Confidentiality-oriented Zcash cryptocoin is getting ready to move away from the Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocol and switch to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). There are two reasons for that: security and environment. Zcash cryptocurrency has been gradually increasing in price in recent weeks. Currently, the cost of one cryptocoin is $ 118. And the rate of growth may well…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced plans to integrate Bitcoin into Twitter’s existing products and services. In terms of mass societal acceptance, this could become a decisive breakthrough for the first cryptocurrency. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says his company plans to implement BTC support in several of its products and services, including subscriptions and e-commerce….
The AML / CFT requirements for crypto business are becoming more and more stringent. And as ShapeShift’s recent refusal to cooperate with regulators and transition to DEX status demonstrates, not everyone is ready to accept this. But what comes next? Cryptocurrencies started out as a true ode to decentralization. Think back to what all the…
The AML / CFT requirements for crypto business are becoming more and more stringent. And as ShapeShift’s recent refusal to cooperate with regulators and transition to DEX status demonstrates, not everyone is ready to accept this. But what comes next? While BTC is growing and trading at around the $ 40,000 mark, the crypto industry…
Taproot is a Bitcoin soft fork that will enhance privacy and script execution. It is also connected with the Schnorr soft fork, which will improve scalability, transaction speed and encode multiple keys into one. This fall will mark an important milestone in Bitcoin development, as the activation of Taproot on the main Bitcoin network presumably…
First popularized in 2017, ICOs are back again in a somewhat new form. Really though, it’s essentially the same, only even a little riskier than before. And yes, they are now called IDOs. IDO is an initial project token offering on a decentralized exchange, another way of public fundraising. There is no official definition of…