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Developers have introduced the first Ethereum-based token that relies on Bitcoin core principles. They have brought bitcoin to the Ethereum blockchain in the form of ERC20. According to the token’s developers, the currency requires no pre-mining or an ICO. Users can mine the bitcoin-like coin on the Ethereum blockchain. While the coin can be mined, [...]

Recently, Tron community leader Justin Sun published Tron's weekly report on Twitter. The report covered several updates, including technical development, developer community updates, partnerships, and market transactions. The structure of the Tron ecosystem has undergone some changes in which the index of the solidity node has been optimized. In addition, an index switch has been [...]

Cardano was the focus of IOHK Foundation founder and CEO Charles Hoskinson, who spoke about the network's mistakes and made a comparison with the Bitcoin Foundation. Recently, Charles Hoskinson gave his two cents for the separation between the Cardano Foundation and the rest of the current projects. His main problem was the lack of transparency [...]

On October 29, the Tron Foundation published the weekly report to inform about its technical developments. The report included all the technical progress made during the week ending October 20-26. The highlights of the update include the DApp developments in which Transcan would have launched the Smart Contracts function. In addition, the report also mentioned [...]

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently had a great interview with CNBC. He is optimistic that many financial institutions will be using the Ripple network by the end of next year. According to Ripple, the XRP Ledger closes a ledger after every four seconds. This first ledger closing speed is what gives XRP its fastest settlement [...]

Oct. 26, Reuters reported that blockchain startup Ripple has hired Amir Sarhangi as the new head of RippleNet. The report revealed that Amir Sarhangi has officially stepped down as the Director of Product Management & Partnership Messaging at Google to join Ripple. Sarhangi joined the search engine giant back in 2015 when Google acquired his [...]

shEOS, a Spanish software development company, has successfully developed a protocol that acts as a communication tool between Ethereum and EOS blockchain. The EOS21 protocol acts as a bridge between the two blockchains, which allows the Ethereum ERC20 chips to "teleport" to EOS without losing functionality. On the official GitHub project, the team explains that [...]

On October 26, 2018, Interstellar, the product of Chains acquisition by Stellar, announced a new implementation called "Starlight" that enables secure, private bi-directional payments via the Stellar protocol. Payment Channels The purpose of these payment channels is to allow different parties to conduct private and secure transactions for free without having to trust the other [...]

The bear seems to have gone crazy in the cryptospace, as the markets moved to the side for a moment without bullfighting. Altcoins such as Ethereum [ETH], Litecoin [LTC], XRP and Stellar Lumens [XLM] have had the same fate and expect a spike. Interstellar, the result of the merger between Chain and Lightyear, announces the [...]