altcoins

Dash transactions use two e-wallets with digital signatures ensuring security. Similar to Bitcoin’s, Dash’s transactions are public, and their history may be traced down to the first minted coins. Storing Dash is good if you’re a trader waiting for the price to go up. However, money is about spending. Let’s see what happens when you […]

Two China-based manufacturers, DualMiner and Pinidea, announced they had developed first ASIC chips for mining of Dash. The ASICs generate enormous hash rate, so the network becomes less attack-prone. Dash’s founder Evan Duffield said that there’s no better technology to keep Dash’s network working. He noted that the only problem with ASICs is possible centralization […]

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH) has once been nearly worthless. However, this year it has demonstrated immense growth. For instance, ETH managed to overtake the second position in market cap rankings, having ejected Ripple and Litecoin. These results could hardly seem surprising to those who witnessed the project’s recent activity. Adding to evident interest from […]

Blockchain platform Waves launches its ICO (Initial Coin Offering) at 12 a.m. GMT today. The project’s team intends to create a decentralized version of Kickstarter to successfully compete with existing crowdfunding projects. The team stresses that Waves is not yet another cryptocurrency, but a blockchain system with strictly defined functionality.

Dash, previously known as Darkcoin, is probably among the most effectively developing bitcoin’s alternatives. It is complete with a built-in anonymization with DarkSend, and nearly instantaneous transactions with InstantX.

Cryptoplatform Lisk has announced the completion of initial coin offering having raised 14,009 BTC and in excess of 80 million ICR in four weeks. This amount is roughly equal to $5.9 million at current exchange rate. “During the ICO, we collected approximately 14,009 BTC and 80,742,575 XCR. This has placed the Lisk ICO as the […]

Syscoin, an altcoin and a decentralized market platform provider, has announced it partnered with Microsoft Azure via its BaaS (Blockchain as a Service) platform.

Mastermind and lead developer of Dash, Evan Duffield, was among the participants of Satoshi Rountable discussing current problems bitcoin industry faces. Following the event, Evan stated that Dash, as opposed to Bitcoin, has no scalability problem. “Bitcoin simply can’t keep up with user adoption from this point forward and that leaves users two choices: either […]