Category: Etherium

Faster, lighter, more secure. These are just some of the benefits Metropolis, the next upgrade to the ethereum blockchain, promises to introduce when it’s finally unveiled. Long the subject of curiosity and debate, the third phase in a four-step roadmap first unveiled in 2015 stands to enact perhaps the platform’s most substantial changes. But far from just a boon for the nascent technology, there is real risk in the rollout. “Ethereum isn’t safe or scalable. It is immature experimental tech,” Read more …

Japanese entertainment giant DMM Group, the operator of e-commerce site DMM.com with 27 million members, has announced that it will operate a large-scale cryptocurrency mining farm. The company plans to become one of the top three mining farm companies in the world. DMM Group Gets into Mining DMM Group announced on Friday that it has established a Virtual Currency Division which will operate a mining business beginning in October. DMM’s announcement came one day after Japanese internet conglomerate GMO Internet, Inc. announced Read more …

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. Xenio.io Decentralized Gaming Blockchain The Xenio.io project crowdsale will take place in late September 2017. The crowdsale launch will coincide with the release of the source code for the blockchain and client application on GitHub. Xenio Read more …

Vitalik Buterin is currently working on White Papers for the new Ethereum version Casper. For a long time detailed information about Casper was hidden – so the more surprising Buterin’s step to pick up the long-awaited concept. With Casper it is above all the change to the proof-of-stake consensus. At least, this is a long-term goal, the start of which is the Casper upgrade. Casper promises a more efficient ecosystem. By switching from the proof-of-work algorithm, transactions are to be Read more …

The Bitcoin IRA, an IRS-sanctioned retirement account, has added bitcoin cash, ethereum, and litecoin to its list of tokens for investments. The company is based out of Los Angeles, and focuses on helping people open cryptocurrency-focused retirement funds.  New Money to Retire With The Chief Operations Officer of the company, Chris Kline, commented on the power of this technology to push society into the future. He mentioned that bitcoin is what provides all these other altcoins with value. In this sense, Read more …

Connecting Gamers, Game Developers and Game Publishing Platforms Globally. According to newzoo’s recent statistics around 2.2 billion people play games every day. With such massive player base comes huge revenue. Around 100 billion dollars was generated by the gaming industry in 2016 alone. It’s not just the video game industry, but sports such as soccer and basketball also generates huge amounts of money. In both cases the players are doing the exact same thing, playing the games they love. Now Read more …

According to the World Economic Forum, by 2027, 10% of world GDP will be reflected in blockchain. This means that advanced states in this area will strengthen their positions in the world economy. We decided to find out which countries are already leading the race in blockchain technologies. Venture company Outlier Ventures, which was one of the first companies to invest in blockchain projects in 2014, is monitoring startups based on blockchain. According to their research, the first place in Read more …

ConsenSys, an Ethereum production studio based in Brooklyn, NY, is launching a $50 million venture arm, and it has picked Kavita Gupta to run it. Gupta’s job will be to oversee the new venture and help structure deals with the startups. It is not uncommon for companies with investment capital to form their own investment arm. For the most part, the goal is to fund startups that could drive value for the parent company down the line. And, as a Read more …

Venezuela is home to one of the world’s worst cases of hyperinflation since the Weimar Republic. For example, a McDonald’s Big Mac there now costs half a month’s salary. The country’s annual inflation rate has surged to 1,600 percent, The Atlantic reports. This might not be an ideal situation to live in. As the high percentage of inflation continues to soar annually, citizens do not enjoy time queuing for lines with empty shelves, nor piling stacks of bills in front Read more …

The momentum pushing cryptocurrency markets worldwide isn’t slowing. As the inherent value of crypto assets and blockchain technology, the industry’s growth trajectory is accelerating. However, as increasing numbers of digital currencies launch and build value in the network, the need to manage this growth becomes more pressing. This is one reason why there has been a rapid proliferation of new asset management applications recently. At a time when distributed models are seen as a more efficient and secure approach for Read more …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of authors/contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Many experts have called the stupendous rally in the cryptocurrencies as a bubble. Notwithstanding, the digital currencies have continued their uptrend. However, as we know, nothing can go up for ever. Gravity will catch up and there are bound to be corrections in Read more …

A launch date for the ‘Byzantium’ testnet, the next critical step toward a major upgrade for ethereum, has been announced. The testnet will be deployed on September 18, following a discussion between ethereum core developers today. Byzantium is the first of two phases in the ‘Metropolis’ update, set to be followed by ‘Constantinople’ at a later time. The actual network upgrade release will likely be launched in early October, depending on the length of the testing period and any issues Read more …