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venerdì 28 ottobre 2016

Zcash founders will make $858.916 per day without mining

In a previous post I outlined all the marketing/scamming tricks used by the Zcash founders to keep people in the dark. Today is launch-day and the futures indicate a $596 price tag per coin! What most people don’t know is that the founders will take 20% of all coins in the first four years of mining. And that’s without mining themselves! Feel free to check this part of their website to see what I’m talking about:

Zcoin and Zcash: Similarities and Differences

A question that often pops up is: what are the differences between Zcoin and Zcash? 
Zcoin and ZCash are the only two cryptocurrencies that use zero-knowledge proofs to guarantee zero-knowledge financial anonymity. There are various tradeoffs between using ZCoin and ZCash. Zcoin uses the Zerocoin Protocol (cited by academics 208 times, at time of writing), whereas Zcash uses the Zerocash Protocol (cited by academics 104 times, at time of writing). The cryptographic properties of Zcoin and Zcash supplement each other quite nicely, and a good way to describe them would be sibling cryptocurrencies.

Zero Knowledge Proofs

LEGALTECH FORUM – L’autenticazione notarile nell’era digitale: stato dell’arte e nuove prospettive MILANO | 16 NOVEMBRE 2016

Il workshop sarà focalizzato sulle metodologie di acquisizione forense delle pagine web, fondamentali per disporre di prove digitali inconfutabili a supporto dei casi di cyber bullismo, revenge porn, diffamazione sui social network, ecc. Sarà esaminato lo standard ISO/IEC 27037:2012 e ne saranno evidenziati pro e contro. Sarà presentato in anteprima Kopjra Forensic Web Evidence Acquisition, il framework di acquisizione forense realizzato e brevettato da Kopjra. Saranno esposti casi di studio in ambito civile, penale e notarile. In conclusione, con uno sguardo rivolto al futuro, saranno presentate alcune soluzioni tecnologiche, basate sul paradigma blockchain, negli ambiti della notarizzazione della proprietà intellettuale e dei contratti smart.
PER SAPERNE DI PIU’ —> https://www.legaltechforum.it/

Zcash (ZEC) trading begins on Kraken this Friday, October 28!


What is Zcash?
Perhaps the most hotly anticipated digital asset of 2016, Zcash has a highly regarded development team and investment from major VC firms (Pantera, Fenbushi, and The Digital Currency Group) and Bitcoin VIPs (Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees, Barry Silbert, and Li Xiaolai).
Zcash offers complete transaction privacy. While transactions can be seen on the blockchain, the sender, recipient, and amount of the transaction remain private. The payment details can be revealed to others, but only if users give them the transaction view key.
Read more: https://z.cash
What Zcash pairs will trade on Kraken?
  • ZEC/XBT, ZEC/EUR, ZEC/USD, ZEC/GBP, ZEC/JPY, ZEC/CAD
  • Margin: Coming soon - stay tuned for details!

giovedì 27 ottobre 2016

Bitcoin in tutte le stazioni ferroviarie svizzere


È possibile pagare con i bitcoin comodamente e in semplicità già in oltre 10 000 punti di accettazione in tutto il mondo senza carta di credito o coordinate bancarie.
  • Facile ricarica tramite codice QR presso il distributore di biglietti
  • Bitcoin è un sistema privo di limitazioni geografiche e utilizzabile in tutto il mondo
  • Spese di transazione minime anche in caso di trasferimenti all’estero
  • Numero di punti di accettazione sempre maggiore
  • Panoramica degli attuali punti di accettazione in Svizzera: Link
  • Primo giorno di vendita: 11.11.2016

La tecnologia dei Bitcoin applicata alla spesa del supermercato (contro i falsi): la startup padovana premiata a Smau

