How Bitcoin Makes Transactions Cheaper
There are many reasons to be excited about bitcoin: it could enable totally new business and technology models; it resembles the internet in the early '90s in the sense that it is a network that no-one owns and everyone can contribute to; it could revolutionise legal concepts of ownership; it could disrupt the payments industry; it could even become a tax haven. It could also flop. In an earlier post, I described the thinking behind my first angel investment in the digital currency space: CoinDesk. In this post, I discuss what first got me excited about bitcoin - the solution to the....
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One of the largest cryptocurrency mixing protocols, Tornado.cash, has announced the project will deploy on the L2 (layer 2) Ethereum platform Arbitrum One. The creators of the Ethereum-based mixing application explain that settling on Arbitrum will allow Tornado.cash users to benefit from cheaper transactions.
Tornado.cash to Deploy on Arbitrum – ‘Cheaper Transactions Being the Biggest Comparative Advantage’
On November 29, the team behind the ethereum mixing application Tornado.cash revealed the project plans to deploy on the Arbitrum One network. The news....
The rivalry between XRP and SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is back in the spotlight following new findings from major Japanese banks. Recent data revealed that XRP is significantly cheaper and faster than SWIFT for cross-border payments. The report underscores the asset’s growing use in real-world transactions across Asian markets and highlights the […]
Once fully deployed, users will be able to make private transactions through the popular Tornado Cash mixer on the Arbitrum layer two network. Tornado Cash is about to get a scaling boost as the privacy protocol prepares for deployment on the Ethereum layer two network Arbitrum. Tornado Cash’s smart contracts are ready to roll on thArbitrum Layer 2 scaling network following contributions from the community to ensure the stability of the protocol.The Nov. 29 announcement explained that deploying on Arbitrum will “allow users to take advantage of all the benefits a Layer 2 can offer, with....
Stanford professor David Mazières thinks he has a faster, more flexible and more secure alternative to Bitcoin, MIT Technology Review reports. Two independent reviewers, from Stanford and Cornell universities, agree that the new technology could make digital payments and other transactions cheaper, safer and easier. Alternative blockchains are often dismissed as worthless "me-too" copycats or scamcoins, which, unfortunately, has some element of truth. But Mazières' approach deserves a place among the serious alternatives to Bitcoin that have been proposed, alongside Ethereum and Ripple.....
Crypto pundit Pumpius has drawn attention to the launch of ZK privacy transactions on the XRP Ledger. He noted that this is a historic moment for the network and XRP, as the altcoin gains new utility. XRP Makes History With ZK Privacy Transactions In an X post, Pumpius stated that history has been made with […]