QuarkCoin: Noble Intentions, Wrong Approach
One of the more interesting alternative cryptocurrencies to have come out of the dungeon that is the Bitcointalk altcoin forum is something called "Quark" (or sometimes "QuarkCoin") - a cryptocurrency that aims to be "super secure" by employing multiple advanced hash algorithms in place of Bitcoin's plain SHA256. The currency has acquired significant....
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Quarkcoin developers have announced that big changes are coming to their coin's infrastructure. In an announcement, James Z., webmaster at qrk.cc and quarkfoundation.cc, stated that he and a team talked with creator Max Guevara and his partner Adam about the future of Quarkcoin in an IRC chat. CCN. Quarkcoin claims to be the most secure coin in cryptocurrency, stating that is has 9 rounds of hashing from 6 different hash functions. It runs on the same protocol as Bitcoin, Proof of Work, SHA256, but claims transaction speeds of 30 seconds. In the announcement, James stated that he, Julie,....
Major American stock exchange Nasdaq has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with bitcoin startup Noble Markets. As part of the deal, Noble will utilize Nasdaq's X-stream technology upon its formal launch, joining the 30 global marketplace that currently use the multi-asset trading platform. Led by founder and CEO John Betts, Noble Markets boasts a team with experience at traditional financial giants such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and UBS. Perhaps best known in the bitcoin community as one of the investors and organisers behind the campaign SaveGox.com, Betts....
Quarkcoin, boasting its speed and security, has been the centerpiece of an avid community. Together with the Quark Foundation, they have been hard at work to integrate Quarkcoin into the developing landscape of the digital realm. Today, the Quark community launched a large publicity project at Thunderclap. They exceeded their goal and were able to reach over 6 million people on social media platforms worldwide. They were able to meet their goal with the help of a rather unlikely source: “Quark announces their partnership with the innovative development team behind Shaq-Fu: The Legend....
The Quarkcoin Logo. Long-time basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has a new video game on the horizon utilizing the cryptocurrency Quark, also known as Quarkcoin, and it seems as though the legend is doing his research. Or, at least reading from a script. Shaq took to his webcam and explained what Quark is in a brief segment that was then uploaded to YouTube. Of course, the video is not an endorsement of cryptocurrency on Shaq's behalf by any means, as it could easily be him simply practicing for a line in the game. Whether or not Shaq owns any Quark is unknown, but there is a direct tie....
While I sat in the room at Inside Bitcoins San Diego, Patrick Byrne mentioned how he had tried to join R3 but had problems, basically, getting in touch with the people there. Someone in the audience said they could help out. Byrne had expressed suspicion at R3’s intentions. He proposed that, perhaps, banks were trying to slow Bitcoin down. News outlets ran with it. Conspiracy gets good internet traffic. He’s wrong. They’re wrong. Here’s why. For one, the financial industry sector is massive. Bitcoin is barely a blip on the radar compared to this multi-trillion dollar industry. Competitor?....