nodes – Is it possible to create a wallet service, which doesn’t have all the blockchain downloaded?

[ad_1] Without any security trade-off vs. running validating nodes, there is no way to create a wallet-service without downloading and validating the blockchain. If SPV node security trade-offs are acceptable, you may consider running the wallet service with these. SPV nodes do not fully-validate the blockchain, and only download the longest header-chain. However, since they … Read more

Last 4 Days Inflows Outpace Initial Weeks

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are currently in the limelight as the products have seen massive net inflows in the past few days than in the initial weeks of introduction, dominating the market of crypto investment products. Bitcoin ETF Inflows Surges In The Last 4 Days Thomas Fahrer, the co-founder of Bitcoin tracking … Read more

Indicators Show Signs of More Upsides

[ad_1] Bitcoin price is holding gains above the $52,000 resistance. BTC is consolidating gains and might aim for more upsides toward the $55,000 resistance. Bitcoin price is showing positive signs below the $52,800 resistance zone. The price is trading above $51,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a connecting bullish trend line … Read more

VeChain Rules Top 100 Crypto List With 67% Rally

[ad_1] VeChain (VET), a blockchain platform focused on supply chain management and enterprise solutions, is experiencing a surge in price and trading volume, fueled by bullish predictions and anticipation of a major announcement related to environmental sustainability. Over the past 24 hours, VET has jumped an impressive 12%, currently trading at $0.047. This follows a … Read more

Phishing Attack Swipes $5.1M Worth of BEAM

[ad_1] According to the blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, a crypto trader suffered a phishing attack that swooped over 180 million BEAM tokens on Wednesday and affected the token’s price. 180 Million BEAM Tokens Stolen In an X (former Twitter) post, Lookonchain exposed a new crypto scam that had occurred on February 15. As the analytics … Read more

micropayments – Wallets that support payment channels?

[ad_1] Several wallets supported payment channels: Bitcoin Core: The original Bitcoin wallet, Bitcoin Core, is expected to support payment channels. Development work and testing for these features were ongoing, but they were not yet implemented as of my last update. Electrum: Electrum is a popular open-source wallet that supports both standard on-chain transactions and the … Read more

Security Alert – [Implementation bug in Go clients causing increase in difficulty – Fixed – Miners check and update Go clients]

[ad_1] Implementation bug in the go client leads to steady increase of difficulty independent of hashing power. Affected configurations: All Go client versions v1.0.x, v1.1.x, release and develop branches. The bug was introduced in a recent update and release through commit https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/7324176f702a77fc331bf16a968d2eb4bccce021 which went into the affected client versions. All miners running earlier mentioned versions … Read more

Ethereum scalability research and development subsidy programs

[ad_1] The Ethereum community, key developers and researchers and others have always recognized scalability as perhaps the single most important key technical challenge that needs to be solved in order for blockchain applications to reach mass adoption. Blockchain scalability is difficult primarily because a typical blockchain design requires every node in the network to process … Read more

Security alert [11/24/2016]: Consensus bug in geth v1.4.19 and v1.5.2

[ad_1] Security Alert Affected configurations: Geth Severity: High Summary:  An issue has been identified with Geth’s journaling mechanism. This caused a network fork at block #2686351 (Nov-24-2016 14:12:07 UTC). The new Geth release 1.5.3 fixes the journaling issue and repairs the fork. Details: Geth was failing to revert empty account deletions when the transaction causing … Read more