Tag: blockchain

The number of new wallets making initial transactions has gradually decreased post-airdrop, indicating a decline in new user adoption following the event. On-chain analytics firm Nansen released a new report detailing what happened to the Arbitrum network after its popular airdrop event. From sustaining the surge of users and transactions to a decline in new…

Gün Sirer says the U.S. “won the first wave of the internet revolution” because it enabled responsible innovation. Now, it must do the same with blockchain. Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will be calling on United States officials to “nurture” and “support” responsible blockchain innovation, warning that they face “disastrous consequences” if they don’t….

Stanford University professor David Tse has pioneered a way to use Bitcoin to secure proof-of-stake blockchains. The Bitcoin network’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism could become a useful means of securing a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract blockchain protocols, thanks to efforts from a Stanford University professor. David Tse and his research team are driving the use of the…

University of Kent researchers compared three quantum systems to an ASIC miner, and the quantum machines were demonstrably more energy efficient. A pair of scientists from the University of Kent’s School of Computing in the United Kingdom recently conducted a study comparing energy consumption rates for current ASIC-based miners to proposed quantum-based solutions. According to the team’s…

What are the best metaverse projects that investors should keep on their radar? Cointelegraph Research ranks the top metaverse projects. The metaverse continues to expand, with industry giants and upcoming players racing to seize a slice of the potentially trillion-dollar pie. Close to $2 billion was invested in blockchain-based metaverse deals in 2022, according to Cointelegraph…

Cryptocurrencies are challenging the status quo of remittance services. Will they also shape the future of cross-border payments? In this era of global economies, where cross-cultural exchanges and international transactions are increasingly common, the demand for efficient and accessible cross-border money transfers has reached new heights of importance. Whilst traditional remittance providers have long dominated the market,…