I/O Coin Readies Blockchain Upgrade With ‘Best Of Both PoW And PoS’
I/O Coin, a cryptocurrency, has announced a final beta test in preparation for the launch of its Decentralized Input Output Name Server (DIONS) blockchain upgrade. The I/O Coin team previously created a full-featured HTML5 IOC wallet alternative to the bitcoin-based QT wallet. IOC has what its developers consider the best of both PoW and PoS technologies. Faster Confirmations. Launched as an X11 PoW-based cryptocurrency, IOC transitioned to unique PoS I/O. The PoS-based IOC used a volume-controlled blockchain that can execute instant transfers that receive confirmations in less than 30....
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Electric Coin Company and Zcash Prepare for Network Upgrade
The second-largest privacy-centric crypto network, in terms of market capitalization, Zcash, will see a significant upgrade take place on or around May 31. Electric Coin Company and Zcash developers released the....
Dubbed “Go-Opera,” the latest upgrade to Fantom introduces a range of technical changes. The token of smart contract platform Fantom, FTM, was subject to a 52% price increase leading into Thursday morning following the successful implementation of a new network upgrade.Dubbed “Go-Opera,” the latest upgrade to Fantom introduces a range of technical changes that, according to a recent explainer by the Fantom Foundation, makes the network faster, more efficient and more reliable.The upgrade was announced as completed at 5:42 a.m. (UTC+1) on Thursday. It was two hours later before the FTM coin....
As we have noted here previously, Ethereum will be releasing a comprehensive but not backward compatible upgrade to the blockchain as implemented for Bitcoin. Similar efforts are happening with Counterparty, who intend to provide an upgrade in place. Concealing transactions are a key feature for both of these efforts. One team is skipping ahead with an effort focused on anonymous transactions, and they have just announced a cryptography focused white paper entitled ShadowCash: Zero-knowledge Anonymous Distributed E-Cash via Traceable Ring Signatures (pdf). What Is Shadow Cash? ShadowCash....
ImperiumCoin, the "X11-X13" altcoin which solved its first block on September 16th, is having some serious problems. It appears that a recent upgrade has broken the coin somewhat irrevocably. This reporter discovered this, ironically, while looking into the coin at it on Bleutrade this morning. Someone involved with the project posted a link in the chat box to a post on the ImperiumCoin forums which says simply: "We regret to say that Imperium coin was bugged/broken on diff. during the upgrade. :( We have run out of funds." The post goes on to say that the project is in need of a "serious....
Ethereum 2.0 blockchain upgrade remains one of the most anticipated upgrades in the crypto space. Most of the upgrades required for the complete overhaul have already been performed. Things like the London Hard Fork came with EIP-1559. This upgrade completely changed the monetary policy of the network. Moving ETH towards becoming deflationary in the long-term. […]