Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
The range of characters, particularly the + and / as the only punctiation, mean that this is base64 encoded. So the first step is to decode it from Base64. You can then view it as Hexadecimal which is generally much more useful for extracting data i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Authorities in Russia may begin to seize funds of foreign nationals and companies that are in the country, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has indicated. His warning comes as the West continues to expend penalties imposed on Moscow over its...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A federal grand jury in San Diego charged the founder of a cryptocurrency startup Friday in a broad indictment that claims he cheated investors of more than $2.4 billion in a Ponzi scam.
Prosecutors say the fraud is the largest of its sort ever prose...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Private banks in Mexico want to join efforts with the central bank of the country in the creation of a new digital currency. The president of the Mexican Bank Association (ABM) met with the governor of the Bank of Mexico to offer the help of the grou...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
When a new block is found, miners will automatically switch to mining on top of the new block headers with an empty transaction set. Occasionally you can see this in the blocks, when two blocks are found immediately after one another, the second one...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ukraine is exploring more means of thwarting Russia’s onslaught on their country by running after government official’s crypto wallets.
Ukrainian authorities are attempting to stay ahead of crypto-savvy Russian officials who may shift to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A recent report states that freelancing is experiencing a boom in Argentina, and also comments on how Argentinians are among workers in the region that most actively use cryptocurrencies to receive part of their paycheck. The report further states th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. DUBAI, UAE: MContent has announced the arrival of the Cineverse to the world whereby they aspire to bring Cinema to people anywhere, anytime – MContent and their launch was enabled due to a collaboration with PwC Middle East eme...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A SWIFT ban could make Russia go nuts again.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a cascade of consequences that were rapidly felt throughout the world.
Apart from property and human life, global finance β and cryptocurrency in particular β t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The official tweeter account of Ukraine asked for donations through cryptocurrency on Saturday, just days after Russia invaded their country. They chose Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum(ETH), and Tether (USDT).
Vice Prime Minister of the country, Mykhailo Fed...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The founder of the $3.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme Bitconnect has been charged in the United States. “If convicted of all counts, he faces a maximum total penalty of 70 years in prison,” said the U.S. Department of Justice....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz says one of the reasons he is so bullish on bitcoin is because it is decentralized and not controllable. He added that “China recently banned bitcoin because they can’t control it, which is the exact same reaso...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russia could turn to cryptocurrency if it is banned from the SWIFT payments system. Analysts have warned that if Russia is able to use crypto to evade sanctions, “political support in the U.S. for crypto will fall and regulatory risk will...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
An executive at Goldman Sachs is joining Coinbase after 16 years at the global investment bank. “It’s time to embrace the crypto economy,” he said, adding that the change is a “once in a lifetime opportunity to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. Leading personal financial services’ evaluator, the Ascent, named KuCoin crypto exchange the best cryptocurrency app of 2022. The Ascent is a flagship product of world-renowned private financial and investing advice company, The...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
China’s Supreme Court adds fuel to the fire after the Russian military attacks on Ukraine slipped the crypto market cap to 1.5 trillion.
The court declares crypto-fundraising illegal and determines jail time and fines for suspected persons.
To...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
After Ukraine’s central bank imposed a limit on cash withdrawals, Kuna, a cryptocurrency exchange that provides trades in ruble and hryvnia saw a notable surge in volume. Moreover, to this day, crypto-assets being swapped on Kuna such as bitco...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
TL;DR: Private and public keys never change by themselves. It is wallet software that chooses to rotate them.
Every private key gives rise to exactly one public key, which corresponds to one(*) address. The flow generally is:
Receiver Roy creates an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
London-based blockchain analyst reported that a Ukraine volunteers group supporting the countryβs army through equipment had obtained more than a $4 million crowdfund grant in the shape of Bitcoin since Russia attacked Ukraine on Thursday, February 2...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
I'm trying to fully grasp the third section of the whitepaper. Quoting (emphasis mine):
The solution we propose begins with a timestamp server. A timestamp server works by taking a
hash of a block of items to be timestamped and wid...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Contrary to some expectations, Beijing’s crackdown on the crypto mining industry has increased Bitcoin’s carbon emissions, researchers have alleged. Leaving China, miners also left behind its eco-friendly hydropower and are increasingly...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Roger Bartlett, a Goldman Sachs executive, announced his departure from the investment bank in a LinkedIn post to join Coinbase Global.
Bartlett will serve as the global head of operations for the major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange.
The former Goldma...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Cosmos (ATOM) and harmony (ONE) were some of today’s big gainers, as the global crypto market cap was up 1.23% to start the weekend. Terra (LUNA) was also higher, extending its recent gains to a sixth consecutive trading session.
Cosmos (...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Blockchain, NFT’s, and Metaverse, without any doubt, garnered maximum attention and influence in practically every sector over the years. It promises a thriving future, with large-scale worldwide developments and investments. Only a few stick o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Blockchain software development and security consultancy firm Arcadia partnered with DotOracle Network to build the first cross-chain bridge on Casper Network, the first proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain developed based on the Casper CBC (correct-by-co...