La startup padovana EZ Lab, nata nel 2014 da Massimo Morbiato, vulcanico imprenditore del settore informatico, ha vinto il premio Lamarck Giovani Confindustria Smau, riconoscimento assegnato a chi viene ritenuto pronto a incontrare il mondo dell’industria. EZ Lab (fra le imprese ospitate da Invitalia nella propria sezione Smart&Smart, padiglione 4, stand A29) è stata selezionata assieme ad altre due realtà fra le oltre 200 startup presenti all’evento di riferimento nei settori innovazione e digitale. A Smau, che si tiene fino al 27 ottobre a Fieramilanocity, Ez Lab ha presenta in anteprima AgriOpenData, innovativa piattaforma al servizio dell’agrifood che utilizza la tecnologia blockchain – alla base del funzionamento degli scambi dei Bitcoin – per tracciare in modo sicuro il percorso della filiera agroalimentare – una questione più che aperta dopo le recenti notizie di false certificazioni .
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mercoledì 26 ottobre 2016

Trade Zcashes with Bitcoin - SU THEROCKTRADING, disponibile ZCASH !


Oramai ci siamo .. manca poco al 28 Ottobre, giornata in cui ZCASH  sarà finalmente minato e possibilmente acquistato. Ma attenzione, a partire dal 28 Ottobre infatti, non solo sarà possibile iniziare il " mining " sulla Blockchain, ma per i meno esperti sarà anche possibile avere ZCASH senza minarli , direttamente acquistandoli sulla piattaforma THEROCKTRADING .

Trading aperto , ma a partire dal 28 Ottobre .




mercoledì 19 ottobre 2016

The Positive trends for cryptocurrencies by HASHFLARE .

We are happy to announce that all technical difficulties on CryptoPay side have been resolved and BTC payments are now available! But while the Ethereum Foundation team is working on improving their blockchain, the world of cryptocurrencies continues to evolve.

It means that there is a whole range of positive trends going on right now:
  1. The Bitcoin price continues to grow as Japan declared its new policy to accept BTC for utility payments. This is an important development stage for the cryptocurrency as it means the growth of interest and trust which leads to a positive impact on the value of BTC; 
  2. The Litecoin growth is also unstoppable. According to numerous cryptocurrency markets, Chinese investors seem to be very interested in thedigital silver. Taking the global lack of Scrypt hardware into the account we can be sure that the value of LTC will continue to grow; 
  3. Due to constant geopolitical and economical changes many classical currencies (like USD, EUR or GBP) are struggling and losing their value. This is one of the main reasons why BTC and LTC continue growing across the globe. 

martedì 18 ottobre 2016

Japan set to drop sales tax on buying virtual currency

TOKYO -- Japan looks to end sales-tax collection on purchases of virtual currencies in the spring, a move likely to propel the growth of bitcoin and others as alternatives to traditional money.
The change would reduce costs for buyers and relieve operators of virtual-currency exchanges of the administrative burden related to the tax. Discussions between the Finance Ministry and Financial Services Agency are expected to lead to a formal decision after talks by a ruling-coalition tax panel at the end of the year.

lunedì 17 ottobre 2016

ANX Blockchain Services and Create Your Digital Assets for Free



About our Blockchain Services

ANX is set to introduce the world’s first revolutionary global online platform that will allow anyone to create blockchain applications instantly at no cost. ANX Blockchain Services (ABS) is a cloud platform which allows its customers to generate customised digital assets, digital wallets, and branded exchange platforms.

domenica 16 ottobre 2016

ZCoin Commits to Monthly Donations to Ross Ulbricht Defense By Jamie Redman

Back in September, we reported on a new privacy-centric cryptocurrency called ZCoin. Since then, the digital asset has launched, and now trades on certain exchanges. Now, the core ZCoin team iscommitting to a monthly donation to Ross Ulbricht charities.

ZCoin Stands With Ross Ulbricht and the Ideals of the Silk Road

zcoin ZCoin is a cryptocurrency that uses Zero-Knowledge cryptographic proofs on its network. Launched on September 28 of this year, the token was created by developers Poramin Insom and Gary Le.
ZCoin is a rebrand of Moneta and is not to be confused with Zcash. Any cryptocurrency can use the zero-Knowledge technology. In fact, a number of Zcash competitors use zero-proofs, such as the Komodo project, and Zcash.

