SegWit2x Working Group

Charter

The charter of this working group is design, implement, build, test, and deploy the software required to make Bitcoin scale, in accordance with the specific points of the agreement made on May 21, 2017. Participants in the agreement are expected to allocate technical resources to testing and deploying the software within the timeframe below.

Step-by-Step: How to exchange digital assets with ShapeShift.io

What is Expanse ?

Expanse.Tech™ was created as the first stable fork of Ethereum by one of the earliest blockchain developers and cryptocurrency entrepreneurs out there, Christopher Franko. Co-founder James Clayton is also the founder of the Cryptocurrency Collectors Club, (CCC), which is the largest and most popular Cryptocurrency group on Facebook. Dan Conway, another blockchain expert with extensive experience, soon joined the team as the third founder, bringing a great deal of talent, balance, and expertise to the project.

Expanse is an open blockchain platform that lets anyone build and use decentralized applications that run on blockchain technology. Like Bitcoin, no one controls or owns Expanse – it is an open-source project built by many people around the world. But unlike the Bitcoin protocol, Expanse was designed to be adaptable and flexible. It is easy to create new applications on the Expanse platform, and with the Homestead release, it is now safe for anyone to use those applications.

CHINA’S BIGGEST EXCHANGES TO ADD ETHEREUM, OTHER ALTCOINS AS DEMAND SURGES

As altcoins continue to gain popularity throughout the world, Bitcoin exchanges in China are also getting in on the action and listing alternative cryptocurrencies.

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HUOBI TO SUPPORT ALTCOINS

As the moratorium on cryptocurrency withdrawals is expected to soon end in China, exchanges in the country seem to be turning their attention to alternative cryptocurrencies. Two days ago, one of the big three exchanges in China, Huobi, announced it will launch Ethereum trading on May 31.

TREZOR Firmware Updated to 1.5.0 ERC-20, Litecoin SegWit, and Rootstock in TREZOR

Time flies by so quickly! Just look what happened to the price of bitcoin, ethers, litecoins, etc., in the meantime. TREZOR development cannot just lag behind! Therefore, today’s update brings you several new improvements: full support for ERC-20 tokens and initial support for Rootstock (RSK). Additionally, TREZOR is now ready for SegWit on Litecoin and on Bitcoin Testnet.

Let’s have a closer look!

This is a stable version of TREZOR Firmware. However, as it is not yet useful for a majority of users, the update will only be available on the TREZOR Beta Wallet. Make sure you have your Recovery seed with you before updating firmware.

Digital Wallet Announces Integration With Industry Leaders By Dan Cummings

Multi-asset digital wallet Jaxx has announced it will add over 70 new partners to its platform. According to the release, all partners will integrate with Jaxx’s backend blockchain infrastructure and universal key management system to create a portal for blockchain technology that includes support for user-controlled payments and exchange, identity, communications, value movement, executable distributed code contracts (EDCCs), digital signatures, and decentralized storage.

Anthony Di Iorio, founder and CEO of Decentral and Jaxx, stated:

"We are bringing together all facets of the blockchain ecosystem with Jaxx to provide a universal interoperable interface so that non-technical people, like my dad, can easily use these decentralized technologies. Simple tools and intuitive UI / UX will bring adoption to the masses and assist all projects and companies."

Singapore firm launches token sale to fund platform for start-ups

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | NEW YORK

May 11 Singapore-based Cofound.it has launched the sale of its own digital currency to fund building of its blockchain-based platform to connect start-ups with investors and experts for funding and advice, the company's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jan Isakovic said on Thursday.

The sale of its digital currency or token called CFI will begin on May 24.

The platform is designed for start-ups in the blockchain space seeking to create their own currency and sell it to investors. Blockchain, the underlying technology behind bitcoin, is a financial ledger maintained by a network of computers that can track the movement of any asset without the need for a central regulator.

Bitcoin Scaling Agreement Officially Met: Segwit + 2MB Hard Fork Joseph Young on 23/05/2017

Barry Silbert-led Digital Currency Group (DCG), arguably the most prominent investment firm in the bitcoin and blockchain industries, revealed that miners and businesses came to a consensus to solve bitcoin’s underlying scaling issue.

The planned execution of a 2MB hard fork is a crucial compromise that needs to considered and acknowledged in this agreement. Initially, On February 21, at the Hong Kong Bitcoin Roundtable event, the mining community and bitcoin industry agreed upon the execution of a hard fork to expand the bitcoin block size to 2MB and address the network’s growing user base and daily transaction volume.On May 23, DCG announced that a group of companies representing the bitcoin industry and community with 83.3 percent of hashing power, 20.5 million bitcoin wallets and 5.1 billion on-chain transaction volume, agreed to the activation of the Bitcoin Core development team’s transaction malleability fix Segregated Witness (Segwit) and a 2MB hard fork within six months thereafter.

What is Siacoin?

