A look at three different programming languages for blockchain networks and how they compare. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/vyper-solidity-and-scrypto-how-the-smart-contract-languages-compare
Month: October 2022
BNY Mellon Offers Bitcoin Custody – Bitcoin Magazine
BNY Mellon can now provide bitcoin custody services.The centuries-old institution won the approval of New York’s financial regulator to begin offering the service.The move comes as institutions attempt to cater to a growing demand for cryptocurrency services. Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), the world’s largest custodian bank, has launched bitcoin custody services, according to a report from the…
Quik․com Releases Update for Its NFT Domains
sponsored The much-anticipated major update to Quik.com has now been made available to users, bringing them brand-new capabilities like the edit feature and the Quik API, along with more that are scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months. Quik.com is a P2P NFT domain marketplace offering NFT top-level domains running on the blockchain-based protocols ERC-721, ERC-1155, and BEP-721, BEP-1155. The…
Gitex Global 2022 discusses how to educate mainstream media on crypto
Cointelegraph’s editor-in-chief Kristina Cornèr participated in a panel that discussed the topic of cryptocurrency and the media. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/gitex-global-2022-discusses-how-to-educate-mainstream-media-on-crypto
Polygon Launches zkEVM Testnet — Defi Projects Uniswap, Lens, Aave Join Testing – Technology Bitcoin News
The blockchain project Polygon has announced the launch of the zkEVM public testnet, a layer two (L2) scaling solution announced in July that aims to reduce fees and inherit the security of the Ethereum blockchain. Polygon considers the testnet “the first open-source zkEVM network,” and developers are encouraging people to join the testnet, report bugs, and explore the code hosted…
Google Cloud to Let Users Pay With Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin via Coinbase
Internet giant Google today said that it will use Coinbase to accept crypto payments for cloud services early next year, according to a report by CNBC. Google announced the deal at this year’s Cloud Next, a conference where Google pitches its state-of-the-art cloud computing business (which accounts for nearly a tenth of its revenue) to companies. Google Cloud will begin…
Google Cloud To Accept Bitcoin, Crypto Payments – Bitcoin Magazine
Google will enable a subset of customers to pay for cloud services with bitcoin and cryptocurrency.The new payment method will go live early next year in a partnership with Coinbase.The exchange will migrate its data platform to Google Cloud. Google will start accepting bitcoin and cryptocurrency as payment for its cloud services early next year. The internet giant announced on…
Polkadot: How parachains are changing a blockchain-centric ecosystem
Parity chief marketing officer Peter Ruchatz discusses the ins and outs of Polkadot’s focus on interoperability at Token2049. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/polkadot-how-parachains-are-changing-a-blockchain-centric-ecosystem
Enormous Multi-Sig Transaction Briefly Crashes Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Lightning Network’s experimental nature, a layer-2 network built on top of Bitcoin that allows for faster, low-fee transactions, is one of the reasons developers have warned users not to risk large amounts when sending and receiving funds. The warning now sounds even more reasonable after a Bitcoin developer decided to test the network’s limits by creating a complex multi-signature (multi-sig)…
ETH Falls to 9-Day Low Below $1,300 – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Ethereum fell to a nine-day low during Tuesday’s session, as the U.S. dollar rose to a two-week high. The decline comes ahead of this week’s U.S. inflation report, which is expected to show consumer prices falling by 0.2% month-on-month. Bitcoin was also in the red during today’s session, moving below $19,000. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $19,000 for the first…