Cryptocurrencies

In the run-up to the New Year, hackers appear to be working tirelessly, releasing ever more new kinds of malicious software. Just recently researchers discovered a new variety of cryptojacking malware called L0rdix...

Israel's largest financial services company, GMT, has joined the Ripple network. Founded in 2001, GMT has 250 branches in Israel alone, specializing in money transfers, medical insurance for tourists and foreign workers, currency exchange, prepaid card issuance, and other financial services...

At the end of October, a software update of the Zcash cryptocurrency network took place. The developers implemented new transaction-processing algorithms, which made it possible to significantly increase their speed and security. However, according to statements by analysts of the BL Blockspur service, which tracks

The application being developed will make it possible to use bidirectional payment channels in the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. The start of the development process for the new feature was announced by Chris Pacia, who published a post on the Medium portal, where he shared some details of the development...

Intel has registered a patent for a processor and a hardware accelerator developed specifically for the SHA-256 encryption algorithm used in Bitcoin mining. This equipment is tailored for mining the leading cryptocurrency and is designed to make it more efficient and less energy-intensive...

The struggle between the long-established digital silver Litecoin and the larger-block Bitcoin fork Bitcoin Cash began the moment Bitcoin Cash appeared - in August of last year. These coins are similar in many things: their block size is larger than Bitcoin's, the purpose of their creation and their intended use is

According to research by the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) group, only two of the twenty-five largest cryptocurrency exchanges do not artificially inflate trading volume in pairs with Bitcoin. The ranking of platforms compiled by BTI, based on real daily trading volume rather than on the data that crypto

Reflecting on privacy in the cryptocurrency environment, one can note that cryptocurrencies are often presented as anonymous means of payment, although there is also a claim that tracking the movement of digital funds is much easier than tracking the movement of fiat currencies such as the dollar. To reconcile these

The other day the Tron project reached a new milestone – 2.53 million transactions per day were recorded, and the daily growth of accounts amounted to 32,293. The project's founder and CEO, Justin Sun, noted that they achieved such high figures thanks to developers from the Ethereum and EOS networks who migrated to

The American fast-food chain Church's Chicken has started accepting payments in Dash in Venezuela. The cryptocurrency is accepted at all 10 Church's Chicken restaurants. Dash has already made its first transaction with Church's Chicken and uploaded a video about it on its official YouTube channel. The restaurant