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Tech

Russia’s central bank to prohibit miners from selling digital assets to Russians
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13 December, 2022

Russia’s central bank to prohibit miners from selling digital assets to Russians

The Bank of Russia adopted a negative stance towards the sale of virtual currencies to Russian citizens under the draft...
Kentucky probes electricity discounts to block reward miners
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10 December, 2022

Kentucky probes electricity discounts to block reward miners

A local environmental group criticized the discounts and urged the state to reconsider, saying Kentuckians will be left stuck with...
Paraguay’s plan to encourage digital asset mining falls apart after president’s veto
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10 December, 2022

Paraguay’s plan to encourage digital asset mining falls apart after president’s veto

Only 38 out of 80 lawmakers voted to proceed with the bill, and out of the number, nine lawmakers voted...
Bitcoin SV Node team plans to fix mAPI’s ‘evicted transactions’ problem
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7 December, 2022

Bitcoin SV Node team plans to fix mAPI’s ‘evicted transactions’ problem

mAPI (initially Merchant API) was designed to be an additional service miner that could be offered to merchants accepting Bitcoin...
Introducing scryptTS: Write Bitcoin smart contracts in Typescript
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7 December, 2022

Introducing scryptTS: Write Bitcoin smart contracts in Typescript

scryptTS allows developers to directly code smart contracts in Typescript, using existing programming languages and tools that many are already...
Pay for storage using Proof of Retrievability on Bitcoin
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5 December, 2022

Pay for storage using Proof of Retrievability on Bitcoin

The cryptographic protocol Proof of Retrievability allow users to pay for cloud storage without having to trust the server.
US: Department of Energy taps blockchain for electricity grid cybersecurity amid rising vulnerabilities
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2 December, 2022

US: Department of Energy taps blockchain for electricity grid cybersecurity amid rising vulnerabilities

ORNL notes that DLT could solve the existential threats plaguing the US' energy grid, as blockchain creates multiple hash copies,...
Introduction to Bitcoin smart contracts
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1 December, 2022

Introduction to Bitcoin smart contracts

Bitcoin entrepreneur and developer Xiaohui Liu has spent some time explaining Bitcoin smart contracts in a two-part video lesson on...
The holy grail of blockchain tech—now on Bitcoin SV
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30 November, 2022

The holy grail of blockchain tech—now on Bitcoin SV

Zk-proofs (or zk-SNARKs) are basically a way in which a party (or prover) can prove their knowledge of something secret...
Bitcoin nodes don’t ‘vote’ on rule changes—but developers shouldn’t propose them
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30 November, 2022

Bitcoin nodes don’t ‘vote’ on rule changes—but developers shouldn’t propose them

The question over what decisions miners can/can't make arose again this week with the latest release candidate to BTC's protocol...
Bitcoin ZK Bounty Series: Part 1 — Pay for Decryption Key
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29 November, 2022

Bitcoin ZK Bounty Series: Part 1 — Pay for Decryption Key

Zero-Knowledge Bounties provide a solution to a Sudoku problem and the classic fair exchange problem, providing assurance that payment will...
New York governor signs bill banning carbon-based fuel proof-of-work mining
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28 November, 2022

New York governor signs bill banning carbon-based fuel proof-of-work mining

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the moratorium which was approved by the state senate in June after putting it off for...