Forgoing crypto’s main principles, proof-of-authority is used by world giants and tech companies for better efficiency and scalability.
Julia Magas
Julia is a researcher/journalist who covers the latest trends in finance and technology. Since 2013, she has been researching the cryptocurrency market and coordinating international conferences. Julia’s works are featured by popular fintech magazines, including Investing, SeekingAlpha and Bitcoinist, where she interviewed representatives from MIT, Indeed, Ethereum and more. She's trading some stocks and digital currencies for experimental purposes and hunting for the most interesting, cutting-edge technologies' use cases in investing and finance.
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Proof-of-Authority Algorithm Use Cases Grow: From Pharma to Games - Analysis
How Will China Pursue Xi Jinping’s Blockchain Adoption Plan? Following President Xi’s statement, China is now actively pursuing blockchain development through regulation, promotion and application.
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Privacy Vs. Security, Do Authorities Monitor Every Crypto Transaction? Government authorities are looking for new ways to track crypto to prevent or solve financial crimes, but this can decrease privacy.
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How Can EEA's Reward Token System Help Banks Motivate Their Employees? Enterprise Ethereum Alliance’s reputation system: Why do banks want to reward employees with tokens?
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Blockchain in Crypto Trading: How Do Decentralized Instruments Work? Decentralized trading services can help users conduct an impartial analysis, hedge risks and even trade without any experience.
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North Korea Wants Its Own National Crypto, CBDC Fever Spreads in Asia North Korea is allegedly developing its cryptocurrency for bypassing U.S. sanctions, but experts point out other reasons for this initiative.
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Bitcoin Not Accepted: Burger King's Crypto Foray Short-Lived Bitcoin payments in the food and beverage industry: What problems do restaurants like Burger King and their visitors face?
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How Facebook Libra Is Seeking Compliance, but May Not Launch by 2020 Facebook Libra is seeking worldwide compliance, but experts are sceptical that the project can meet its 2020 release date due to regulatory uncertainty.
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Mike Tyson Vs. Fight to Fame: Is the Former Champion Involved in Crypto? Tyson denies any connection with Fight to Fame. Suspected of cryptocurrency fraud, the project claims the opposite, saying the former boxer is a co-founder.
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Chinese National Cryptocurrency Turns Out Not Being an Actual Crypto As the People’s Bank of China reveals new details of its future cryptocurrency, more users are getting concerned about its partial decentralization.
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Blockchain and Crypto Jobs Market: 2018 Vs. 2019 by the Numbers Companies are actively hiring blockchain and cryptocurrency specialists, while the number of job searches has dropped.
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Digital Yuan: Weapon in US Trade War or Attempt to Manipulate Bitcoin? U.S.-China trade war escalates, China is stepping up national crypto development, anonymous PBoC source says crypto “brings both risks and opportunities.”
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Buterin Needs Bitcoin Cash: Scaling Ethereum Before Sharding, Casper With Ethereum 2.0 to be implemented no earlier than 2020, Vitalik Buterin proposes Bitcoin Cash as a short-term solution to scale the network.
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Internal Power Struggle at MakerDAO: When Coding and Personal Interests Collide Chaos at the headquarters of MakerDAO: Why have some key members left the company, while others hired a lawyer?
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DEX, Explained A full guide to decentralized exchanges — how they work and differ from their centralized counterparts.
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