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Crypto Discussion / Ethereum Constantinople Delayed To Late-February

« on: January 19, 2019, 12:46:53 PM »

Earlier this week, Ethereum World News reported that Ethereum’s long-planned Constantinople blockchain upgrade fell upon hard times, with developers drawing attention to an error in the protocol’s code, which would purportedly allow malicious attackers to drain ETH from smart contracts.
Per a piece from CoinDesk, the project’s developers met again, determining that the hard fork would activate at block number 7,280,000, likely to be processed on February 27th.

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Trading / Re: Cryptopia has been attacked

« on: January 18, 2019, 11:31:00 AM »

they got hacked and lost over 28773.56 ETH which was worth approximately $3.63M at the time of the transaction. This was the first part of the attack, the second one includes tokens stored on Cryptopia’s Hot Wallet and it looks like 100 different tokens were stolen resulting in a loss of approx. $ 13.81M. The final amount totaled at $17.44M which is the highest reported loss in 2019 so far.
Cryptopia Breach Details by AMLT and Coinfirm

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Crypto Discussion / Ethereum Constantinople Postponement

« on: January 16, 2019, 12:29:35 PM »

Ethereum Security Community were made aware of the potential Constantinople-related issues identified by ChainSecurity on January 15, 2019.
Due to these facts, they have determined that the best course of action will be to delay the planned Constantinople fork that would have occurred at block 7,080,000 on January 16, 2019.

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Crypto Discussion / Re: Ethereum Classic attack

« on: January 14, 2019, 02:05:10 PM »

some rumors about a dash attack too, seems the wave will continue with POW coins
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ae90zd/someone_controls_51_of_dashs_hashrate_currently/
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/51-wallet-claims.43099/

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Cemetery of Coins / Re: Ethereum Classic Vision Hard Fork 3:1 of Ethereum

« on: January 12, 2019, 06:24:20 PM »

https://archive.fo/HrzNB
scam forks, already reported in many platforms
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5095475.0
https://ethereumworldnews.com/ethereum-nowa-etn-ethereum-classic-vision-etcv-hard-forks-scams/

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Crypto Discussion / Re: What the hell are Crypto kitties?

« on: January 12, 2019, 04:33:41 PM »

These digital assets, also known as cryptocollectibles or NFTs (non-fungible tokens), are gaining traction.
According to this article (what the heck is a CryptoKitty?), the future is moew 

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Crypto Discussion / Re: Ethereum Classic attack

« on: January 11, 2019, 05:03:04 PM »

Last year, Bittrex delisted Bitcoin Gold following a similar incident which saw hackers steal over $18 million wroth of BTG.

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Crypto Discussion / Bitcoin Goes on Sale in 24 French Tobacco Stores

« on: January 11, 2019, 04:46:39 PM »

At least 24 tobacco shops have started selling bitcoin coupons in the French capital of Paris. Widely known as “tabacs”, the stores received regulatory approval for the cryptocurrency sales late last year. More than 6,500 tabacs – representing about a quarter of the registered tobacco stores in France – are expected to start offering BTC coupons by February.
Currently, BTC can be bought in three sums of 50 euros, 100 euros and 250 euros ($57, $114 and $286). In exchange for the euro, the user obtains a ticket containing an alphanumeric code and a QR code. Buyers then have to visit the Keplerk website to convert their vouchers into cryptocurrency of either bitcoin core or ethereum. Keplerk charges a commission of 7 percent on each ticket sold and gives 1.25% to the tobacconist, the company said.

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French Language / Des cryptomonnaies en vente chez des buralistes français

« on: January 11, 2019, 04:39:16 PM »

Des bureaux de tabac français ont commencé à vendre des coupons convertibles en bitcoins ou en Ethereum. Bien que pour le moment le nombre de bureaux de tabac ne dépasse pas 24, le chef du courtier en cryptomonnaies KeplerK promet d’augmenter ce nombre à 6.500 début février.
Le processus d'achat est le suivant: en échange de 50, 100 ou 250 euros l'utilisateur obtient un ticket sur lequel sera inscrit un code alphanumérique et un QR code. Il doit ensuite se rendre sur le site de KeplerK pour se faire créditer les cryptomonnaies sur un portefeuille électronique afin de les utiliser à sa guise. KeplerK prélève une commission de 7% sur chaque ticket vendu et en rétrocède 1,25% au buraliste.

