking away…
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