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You can successfully hack a $2B cryptocurrency network with only $1.5M

May25
by on May 25, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork, Insights


Blockchains may be secure by design, but researchers continue to show that the same is not true for the thousands of motley cryptocurrencies based on the technology. Husam Abboud, a cryptocurrency researcher at FECAP University in Brazil, has demonstrated that it would take as little as $1.5 million to execute a network attack on Ethereum Classic (ETC) — with a market cap of over $2 billion — and still be in profit. If you have $55 million, you could even bankrupt the currency, making off with $1 billion in profit. The proof-of-work blockchains that use the same algorithms as larger…

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You can successfully hack a $2B cryptocurrency network with only $1.5M

May25
by on May 25, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork, Insights


Blockchains may be secure by design, but researchers continue to show that the same is not true for the thousands of motley cryptocurrencies based on the technology. Husam Abboud, a cryptocurrency researcher at FECAP University in Brazil, has demonstrated that it would take as little as $1.5 million to execute a network attack on Ethereum Classic (ETC) — with a market cap of over $2 billion — and still be in profit. If you have $55 million, you could even bankrupt the currency, making off with $1 billion in profit. The proof-of-work blockchains that use the same algorithms as larger…

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Here’s why Google employees meditate before and after meetings

May25
by on May 25, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


“There’s so much to do, and so little time,” says Connor Swenson, from the Partnerships team at Google for Entrepreneurs, as he explains how time is finite. There’s not a whole lot you can do about it in the office, except work more productively. As he tells the audience at TNW Conference: “I don’t have a magic life hack, but I do have some tips and tricks to boost your productivity. This is what we teach at Google.” So what did we learn from his talk? Find more energy, not more time Connor explains that we have four main kinds…

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Here’s why Google employees meditate before and after meetings

May25
by on May 25, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


“There’s so much to do, and so little time,” says Connor Swenson, from the Partnerships team at Google for Entrepreneurs, as he explains how time is finite. There’s not a whole lot you can do about it in the office, except work more productively. As he tells the audience at TNW Conference: “I don’t have a magic life hack, but I do have some tips and tricks to boost your productivity. This is what we teach at Google.” So what did we learn from his talk? Find more energy, not more time Connor explains that we have four main kinds…

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People are outraged by this school shooter game for all the wrong reasons

May25
by on May 25, 2018 at 11:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Acid, a Russian independent game developer that publishes titles on Steam, is set to release Active Shooter, an FPS that simulates a school shooting incident. It allows you to play as the shooter or a SWAT team member tasked with neutralizing the perpetrator. It’s not the first game to attempt to tackle this difficult topic, and yet it’s drawn ire from the Steam community, as well as a UK-based nonprofit. But they’re asking the wrong questions about it. “Why would anybody think it’s a good idea to market something violent like that, and be completely insensitive to the deaths of…

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