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French Language / 1.000 EUROS EN BITCOIN CACHÉS DANS UNE FRESQUE MURALE

« on: January 11, 2019, 04:27:13 PM »

Le street-artiste Pascal Boyart (PBOY) a réalisé une fresque murale en soutien aux mouvements des «gilets jaunes». 1.000 euros en Bitcoin y sont dissimulés. Outre son originalité visuelle, la fresque murale est également un trésor technologique. L’œuvre cache en effet 0,28 Bitcoin, soit environ 1.000 euros. Pour remporter cette somme, il faut d’abord trouver l’œuvre dans Paris, et ensuite résoudre l’énigme.Pascal Boyart précise par ailleurs que cette réalisation a été possible grâce aux dons et au financement participatif.
Jusqu'au cette date personne n'a pu résoudre l'enigme et les fonds sont encore sur la portefeuille

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Crypto Discussion / Decentralized networks aren't always as decentralized as they seem

« on: January 08, 2019, 01:50:24 PM »

Ethereum Classic hackers steal over $1.1M with 51% attacks
Ethereum Classic ETC, one of the most popular forks of the second most valuable cryptocurrencies by marketcap has suffered a 51-percent attack. the attackers went back 100 blocks and started a new blockchain which allowed them to release over $1.1 million worth of Ethereum Classic to be spent again.

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Crypto Discussion / Re: Can anyone explain me how IOT Blockchain helpful in business?

« on: January 08, 2019, 01:45:27 PM »

The Internet of Things (IoT) is made up of billions of Internet-connected devices. By using sensors or WiFi, each connected device constantly collects data that it then analyzes and exchanges. This is also known as big data, which can be used for predictive analysis, product marketing and more.
As our world becomes increasingly connected, the IoT industry is growing exponentially. According to Zion Market Research, by 2020 there will be as many as 30 billion devices connected; and the IoT market value is expected to grow to $232.15 billion.
IoT has the potential to offer many economic advantages to consumers and vendors far beyond normal machine-to-machine (M2M) communications (such as your Google Home/Alexa to smart lightbulbs). Other anticipated innovations include the use of IoT to power self-driving cars, power supplies, smart grids, and smart cities. According to a 2017 Cisco report, the M2M connections that support IoT applications are expected to account for more than half of the 27.1 billion devices and connections and will make up five percent of global IP traffic by 2021.

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Arabic Language / وثيقـــــة الخمســـــين

« on: January 06, 2019, 01:21:36 PM »

نشر الشيخ محمد بن راشد المكتوم في تدوينة على قايسبوك وثيقة أسماها وثيقة الخمسين تضمنت جوانب من رؤيته لمدينة دبي المستقبل و حسب البند الثالث من الوثيقة ستقود دبي إنشاء أول منطقة تجارية إفتراضية في المنطقة حيث سيتم منح رخص تجارية من دون إشتراط الإقامة في دبي مع فتح حسابات بنكية و منح إقامات إلكترونية.

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وثيقـــــة الخمســـــين

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Crypto Discussion / Re: What is the reason of ETH bull run?

« on: January 05, 2019, 03:35:19 PM »

Constantinople will be a significant start on the Ethereum roadmap for 2019. The upgrades will introduce the Casper protocol that will transition Ethereum from PoW (Proof-of-Work) to PoS(Proof-of-Stake).
What will determine the project’s success are the upcoming upgrades to the network.
Ethereum 2.0 — The Road To Constantinople And Beyond

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Crypto Discussion / BitTorrent Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency on the Tron Network

« on: January 04, 2019, 11:57:21 AM »

Yesterday, the Singapore-based BitTorrent foundation announced plans for the creation of its own cryptocurrency. The famous communication protocol for peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing will have a new BitTorrent Token (BTT), which will run on the Tron network. BitTorrent was acquired by Tron in June of last year and counts with over 100 million users.

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