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1% of wallets hold 55% of the world’s Bitcoin

Sep18
by on September 18, 2018 at 11:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


More than half of the entire Bitcoin circulating supply is controlled by cryptocurrency whales, and 42 percent of them didn’t sell during peak crypto-mania. Blockchain research unit Diar has put together some interesting data that suggests less than 1 percent of all wallet addresses control $100 billion in Bitcoin. In fact, more than half of Bitcoin’s circulating supply is controlled by wallets with balances exceeding 200 BTC ($1.25 million). Even further – it appears that a third of all Bitcoin held by whales has never been used for outgoing transactions (meaning the whales never moved it out of their wallets…

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Tivoli’s beautiful $200 speaker isn’t ready for the outdoors – or anywhere, really

Sep18
by on September 18, 2018 at 11:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Tivoli Audio has been making gorgeous looking speakers and music systems for nearly 20 years now, using materials like wood and leather in their retro designs. It’s taken a slightly different approach with its new Andiamo Go Andiamo speaker, which looks like nothing else on the market. It also costs a hefty $200, which is a lot more than you’d pay for most wireless speakers. And while I love the way this speaker looks, it’s not going on holiday with me anytime soon. Here’s why. Design The Go Andiamo has a large circular aluminium case, about the circumference of a…

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Robotic trousers could help paraplegic people walk again

Sep18
by on September 18, 2018 at 10:53 am
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Could the answer to mobility problems one day be as easy as pulling on a pair of trousers? A research team led by Bristol University’s Professor Jonathan Rossiter has recently unveiled a prototype pair of robotic trousers that they hope could help some disabled people walk without other assistance. As an engineer who researches ways of helping people with spinal chord injuries move their limbs again, I’m acutely aware of how the loss of mobility can affect a person’s quality of life, and how restoring that movement can help. Given the staggering number of people with disabilities (over 6.5m people…

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Robotic trousers could help paraplegic people walk again

Sep18
by on September 18, 2018 at 10:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Could the answer to mobility problems one day be as easy as pulling on a pair of trousers? A research team led by Bristol University’s Professor Jonathan Rossiter has recently unveiled a prototype pair of robotic trousers that they hope could help some disabled people walk without other assistance. As an engineer who researches ways of helping people with spinal chord injuries move their limbs again, I’m acutely aware of how the loss of mobility can affect a person’s quality of life, and how restoring that movement can help. Given the staggering number of people with disabilities (over 6.5m people…

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Hackers create 1B fake EOS to rob ‘decentralized’ cryptocurrency exchange

Sep18
by on September 18, 2018 at 9:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Thanks to a shocking security vulnerability, hackers have flooded a “decentralized” token exchange platform with 1 billion fake EOS. By the end of the heist, the thieves were able to steal almost $58,000 in cryptocurrency directly from users. The hackers created a new EOS-based token, ironically named “EOS,” and used it to illegitimately purchase BLACK, IQ, and ADD tokens from exchange service Newdex. The company has since confirmed the hack. “EOS account oo1122334455 issued 1,000,000,000 fake EOS tokens,” Newdex wrote in a statement. “After testing the feasibility of the attack, the account began to place large [buy orders]. A total of 11,800 fake EOS orders were issued to…

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