With the variety of altcoins on the market it may be confusing to keep track of all the ICOs and projects. This article will teach you about Siacoin (SC) and what its purpose is. In short SC is a distributed cloud storage platform, ultimately liberating unused storage space.

The idea for the project was conceived back in 2013 at HackMIT, which is a hackathon hosted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The idea is simple, allow anyone to rent out their storage space and in return reward them for their contribution.

Deloitte Joins Blockchain Consortiums Ethereum Alliance and Hyperledger

Professional services giant Deloitte has announced it is joining two of the world's largest blockchain consortiums.

Revealed today at CoinDesk's Consensus 2017 conference, Deloitte has officially joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, launched in February to promote corporate use of the ethereum blockchain, and the Hyperledger project, the Linux-led umbrella effort that houses various open-source enterprise distributed ledger technologies contributed by members.

http://www.coindesk.com/deloitte-blockchain-ethereum-alliance-hyperledger/

PEACH BECOMES JAPAN’S FIRST AIRLINE TO ACCEPT BITCOIN

Peach Aviation Ltd has become the first Japanese airline to accept Bitcoin with the company citing recent changes to Bitcoin’s legal status in the country. 

http://bitcoinist.com/peach-japan-first-airline-bitcoin/

An Introduction to the SAFE Network

Ledger announces XRP support on Nano S and Blue

Celebrating the latest major price rally on XRP, and due to high demand, we are excited to announce immediate availability of XRP support of all Nano S and Blue units.

If you do not have yet a Nano S or a Blue, you can order one on our online Ledger shop or through our resellers network (please note that the Blue is out of stock until end of July 2017).

XRP app installation on your Nano S or Blue

To add XRP support on your Ledger hardware wallet, you need to launch the Ledger Manager and install the XRP app on your device (as the maximum number of apps is limited by memory constrainsts, you may have to uninstall first another app). You must make sure that your Nano S has been updated to the latest 1.3.1 firmware.

Ledger Wallet XRP

To manage your XRP wallet, you need to install the Ledger Wallet XRP app(compatible PC/Mac/Linux). It is a new and independant app, only dedicated to this crypto-currency.

Step-by-step guide

1. Make sure you have a Ledger Nano S or a Blue already configured
2. Make sure that your Nano S has the latest 1.3.1 firmware. To check, go to “Settings > Firmware”. Follow these steps if you need to upgrade. The Blue doesn’t require any specific firmware.
3. Launch the Ledger Wallet Manager, select the Applications tabs, find the XRP app and install it by clicking on the small bottom arrow. If you are having an error, it’s most probably because your Nano S is full, you must then remove first an app.
4. Close the Ledger Wallet Manager (it is important to habe only one Ledger app running on your computer at the same time).
5. Go the the Ledger Wallet XRP app page and install the native app on your computer (compatible with Mac, PC or Linux).
6. Launch the Ledger Wallet XRP app.
7. Select the XRP app on your Nano S, press both buttons, and voilà!
8. If it doesn’t sync, make sure that “Browser support” is disabled (in the settings of the XRP app on your device)

Additional information

• In case of loss of your Nano S or Blue, your 24 words backup will also recover your XRP wallet in a new Nano S or Blue. You do not need to backup anything else.
• We will soon provide the tools to export your XRP private key (from the 24 words) if you need an emergency recovery without a Ledger device.
• The Ledger Wallet XRP provides with only one address / account (exactly like the current Ledger Wallet Ethereum Chrome app).
• The structure of the XRP protocol makes that it is not possible to send less than 20 XRP on a new account, and you must also always have a minimum of 20 XRP on your account (if you have 1,000 XRP you’ll only be able to spend 980 XRP, a minimum 20 XRP will be locked to your account forever).

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With the addition of XRP, Ledger’s hardware wallets are now supporting 10 crypto-currencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Dogecoin, Litecoin, Zcash, Dash, Stratis and Komodo. All ERC20 tokens (REP, GNO…) are also supported as well through the myetherwallet.com integration.

Ledger announces XRP support on Nano S and Blue

Ledger announces XRP support on Nano S and Blue Celebrating the latest major price rally on XRP, and due to high demand, we are excited to announce immediate availability of XRP support of all Nano S and Blue units.

Avalon Life Puts Land Ownership on Blockchain, Launches GREEN EARTH ZERO Service with NEM Technology

Bitcoin Press Release: Avalon Life announces Green Earth Zero tokens, makes buying less than one square meter of land possible in Costa Rica.

May 15, 2017, San Jose, Costa Rica – Avalon Life, a cryptocurrency mining company has announced the launch of an innovative GREEN EARTH ZERO service, backed by the namesake Green Earth Zero token. Created using the NEM blockchain technology, GREEN EARTH ZERO service enables participants to own land by the square meter in Costa Rica.

