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The blockchain technology is already used in the cars industry. Toyota was the first if I am not wrong, Worldline also working with a blockchain for the second used cars.
There are some differences between cryptocurrencies and blockchains. Blockchain technologies are just this, a technology. It can be used in Healthcare, Real estate, Food, Army, Supply, and many others industries.
You can be against the cryptocurrencies (for whatever reasons you have) but on the other side, you can agree with the blockchain technology to be used here and there.
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You can be interested in Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrencies, it doesn't mean you have to own any. It's not everything about the financial side, but also and firstly about the technology behind cryptos. I am not sure why such article was needed to be published, I saw it on several websites, there are surely more interesting to cover.
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A $1,500 set up fee + $500 per year is a decent cost for anyone thinking to start his own company seriously. If I was looking to open such business I would have no problem to pay your fees. I would include it in my "operating cost"
The thing, you're acting as a middleman probably, and anyone thinking to make such business could remove the middleman (considering they know where to go)
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already used since several years by banks for trading. It was just called "algorithms " before "Artificial intelligence" becomes a popular trend. With the years it's now more sophisticated. Banks spend a lot of money to develop some and then use it for "hight trading frequency (HTF). IBM created a GNU/Linux using several algorithms (Linux One, I think it's the name)
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Hi @Bitwala I have a question just to be sure Existing customers don't need to pre-register, right? Because, I saw a retweet on your Twitter feed from a Bitwala guy (sorry, I don't remember his name) with a link to pre-register, so I was a little confused. I don't want to miss my slot as it will surely be the rush when it comes  |
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The situation was different 7 years back compared to today. Only starting from 2013 people started seriously to consider Bitcoin as an "investment" and a serious project with potential. Just in 1 year, a lot can happen in the Bitcoin world.
I don't know this man but he is must surely regrets in 2018
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You shouldn't have to include "Copper" because it's a membership and not a rank. And you should add "what is the percentage of topics posted about Merits"  |
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Good riddance... I have never really liked the need to use the Chrome app, it's the only thing I don't like with Ledger, it looks like a cheap solution because they didn't know how to create a native application. Need to install firstly an app to install the crypto plugins and use another one to use the wallet, it's like to tinker
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I used data from Sqreen.io as mentioned in the OP, and yes it's just surface level security mechanisms so imagine if you check at the heart of the system. For sure you will find some sites prone to other attacks.
What surprised me first was simply the number of cryptocurrency exchanges tested. I couldn't imagine there are at least 140 websites online.
Then was the fact the biggest exchanges are badly graded with a score 3.8 out of 10.
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I made this graphic using some data from Sqreen. (Yeah, I know it's not a professional one I am usually able to do better but I never tried to use bar graphs or histograms so I was just playing around) 140 cryptocurrency exchanges have been checked one by one for basic security issues. It doesn't mean these exchanges have vulnerabilities but they should improve some basic security controls  out of the 140 exchanges we analyzed less than 40% of them are using headers like the Strict-Transport-Security header or the X-XSS-Protection header. 20% expose server information which isn’t a security vulnerability in itself but that clearly shows the low level of security best practices implemented. And 26% of them use frontend libraries with known vulnerabilities. Only 2% implemented a Content-Security-Policy that, if done well, can offer powerful protection against clickjacking or XSS |
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Thanks guys @nullius see Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More I didn't check the link posted by @ETFbitcoin but it's surely about the same. As for the quote, I didn't bookmark the link so not sure from where I got it :/ (edit; I got it from the PDF itself lol) I think Monero is using Bulletproofs or planned to.
But i don't see any discussion mention which says it can reduce blocksize since it's bigger than normal signature size even though it's far smaller than CT signature size.
Edit; However, verifying a bulletproof is more time consuming than verifying a SNARK proof.
