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Binance to launch a blockchain for fiat-backed stablecoins, but who even cares?

Aug19
by on August 19, 2019 at 12:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been announced launch of a new blockchain and it’s called project “Venus.” I’m not sure why it chose that name because Venus has no moons. Sad. In an announcement published this morning, Binance described Venus as an “initiative to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across the globe.” Binance wants to create partnerships with governments, corporations, tech companies, to help countries offer new types of currency based on its new blockchain. You’d be forgiven if parts of that sounded familiar. Facebook is currently working on its own digital currency called Libra, it…

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How ‘The Equal Edit’ campaign is improving gender equality in Swedish history on Wikipedia

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by on August 19, 2019 at 12:14 pm
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During history lessons at school, we were taught about conflicts, innovation, and resolutions that made the world what it is today — without telling the stories of the other half the population. History really has been “his story” — it was written by men, for men, and you guessed it, about men. In the US, 89 percent of the stories in history textbooks are about men. This same story even applies to nations considered great leaders in the fight for gender equality, such as Sweden. To correct history, the Wikimedia Foundation has collaborated with Wikimedia Sverige to launch “The Equal…

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Vitalik Buterin: Using Ethereum is expensive, and its blockchain is ‘almost full’

Aug19
by on August 19, 2019 at 11:58 am
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has warned his blockchain is “almost full,” and says it’s lack of scalability persists as a bottleneck that’s keeping organizations from joining the network. In an interview with Canadian outlet The Star, Buterin also remarked that using Ethereum is already expensive, and that any entity that opts to use the network would only increase those costs. “Scalability is a big bottleneck because the Ethereum blockchain is almost full. If you’re a bigger organization, the calculus is that if we join, it will not only be more full but we will be competing with everyone [else] for transaction space,”…

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Pure cringe: UK ISP has the worst excuse for storing passwords in plaintext ever

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by on August 19, 2019 at 11:28 am
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Virgin Media is one of the UK’s largest ISPs. Freaky Clown is one of the UK’s most respected and experienced ethical hackers. One of these knows a lot about information security. The other is Virgin Media. But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. This tale of woe (and staggering ineptitude) begins when Freaky Clown forgot the login details for his Virgin Media account and requested a password reset. After speaking to a representative on the phone, he’s told it’ll be mailed to him in the coming days. Ok a thread: I have never signed into my @virginmedia account but I…

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