New wave of Japanese investors are fueling the great altcoin bubble

The altcoin bubble is in full force and is creating a lot of buzz and euphoria in the crypto space. Some may argue it’s not a bubble and smart money is flowing into the space, Bitcoin is losing its position to altcoins, the world has finally acknowledged the value of cryptocurrencies and so on. But most people are probably just theorizing on little evidence and have no idea what’s really causing this bubble. I think I know the answer now. Newly entering Japanese investors are driving this great altcoin bubble and not-so-smart money is flowing into the space especially into some altcoins at a rather concerning rate.

For First Time, Bitcoin Accounts for Less Than Half Of Market Cap Of All Cryptocurrencies

For the first time, Bitcoin’s market capitalization as a percentage of all cryptocurrencies has dropped to below 50%.

It is a symbolic turning point for the first cryptocurrency, which for a long time accounted for more than 90% of the value of all blockchain-based assets combined, particularly through a period when so-called alt-coins that were only minor tweaks to bitcoin proliferated.

Its market capitalization then comprised over 80% of all cryptocurrencies for years, a range that held true until two months ago when it dipped below 80% and not only did not recover but did a quick dive straight down.

Coinmarketcap.com

Screenshot from Coinmarketcap

Several factors are driving the drop from its status as the clear leader.

Digibyte's Journey to the Moon

As we all know DGB has recently skyrocketed in price, we all knew it was an undervalued coin and now it's on its way up!
Something alot of people don't know about DGB is that it's very easy to use for the general public for document verification.

                 https://digusign.com/digusign-pricing

Not only that but it has multi-algorithm mining, taking decentralization to a whole other level.

Bitcoin, cosa è e come funziona la moneta virtuale

The End of BTC Dominance

16. MAI 2017 / CRYPTOYODA

Dear loyal readers,

every day its a pleasure to wake up and dive into crypto, no surprise with such a great community. Today I want to elaborate on the end of BTC dominance due to various reasons. For the analysis I used all charts on blockchain.info, which is a great reference to get an overview over the overall state of the market. So lets go:

Lets start with the obvious: Blocks are full to an extend that transactions no longer will be processed except if you include a high fee. Waited for a transaction for five days, included $70 fees, because I needed it to be quick. The situation is unbearable, and prices cant maintain the current altitude without a solution. Have a look at this chart:

MACRON e il LEDGER ... W LA FRANCIA E VIVA MACRON ?!

PER GLI ANALIUSTI BITCOIN POTREBBE ARRIVARE PRESTO A QUOTA 4000$

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor Plus) - New York, 08 mag - Bitcoin tocca per la prima volta i 1.600 dollari . Sebbene secondo gli esperti sentiti dall'emittente televisiva Cnbc ci potranno essere dei cali nel prossimo futuro, la criptovaluta potra' tornare a salire e sfondare quota 4.000 dollari nei prossimi 14 mesi. Il rally della moneta digitale era iniziato ad aprile: negli ultimi 30 giorni ha guadagnato piu' del 33%, arrivando oggi, come mostrano i dati di Coindesk, al massimo di 1.601,05 dollari. Va detto che i dubbi sul futuro della criptovaluta restano, cosa che in futuro potra' deprimere i prezzi.

A24-Red

(RADIOCOR) 08-05-17 17:21:13 (0528) 3 NNNN

TIME FOR TRADING #LONGTERM

$ETC/BTC triggered two early entries, looking for more up with trendline break. buy any retest or higher high pic.twitter.com/I4Kk08eV8y

— CryptoYoda (@CryptoYoda1338) 9 maggio 2017

Acquistare il token IOTA ? Io ho fatto così !

IOTA è un token crittografico di nuova generazione, creato per essere lightweight e venire utilizzato nell’Internet of Things, contrariamente alle altre crittovalute che sono nate per scopi diversi e che sono basate su Blockchain complesse e gravose.

La prima cosa che ho fatto è stata quella di leggere attentamente la pagina a questo Link https://www.iotaitalia.com/archivio/2017/4/24/come-comprare-iota, cosa che consiglio di fare anche a te . In particolare, capisco,  che il modo per acquistare IOTA fa riferimento all’ escrow over-the-counter al servizio di @ydx che funziona nel modo che segue.

The Japanese are Using Bitcoin More than Expected By Kevin Helms

Since Japan started recognizing bitcoin as a method of payment, more Japanese are using the digital currency than expected. Bitcoin.com discussed this trend with Yuzo Kano, CEO of Bitflyer, the largest bitcoin exchange in Japan by volume.

Also read: Media Frenzy in Japan as Bic Camera Starts Accepting Bitcoin

Is The World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange Headed For A Mt. Gox-Style Collapse

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Could Bitfinex, the world's largest, Hong-Kong based cryptocurrency exchange, be headed for a Mt. Gox-style collapse? It's starting to look that way.

When Mt. Gox first halted customer withdrawals in February 2014, it waited more than two weeks to admit the truth to its customers: that hackers had stolen more than $450 million of their assets, leaving the exchange bankrupt and them holding the bag.  That hack effectively crippled the entire digital currency ecosystem, ushering in a two-year bear market that at one point carried the bitcoin price below $200, from what was then a record high north of $1,200 reached in November 2013.

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