Blockr.io Launches Today as a Bitcoin, Litecoin Block Reader
What could be called a partial alternative to Blockchain.info has launched this weekend dubbed Blockr.io, a 'block reader' which offers an appealing interface for examining the bitcoin block chain, addresses, and more. It does not, however, offer wallet services. It's what you would expect, and carries a pretty intuitive interface. You can check address balances, view charts, and even view network facts (referred to as trivia) on the site. There's even an alternate side of the website dedicated to litecoin, in which you can do the same as noted above. It goes without saying that it appears....
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Coinbase has acquired Blockr.io as part of an undisclosed deal. With the move, the San Francisco-based bitcoin financial services startup will add a popular block explorer service to its list of assets. Coinbase already offers merchant processing, secure vault storage and consumer wallet hosting, and extends its presence to yet another vertical with Blockr.io. In a blog post announcing the purchase, Coinbase cited Blockr.io's sleek, intuitive user interface and API as the chief motivating factors, writing: "We're always keeping an eye out for other companies and individuals making waves in....
An an interesting development today, San Francisco-based Coinbase has acquired blockchain explorer Blockr.io. The company wrote in an official blog post Monday: As Coinbase continues to grow, we're always keeping an eye out for other companies and individuals making waves in digital currency and helping make bitcoin easy to use. One such company is Blockr.io, a popular block explorer service that caught our eye earlier this year with its sleek, intuitive design and API. Blockr.io parses the bitcoin blockchain and presents the data to users in an easy to read way. As part of the deal - of....
A lot of times while writing for CryptoCoinsNews, we stumble upon some really cool cryptocurrency-related websites that we would like to share with our readers. This new weekly segment, CCN Websites of the Week, is our way of serving these sites to you. Like most people, you're probably tired at the end of the week and don't want to do too much reading, so we'll keep the information brief and on point. We hope you'll enjoy this new weekly series. Cryptonator. A fantastic new cryptocurrency rate converter and calculator. Cryptonator is a fantastic new cryptocurrency rate calculator and....
Just as Bitcoin’s block reward halved in the past, Litecoin will undergo the same same process on Tuesday, August 25th. In anticipation of the halving, the Litecoin Association says that it is a milestone in the cryptocurrency’s 4-year history. The association also released a video that elaborates the entire process of Litecoin’s halving, informing that after the halving, Litecoin will reward miners with 25 coins rather than 50 coins per block. The video also explains that the halving process happens every four years for both Litecoin and Bitcoin, as dictated by their respective protocols.....
F2Pool, the same mining pool which generated the largest bitcoin transaction ever recorded on July 11, mined the Litecoin network's block 840,000, with a declined mining reward from 50 LTC per block to 25 per block for the first time since its launch in 2011. The Litecoin network, similar to the Bitcoin network systemized to halve its block reward every 840,000. To celebrate its technological "milestone," the Litecoin association published a video explicating the process of the decline in mining reward. Currently, the halving of the mining reward has not affected the network significantly.....