Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Major Texas crypto miners adopt a proactive approach and close down 99% of their mining operations to fear an expected Arctic blast. A massive winter storm with heavy snow, rains, and flash flooding with thundered storms can damage the power grids of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On February 2, 2022, the Wormhole Network’s ethereum solana bridge was exploited for 120,000 WETH (wrapped ethereum) worth $320 million and the following day, the team explained that “all funds have been restored and Wormhole is ba...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The growth of Dogecoin can no doubt be attributed to the strong community that has formed behind the meme coin. Going off the hype created by its supporters alone, the cryptocurrency had been able to rally to new highs. However, a community that is c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Alongside the approval of Cryptocurrency in the country, India’s Government also prepares steps to collect tax revenues from crypto profits. As a result, ITR forms will add a separate column in 2023 for cryptocurrencies to disclose gains over c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
33% of people in the United States are more likely to date you if you own crypto, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and others that seem more visible in the mainstream. According to a report published by CNBC, online dating profiles are more popul...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. ESTONIA — 03 FEBRUARY 2022 — Yield App, a FinTech company and digital asset wealth management platform, has published its 2021 Q4 report, showing the firm continuing on a strong growth trajectory that saw its managed asse...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Crypto farms in Kazakhstan will remain unplugged until Feb. 7, as the local utility has extended power cuts for miners. The company points to ongoing difficulties with electricity supply as the main reason for the measure, which was supposed to expir...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bitcoin trading volume observed a surge earlier as the price of the crypto crashed below $40k. However, the metric has now once again come back down as the coin has become calmer.
Bitcoin Trading Volume Sharply Declines Following A Brief Uplift
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is stepping into non-fungible token (NFT) technology space, according to the festival’s official Twitter account. Coachella partnered with the crypto exchange FTX US, and the NFTs are minted on the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Immutable X avoided Thursday’s red wave, and was one of this week’s biggest crypto gainers, following news of a partnership with Gamestop. IMX climbed by over 35% today, with QNT also extending recent gains. As of writing, crypto market...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Yesterday, an exploit on the Wormhole Bridge that connects Ethereum, and Solana allowed bad actors to steal over $300 million in funds. One of the worst hacks in recent history, users saw their funds completely drained from the interoperability proto...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
Does the miners' fee include some risk for the possibility that their blocks don't make it into the long-term chain?
The miner's fees are fixed. The miner can't charge an insurance fee and the network does not reward failure.
There is a block rewa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Last May it was discovered that the video game retail giant Gamestop was stepping into the world of non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Nine months later, Gamestop has revealed it is partnering with the layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project, Immut...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Hackers exploited Qubit Finance’s protocols, a Decentralized Finance project (DeFi), and stole $80 million worth of cryptocurrencies on Thursday, making it the most famous crypto heist of 2022 to date.
After the incident, the firm has been begg...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
This was discussed before a PR review club on secp256k1 usage examples on February 2nd 2022. Thanks to the individuals (glozow, lightlike, sipa, robot-dreams etc) who answered this. I haven't made any substantial changes but any errors are my own.
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million is one of the leading arguments for how invaluable the digital asset is. This is accurate in the fact that there will never be enough bitcoins to go around, hence causing a scarcity that will continue to drive...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, says an Indian central bank digital currency will strengthen the digital economy. The digital rupee will also revolutionize the fintech sector by creating new opportunities and lessening the burden of han...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
MUMBAI: Indian authorities arrested a criminal police constable and his seven associates on Wednesday, February 02, 2022. The authorities charged them for kidnapping a local crypto trader to get a bitcoin ransom worth $40 million.
Dilip Tukaram Khan...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bitcoin and ethereum saw recent losses extended on Thursday, as global cryptocurrency markets declined during today’s session. Solana was also in the red, trading nearly 15% lower today.
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Following Wednesday’s drop in prices, BTC...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Senator Wendy Rogers is setting her sights to turn Arizona into the most crypto-friendly state in the United States, as she submits two more crypto bills on Tuesday.
This isn’t the first crypto-related proposal to increase crypto’s utility increment...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Roughly nine months ago, Coinbase’s initial public offering (IPO) via a direct listing on Nasdaq launched, and shares swapped for $342 per share on April 16, 2021. Since then, Coinbase shares have dropped by close to half that value and today,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Solana, being touted as the Ethereum killer, announced plans to add a payment method called Solana Pay to fix network congestion problems it has been facing. This service will allow direct use of dollar-backed cryptocurrencies.
Solana Pay is an open...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. GensoKishi Online Metaworld is a GameFi and metaverse incarnation of GensoKishi Online, which received the ‘Game of the Year Gold Award’ in Taiwan 10 years ago. The game leverages blockchain technology to build a digital...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
The Bitcoin Core wallet requires entropy both for generating HD seeds and for generating nonces (number used once) used in digital signatures (handled by the secp256k1 library).
raw_avocado discussed how the Bitcoin Core wallet generates entropy for...