ZCOIN - RIFERIMENTI E LINK

Website: https://zcoin.tech/
Block Explorer: http://zcoin.rocks/chain/ZCoin

Community:
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/zcoinproject
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zcoinproject
Slack: http://162.243.153.71:3000/

Exchanges:
Nova Exchange: https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_XZC/
Cryptopia: https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange?market=XZC_BTC

Guides and Wiki:
https://github.com/zcoinofficial/zcoin/wiki

Answers to FUD
https://github.com/zcoinofficial/zcoin/wiki/FUD

Zcoin is a next-generation cryptocurrency - significantly more private than Bitcoin

venerdì 14 ottobre 2016

Iconomi’s Jani Valjavec: We Will Be Uber of Fund Management and Financial Services - Author Frisco d'Anconia

Iconomi is another brainchild of the Blockchain that is making waves in the community and changing the face of investments by using initial coin offering as a method for raising capital.  
Cointelegraph spoke to Jani Valjavec, co-founder of Iconomi, about how they are leveraging Blockchain DAOs to disrupt the financial industry.
Cointelegraph: What Iconomi is about?
Jani Valjavec: Iconomi is the first global fund management platform for the decentralised economy. In 2017, we will launch a platform where anyone can be a professional fund manager. With no real need for middlemen, Iconomi as a vehicle will allow people to invest in cryptoassets and decentralised-economy startups with fiat money. More so, Before the end of 2016 we will introduce our two crypto-based investment funds. Funds will minimise the volatility, simplify the investment process and offload the burden of research due its diligence to investment professionals with a proven track record.

mercoledì 12 ottobre 2016

Why We Must Increase the Block Size and Why I Support Bitcoin Unlimited


This article was originally published in Chinese on my personal blog.
On October 10th, 2016, right after the conclusion of Scaling Bitcoin Milan (the third in a series of conferences on the topic of scaling the Bitcoin network), I made the decision to switch the bitcoin client software that ViaBTC runs from Bitcoin Core to Bitcoin Unlimited. This decision was not made lightly; I do not believe I have the right to impose my own personal views on the users of my pool. But, after consulting with all of the larger users on my pool I was able to make this decision with their overwhelming support.
The decision of whether or not to increase the block size beyond 1MB is ultimately made by the miners, but in the specific case of this issue, it is actually the pool owners, not the hardware operators, who have the experience required to make such a decision. As we are seeing now, and have seen in the past, it turns out that the miners (that is, those who own the hardware) do not actually care enough one way or another to cast a vote about making changes to the bitcoin protocol. It is my belief that the decision of which software to run is the responsibility of the mining pools and that waiting for the miners or the bitcoin developers to decide the course of action for the network is incorrect.

Coin Interview Episode 25: Stas Oskin CTO of Wings.ai

USA - Voter identification laws by state

 Voter identification laws by state


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Voting policies in the U.S.
Voter ID laws
Voting by state
Election dates
Election terms

WHAT'S ON YOUR BALLOT?
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In recent years, state legislatures across the country have implemented voter identification laws. These laws require voters to present some form of identification at the polls. In some cases, the required identification must include a photo. Voter identification is a hotly contested electoral policy issue. Proponents maintain that voter identification requirements are necessary in order to prevent voter fraud and protect election integrity. Critics, meanwhile, contend that voter fraud is very rare and identification requirements effectively disenfranchise some Americans, including racial minorities, the elderly, and the disabled.
HIGHLIGHTS

  • As of August 2016, 31 states enforced voter identification requirements. A total of 16 states required voters to present photo identification, while 15 accepted other forms of identification.

  • Commonly accepted forms of ID include driver's licenses, state-issued identification cards, and military identification cards.

