Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Regardless of one’s opinions about the outcome, the recent Brexit referendum in the UK should be considered a welcome example of direct... The post European Parliament Document Suggests Future of Democracy Linked to Blockchain-Enabled E-Voting appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Gavin Wood, founder of Ethcore, maintainers of Parity, Ethereum’s second most used client, has called for a hardfork stating that it would instantly fix “the underlying flaws that the attacker is exploiting.” For more than two weeks Ethereum has been undergoing a number of Dos attacks which exploit an underlying flaw: “EVM operations are grossly […] The post Gavin Wood Calls for a Quick Ethereum Hardfork to Fix Dos Attacks appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Following the Brexit vote in June, there has been a significant drop in venture capital funding in London, prompting some to think that the city could lose its position as the FinTech capital. According to a report from the Financial Times, new figures released show that funding in the FinTech sector dropped in 2016. Innovate […] The post London FinTech Feels Pressure Post-Brexit, While Many Still Consider It a Leader appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST It appears that the Central Bank of Kenya considers bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies in general, to be a threat, and has issued a statement discouraging the use of bitcoin in Kenya. Their justification for this stance is their assumption that the unregulated nature of the Bitcoin protocol encourages its use for terrorism and money laundering, even […] The post Is the Central Bank of Kenya Threatened by Bitcoin? appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST One of the first millionaires to come out of the Bitcoin industry, current owner of Bitcoin.com, and Bitcoin Unlimited proponent Roger Ver told Chris DeRose of the Bitcoin Uncensored podcast the other day that while he is “optimistic” about Lightning Network, the scaling solution being developed by Blockstream, he doesn’t believe that the main network […] The post Roger Ver Is “Hopefully Optimistic” for Lightning Network’s Bitcoin Scaling Solution appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin's Lightning Network has passed another key milestone. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST In a significant endorsement of blockchain technology, the underlying innovation of bitcoin, the Dubai government will see of its documents on a blockchain. The government of Dubai will see all of its documents on a blockchain by the year 2020. The announcement was made via the Dubai Media Office’s official social media account, citing Hamdan […] The post 100% Blockchain for Dubai Government by 2020 appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Factom, a startup that developers solutions that leverages the bitcoin blockchain has raised $4.2 million in a new round of funding led by Tim Draper of Draper Associates. Factom Inc., a blockchain technology company that has previously revealed major projects such as creating land titles via the bitcoin blockchain in Honduras, has announced a Series […] The post Bitcoin Blockchain Startup Factom Raises $4.2 Million in Equity Funding appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Trust.Zone, an anonymous VPN, has garnered a huge amount of attention from VPN review sites in a very short time period, demonstrating the major concern Internet users have over privacy nowadays. Based in Mahe, Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, Trust.Zone faces no requirement to retain data on its servers. No outside court order […] The post Trust.Zone VPN Use Has Skyrocketed amid User-Tracking Concerns on the Internet appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Antony Lewis, the former director for business development at bitcoin exchange Paxos, has now joined private banking blockchain consortium led by New York-based R3. A former executive who oversaw business development with a focus in Asian markets for bitcoin exchange Paxos (itBit at the time of tenure) has joined R3. Antony Lewis revealed his new […] The post Former Bitcoin Exchange Executive Joins Blockchain Firm R3 appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
The Guardian, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Faced with huge bed and breakfast bills to house homeless families, Tory councils are seeking radical alternatives The announcement at this week’s Tory party conference by the communities secretary Sajid Javid of a £5bn boost to housebuilding can be seen in part as a belated recognition of the explosion of housing insecurity in Tory heartlands – a crisis the prime minister has hinted at with her promise to help those families on low to middle incomes who are “just managing” to get by. However, if proof were needed that the problem of homelessness is no longer reserved for its metropolitan heartlands but has rippled out into the commuter cities and market towns of middle England, it is the housing crisis that exploded this summer in Peterborough, landing the city’s Tory-controlled council with a potential £1m bill for putting up homeless families in local Travelodge hotels. Continue reading... |