Andreas Antonopoulos, a well-known Bitcoin proponent, recently spoke about Bitcoin and Monero in an interview for Monero Talk. One of the questions that was raised was whether he thought that it was potentially dangerous to promote Bitcoin “as the holy grail of avoiding the surveillance state” like China, whereas, in reality, its transparency and traceabilityContinue reading “Bitcoin is the ‘perfect solution for people in South America’”

Bitmain, the Beijing-headquartered mining giant, is one of the most controversial entities in the cryptocurrency space yet again, on the back of its new Initial Public Offering filing in the United States and Jihan Wu taking back control of the company by announcing that he has “come back to save this ship (from sinking).” Importantly,Continue reading “Bitmain loses upper hand with Bitcoin’s hashrate as majority control diminishes”

Monero, one of the world’s leading fungible cryptocurrencies, has been up and running with a network-wide upgrade scheduled for the coming months. One of the most important features about the upgrade is the shift from Cryptonight R Proof-of-Work algorithm to RandomX Proof-of-Work algorithm. This has undoubtedly been one of the most-awaited algorithm upgrades as itContinue reading “Monero’s RandomX goes live on public testnet”

Litecoin Foundation’s full-time developer, Loshan T recently stated on Twitter that Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets were no longer safe on iPhones older than and including iPhone X. This was followed by the developer recommending users to upgrade their iPhone devices, considering that several people use smartphone according to Litecoin Foundation’s internal data. Additionally, Loshan explicityContinue reading “Litecoin and Bitcoin wallets on iPhones older than and including iPhone X are insecure, says LTC developer”

The Lightning Network’s full vulnerabilities were recently disclosed by Rusty Russell, Blockstream Core Tech Engineer. The report stated that “an attacker can claim to open a channel but either not pay to the peer, or not pay the full amount.” The report added that once the vulnerabilities were discovered, it was reported to the mostContinue reading “Bitcoin Lightning Network’s vulnerabilities’ full disclosure released: Details exploitation of channels”