  • Requirements come in two general forms: strict and non-strict. Under strict requirements, a voter who does not possess the required form of identification may be required to cast a provisional ballot. Under non-strict requirements, a voter who does not have the necessary identification may still vote without casting a provisional ballot.
  • Navigate to the tabs below to learn more about voter identification laws.
    Note: The map below displays only those states that require already-registered voters to present identification at the polls on Election Day. Federal law requires a new registrant to provide either a driver's license number or the last four digits of his or her Social Security number at the time of registration.
    ref.https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state#tab=Details_by_state
    NOTA:
    In Sedici stati, dove abita il 38 per cento della popolazione, non chiedono  alcun documento di identità a  chi si presenta al voto; in altri dove abita il 16% dei cittadini, si può esibire un documento senza foto. Così si vota nella Nazione che dà lezioni di  democrazia al mondo. Tratto da http://www.maurizioblondet.it/trump-vinto-brutto/

    martedì 11 ottobre 2016

    Final amounts of ICN tokens now available in your accounts, ICN genesis postponed for 48 hours waiting for stabilisation of Ethereum network!

    We have now completed the recalculation of shares in the form of ICN tokens. ICONOMI collected investments in 5 currencies: 3 cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ether, Lisk) and 2 fiat currencies (EUR, USD). To finalise the investors’ share of ICN tokens, the 85 million ICN tokens were distributed based on the amount of funds raised. You can see your final ICN token amount by logging into the ICONOMI website.
    More on ICN distribution calculation on our blog.

    Due to the current instability of the Ethereum network and its unpredictable consequences, including many users' wallets out of sync, ICONOMI has decided to postpone planned ICN token genesis and distribution. ICN tokens are based on the Ethereum platform, therefore in order to protect our investors, and to assure rightfulness and equal opportunities to access ICN tokens immediately after launch, ICONOMI decided to postpone genesis and distribution for at least 48 hours.
    More on the ICN genesis on our blog.

    Best wishes,
    The ICONOMI team

    lunedì 10 ottobre 2016

    ICO - LIKKE A Global Marketplace on the Blockchain

    Abstract Lykke Corp is a FinTech company based in Zurich that has launched the first global marketplace for all asset classes and instruments, using the Colored Coin protocol on blockchain. The paper explains the architecture of the exchange and first use cases. We discuss how the exchange will evolve over time. We explore the macroeconomic benefits of the new distributed ledger technology (DLT).

    The Lykke exchange operates similar to JAVA in the sense that it is compatible with any type of blockchain; marketplace was first developed on blockchain of Bitcoin, but is currently being expanded to Ethereum. Every financial instrument can become a listed security on the blockchain in the form of a digital token, through the so-called Colored Coin protocol. Colored coins follow the idea of ''coloring'' a specific Bitcoin - the issuer guarantees to hand out the underlying assets to the person, who returns the colored coin.

    KIBO Platform

    Bitcoin: transazioni esenti da IVA

    Il servizio relativo al cambio di euro in moneta virtuale - bitcoin, offerto contro il trattenimento di un margine a titolo di commissione, costituisce un'operazione esente da IVA, con la conseguenza che la società non potrà detrarre l'IVA sugli acquisti. Si tratta di uno dei principali chiarimenti forniti dall’Agenzia delle Entrate con la risoluzione n. 72/E del 2 settembre 2016. Nel documento di prassi l'Agenzia ha affrontato per la prima volta il tema dell'inquadramento fiscale delle monete virtuali.

    sabato 8 ottobre 2016

    Wavesplatform - Ride on Waves

    Scaling Bitcoin 2016 Milan - Day 1 - Morning

    ZCASH: Why Equihash?


    Zooko Wilcox and Jack Grigg | Apr 15, 2016

    In our last blog post, we announced that we have started using Equihash as the proof-of-work for block mining in Zcash (#27).
    Equihash is a Proof-of-Work algorithm devised by Alex Biryukov and Dmitry Khovratovich. It is based on a computer science and cryptography concept called the Generalized Birthday Problem.

    WHY ARE WE USING IT?

    Equihash has very efficient verification. This could in the future be important for light clients on constrained devices, or for implementing a Zcash client inside Ethereum (like BTC Relay, but for Zcash).

    venerdì 7 ottobre 2016

    ZCASH IS COMING !

    What is Zcash? Why was it created?

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    When Bitcoin was first released, it brought an open financial system to the world. Anyone could connect without requiring permission from anyone else; anyone could extend and improve on it without permission.

