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RIP Satoshi’s vision—report finds only 16% of cryptocurrencies are decentralized

Oct17
by on October 17, 2018 at 12:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


An overwhelming majority of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects (cryptoassets) on the market today are centralized in one way or another. Even more startling, 85 percent of development teams have the authority to alter their cryptoassets’ protocol at their own discretion. These are just some of the findings presented by blockchain and cryptocurrency research unit CryptoCompare, in its yearly taxonomy of the cryptocurrency sector. The study analyzed hundreds of cryptoassets with the intention of classifying cryptocurrency projects and blockchain platforms. Among other things, the report acts as a “decentralization thermometer” for the cryptocurrency market. It has indiciated a growing trend towards centralization,…

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ICO of blockchain platform that wanted to ‘fix’ journalism fails

Oct17
by on October 17, 2018 at 12:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The skeptics had a point about Civil, the platform that wants to “fix” journalism. Just a week after it announced a partnership with publishing giant Forbes, Civil has declared the failure of its initial coin offering (ICO) and is refunding investors. Civil broke the news on its Medium blog late Tuesday evening, stating that less than 3,000 people were willing to back the ICO. In fact, TechCrunch reports that only 1,012 people actually bought any Civil tokens (CVL). A further 1,738 registered but never actually completed their purchase of CVL. Alas, the 1,012 that did actually buy some CVL tokens did not…

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Facebook is reportedly working on a video calling device for your TV

Oct17
by on October 17, 2018 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


A few days ago, Facebook launched a device called Portal, which lets you make video calls to others via the company’s Messenger platform. Now, a new report suggests that the social networking company is working on a companion product for TVs that’s also designed for video calling, as well as tuning into Facebook Watch. The device, codenamed “Ripley“, is slated to launch in 2019, and combine a camera for calls, as well as components to support streaming video. It could represent a major step for Facebook to delve into the world of hardware – separate from its VR entity, Oculus There…

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Facebook is reportedly working on a video calling device for your TV

Oct17
by on October 17, 2018 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


A few days ago, Facebook launched a device called Portal, which lets you make video calls to others via the company’s Messenger platform. Now, a new report suggests that the social networking company is working on a companion product for TVs that’s also designed for video calling, as well as tuning into Facebook Watch. The device, codenamed “Ripley“, is slated to launch in 2019, and combine a camera for calls, as well as components to support streaming video. It could represent a major step for Facebook to delve into the world of hardware – separate from its VR entity, Oculus There…

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Q4 2018 internet report: Almost 4.2 billion humans are online

Oct17
by on October 17, 2018 at 11:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast becoming a reality, as more and more people across the developing world connect to the internet. Millions of people across Africa and South Asia came online for the first time in the past three months, with almost all of these new users accessing the internet solely via mobile devices. There have been some meaningful changes to social media numbers too, although some of the most interesting findings in this quarter’s report relate to declines in social media audiences, especially…

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