Counterparty Implements Multisignature Addresses, Service to Go Live at Block 333,500
Counterparty, a free and open source platform offering powerful P2P financial tools, recently announced its successful implementation of multisignature addresses. According to the information available on its blog, Counterparty has decided to release this feature upon reaching the block 333,500. Alongside the multisignature address feature, the company is also planning to offer free custom tokens. Earlier, it used to charge 0.5 XCP for the same. What are Multisignature Addresses? Multisignature addresses is an additional layer of security for ones' cryptocurrency wallets. In normal cases,....
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