    However, it came with a drawback – privacy. Bitcoin allowed everyone to see the sending address, recipient address, and value of all transactions on the blockchain. Sure, they weren’t tied to a user (or computer) by default, but contamination was a possibility. People are, after all, only human. In contrast, Zcash automatically hides the sending address, recipient address and the value of all transactions – unless you have the viewing key.

    The Zcash team was founded with privacy in mind: privacy for businesses; privacy for commerce. To be viable long-term, fungibility is needed – and without privacy, fungibility can’t exist. Bitcoin brought fungibility to the digital world, but Zcash is making it accessible. No longer do coins need to be tumbled; no longer do new addresses need to be generated for each transaction to ensure complete anonymity. It’s built in from the get-go.

    giovedì 6 ottobre 2016

    MetaMask Introduction

    Bitcoin explained and made simple | Guardian Animations



    Bitcoin is designed to allow its users to hold, send, and receive money online, but distributed ledgers can be used to do much more, including clearing and settlement of digital asset trading, provisining of identity, and distributed computing—all without the need for central intermediaries. The 10-minute video that follows presents plain English explanation of these concepts and why they have the potential to change the world.

    What is the Lightning Network and how can it help Bitcoin scale?


    A plain-language explanation of the Lightning Network, a protocol for scaling and speeding up blockchains. While it was designed to solve some of the technical limitations of the Bitcoin blockchain, it can be implemented on top of any blockchain.

    Imagine if every computer had to store every e-mail, to receive any. That's how blockchains work. Lightning Network allows computers to make blockchain transactions, only storing the data they care about—their own money.
    Lightning Network is a protocol for scaling and speeding up blockchains. It was designed to solve some of the technical limitations of the Bitcoin blockchain, but could be implemented on top of any blockchain.

    Master in Criptovalute e Bitcoin. C'è tempo fino al 21 ottobre per effettuare le iscrizioni

    Si è svolta il 30 settembre, nella sala degli affreschi del Palazzo Ateneo, la cerimonia di presentazione dell’innovativo Short Master, attualmente primo e unico in Italia, dal titolo: "CRIPTOVALUTE E BITCOIN: Strumenti teorico-pratici per operare con le nuove valute digitali decentralizzate".
    Il corso si propone di formare operatori giuridico/economici e tecnico/informatici in grado dicomprendere, negoziare, regolamentare e fornire consulenza specialistica in materia di conservazione, acquisto, produzione, vendita, spendita e negoziazione di bitcoin e altre cripto valute. 



    A tal fine è opportunostudiare in maniera approfondita le potenzialità ma anche i rischi del settore anche in considerazione dei molteplici sbocchi occupazionali – ha affermato il presidente Bitcoin Foundation Puglia,Giuseppe Grisorio– come ad esempio collaborare con regolatori e lawmakers; adattare i contratti commerciali e finanziari; compliance lato consumer; transazioni economiche multi-signature; contratti di collaterizzazione (digital escrow agreement); arbitation agreement; remittances; occuparsi del protocollo per il pagamento delle tasse per tutte le attività economiche; digital forensic; attività di indagine istituzionale e privata; consulenza”.

    mercoledì 5 ottobre 2016

    DECENT and ‘Naughty America Productions’ Partner to Create a Blockchain-based Content Distribution Platform


    Bitcoin Press Release: DECENT and Naughty America will work together to create a blockchain based Digital Rights Management solution for IP and privacy protection.
    DECENT and ‘Naughty America Productions’ Partner to Create a Blockchain-based Content Distribution Platform

    The Swiss Blockchain Company, DECENT and Naughty America, one of the major adult content production companies in the USA have agreed to work on a pilot project that will implement progressive Digital Rights Management (DRM) by utilizing the most recent advancements in Blockchain Technology, Digital Video Fingerprinting and Cryptography.
    The aim of this collaboration is to create a next-generation content distribution platform in the adult video industry, currently plagued by illegal content sharing and privacy concerns. The collaboration will set a new bar in the future of digital content distribution systems by including the use of Blockchain technology for Intellectual Property (IP) and privacy protection to existing technologies.

    Recent and ongoing attacks on the Ethereum network