Indian Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Blocks User Accounts Citing DNS Woes

Indian Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Blocks User Accounts Citing DNS Woes

Unocoin, an Indian bitcoin exchange that facilitates the country’s users to buy, sell and store bitcoins has blocked access to user accounts. The drastic move is a “temporary” measure, the bitcoin startup adds, noting that it is facing a “DNS resolution issue” since the early hours of November 3, Indian time. An email sent out to customers read: Please note that due to a DNS resolution issue that Unocoin.com is facing since 3rd November 2016 morning, the access to Unocoin.com accounts are temporarily restricted. We shall update you shortly once we resume to normal. Due to the same reason,....


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