Blackcoin Announces 'Proof-of-Stake Protocol v2'

Blackcoin Announces 'Proof-of-Stake Protocol v2'

The Blackcoin Developers have announced that their coin is adopting what they are calling proof-of-stake protocol v2 in response to concerns from critics that say Proof-of-stake coins aren't secure. Blackcoin is one of the most exciting altcoins in the cryptospace right now. It has a 30 second confirmation time, large market cap, their BlackHalo project is keeping it in the forefront of the Bitcoin 2.0 space and they seem to be the only team to get altmining pools done in a responsible way that doesn't harm other coins. “With PoS Protocol V2.0, we wanted to plug any searing vulnerabilities....


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