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Satoshi’s Treasure to add side quests on top of $1 million Bitcoin prize

Apr29
by on April 29, 2019 at 3:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A million-dollar Bitcoin scavenger hunt began only two weeks ago, but one player has already built software to help others co-ordinate their detective efforts. Satoshi’s Treasure works like this: game organizers split keys to $1 million worth of BTC into 1,000 “shards.” A newsletter sends hints for their discovery, and the first to collect 400 shards immediately unlocks the full prize. So far, clues have led players to explore major cities like San Francisco and London, but they’ve also featured far-off places like Uganda and Australia. When the game first started, player John Cantrell hacked his way to the first…

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TNW2019 Daily: Get the official app

Apr29
by on April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


TNW Conference, our tech festival in Amsterdam, is only ten days away. As the countdown approaches zero, we want to make sure you have everything you’ll need at the touch of a button. That’s why we built our very own TNW2019 app. The TNW2019 app The easiest way to make the most of TNW Conference is through our app. You can: Sail through ticket registration: keep your tickets easily accessible in the app. There’s no need to print it out or find a screenshot in your phone Network with other attendees: want to chat with likeminded people? Can’t find your…

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Nubia’s slipped a whole cooling fan INSIDE its Red Magic 3 gaming phone

Apr29
by on April 29, 2019 at 3:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


It was only a matter of time, but it’s finally happened: yes, you got that right, someone’s put a PC-style cooling fan inside a phone. Say hello everyone to the Nubia Red Magic 3 – a phone so gamer-centric, it just threatened to teabag your dad. I mean, just look at this thing: Gaming phones have picked up steam of late, with devices from ASUS. Razer, and Honor being the most prominent. The Nubia Red Magic 3 wants to upset this balance though and take the industry to a new place – whether it’s going to achieve that or not is… debatable. Let’s…

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HTC wants to launch ANOTHER blockchain phone this year

Apr29
by on April 29, 2019 at 3:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer HTC is reportedly planning to launch another blockchain phone before the end of 2019. Phil Chen, HTC’s Decentralized Chief Officer, announced the intention during a keynote speech at an investment forum event held in Taipei on Friday last week, Taiwan News reports. HTC launched its first blockchain phone – called Exodus 1 – last year. It featured a cryptocurrency wallet, accompanied by hardware designed to support decentralized applications (dapps). Other phone makers like Samsung insist smartphones are great cryptocurrency wallets, researchers still advise using an actual hardware wallet like Trezor or Ledger. Chen also claimed that…

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Finland’s new cryptocurrency regulation forces AML on industry

Apr29
by on April 29, 2019 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency businesses in Finland will now have to register with the country’s financial watchdog. As a result of the ACT OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY PROVIDERS, which comes into force on May 1, businesses will have to adhere with statutory requirements, including holding and protecting client money, segregating client money and own funds, and ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering regulation. The Act is based on the European Union’s anti-money laundering legislation and seeks to bring virtual currency providers within the scope of anti-money laundering regulation, in line with the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5th AMLD). “Going forward, only virtual currency providers meeting statutory requirements…

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