Bulletproofs are designed to enable efficient confidential tranactions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Confidential transactions hide the amount that is transfered in the transaction. Every confidential transaction contains a cryptographic proof that the transaction is valid. Bulletproofs shrink the size of the cryptographic proof from over 10kB to less than 1kB. Moreover, bulletproofs support proof aggregation, so that proving that m transaction values are valid adds only O(log(m)) additional elements to the size of a single proof. If all Bitcoin transactions were confidential and used Bulletproofs, then the total size of the blockchain would be only 17 GB, compared to 160 GB with the currently used proofs.
https://crypto.stanford.edu/bulletproofs/ |
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Is there someone in the house able to explain to me just a little thing. This afternoon I have read a paper telling Bulletproofs are better than SNARK... And if all Bitcoin transactions used Bulletproofs then the size of the blockchain would be only 17 GB instead of (how much 150-200gb??) But the main advantage with Bulletproofs is the confidential transactions, what else? Is there a chance to see it with Bitcoin? Because …An adversary that can break the binding property of the commitment scheme or the soundness of the proof system can generate coins out of thin air and thus create uncontrolled but undetectable inflation rendering the currency useless…
…While the discrete logarithm assumption is believed to hold for classical computers, it does not hold against a quantum adversary. So then, its a weakness rather than something else  |
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Not sure if I got it correctly but how it is possible to get millions sign up if it's available in the only 4-5 state in the USA. And I don't see how a free trading commission can be used to manipulate
Anyway, it's crazy challenge they accepted with cryptocurrencies, so good luck to them
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See the mempool with about no unconfirmed bitcoin transaction. You can use a 1 sat / byte it will be confirmed in a decent time. Go out Btrash supporters, your propaganda is almost failed, yet you give as excuse the BTC transactions number is in decline ^.^ Bitcoin is the real Bitcoin  |
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It looks good the site isn't overloaded with a dozen of banners advertisement like others. There are some things that you may need to adjust. (it's a just an opinion so take it with a grain of salt, you know)
Like the table is so large, I have a 17" screen and use the zoom at 125% always, but when I enter in your site I feel I am using a 200% zoom level.
While I am at it, I am going to ask you. How the graphs "Change" are generated on the homepage
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It's not because Segwit since it hasn't been added yet. It's like this for several days now. The mempool is in "sleeping mode" currently. BTW I am curious to know how much did you get charged in fee to do the transaction?
I have done various withdrawals in the last days till today, and have been charged fees in the range of 0.0002 to 0.00025BTC, which is pretty fair. I am sure that it could be done with a lower fee as well, but it can't be adjusted. Imagine how things will be with SegWit. I am confident that the fees will decline with at least 50% to put it conservatively. Obviously, that's assuming the mempool won't get cluttered again. Thanks. Maybe I will start to use it again a 0.00025 BTC fee is decent, I think it's half of what it was before if I am correct. Hopefully, more services/merchants/wallets/exchanges/etc will start to adopt Segwit asap, it will give a boost to Bitcoin (not a lot maybe, but it still good to take) |
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Is it me or?
Guys, did you read the article and see something inside talking about the country legalizing cryptocurrencies?
I think the title is misleading if you read the article the point is their president "approved the creation of a competence center for distributed registry technologies at the Mirzo Innovation Center Innovation Center. Its main tasks will be the formation of conditions for using the capabilities of blockchain, increasing the human resources potential and supporting domestic developers in mastering this technology"
The only reference to cryptos is "Earlier, the representatives of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan negatively spoke in relation to virtual money, calling them an instrument for financing terrorism."
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It's not because Segwit since it hasn't been added yet. It's like this for several days now. The mempool is in "sleeping mode" currently. BTW I am curious to know how much did you get charged in fee to do the transaction?
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Bitfinex added today P2SH Segregated Witness for deposit and withdrawals. With the improved processing times, the company estimate people will pay 15% less their transaction fees. I hope to see more companies adopting it for the benefits of every Bitcoiner it will boost Bitcoin to be more adopted. |
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