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Monument to Soviet Construction That Feeds Bitcoin Mining

1675 11.05.2020

Monument to Soviet Construction That Feeds Bitcoin Mining

Like any other high-power computing hardware, Proof-of-Work mining rigs turn lots of electricity into lots of heat, which makes this business very sensitive to geographic location. Large mining farms and data centers tend to congregate around the cheapest electricity providers available, preferably somewhere colder.

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Identifying Gram: What Is Going on in Legal Battle Between Telegram and U.S. Financial Watchdog?

Identifying Gram: What Is Going on in Legal Battle Between Telegram and U.S. Financial Watchdog?

Russian-born entrepreneur and programmer Pavel Durov, who is most famous for the creation of the encrypted chat app Telegram, has been under scrutiny of the United States financial regulators since 2019. That year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) turned its attention to Telegram and its wholly-owned subsidiary, TON Issuer.

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After Telegram’s Lost Battle with SEC, TON Launched Now Under Slightly Different Name

1447 07.05.2020

After Telegram’s Lost Battle with SEC, TON Launched Now Under Slightly Different Name

TON developers, major PoS validators, and community enthusiasts have announced the launch of Free TON powered by the native token TON Crystal in a declaration.

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Notorious Spyware Vendor Pushes COVID-19 Tracking Solution

1409 04.05.2020

Notorious Spyware Vendor Pushes COVID-19 Tracking Solution

Since October 2019, Facebook and it’s subsidiary WhatsApp have been fighting in court with an Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, claiming that the firm used WhatsApp to facilitate spyware distribution. Although the conclusion is yet to be reached, the case brought up interesting notions about NSO Group and the situation with users’ privacy. But nevermind […]

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Extra Surveillance May Stay After the Corona-crisis Is Gone, But Privacy Can Still Be Protected

Extra Surveillance May Stay After the Corona-crisis Is Gone, But Privacy Can Still Be Protected

In his online presentation, Stepan Gershuni, Bitcoin evangelist and the CEO of Credentia, talked about real technologies that may help avert a dystopian privacy crisis. This is the adaptation of the Russian-language talk from ForkLog’s Digital Middle Ages online conference.

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Privacy Concerns? Some Personal Data in the UK Was Not Even Password-Protected

Privacy Concerns? Some Personal Data in the UK Was Not Even Password-Protected

There is no shortage of news about hacks and cybersecurity flaws, which may not come as a surprise. Yet, there are curious ones that catch the eye.

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Building Decentralized Social Networks of Tomorrow

Building Decentralized Social Networks of Tomorrow

Concluding the series of articles about the shortcomings of DPoS and LPoS algorithms, Vladimir Popov talked about the decentralized social networks and the internet of the future where websites can’t be shut down and access to information can’t be restricted. This is an adaptation of the original Russian-language article Vladimir wrote exclusively for ForkLog.

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The Watchful Eye of Chainalysis: How Bitcoins Get Dirty and How It May Affect You

The Watchful Eye of Chainalysis: How Bitcoins Get Dirty and How It May Affect You

If anything is perceived as valuable, there is always someone who seeks to illegally obtain it, be it money, art, or luxury items. In recent years, this list embraced cryptocurrencies as well: to some, they have become a coveted prize that opens a fast track to wealth. And there are lots of ways to seize […]

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Government Blockchain Consultant: Smart City Comes After Smart Citizens

Government Blockchain Consultant: Smart City Comes After Smart Citizens

Technologies are constantly changing modern society. Back in the day, VCRs disrupted home entertainment. Sometime later, social media disrupted news networks and communication. But once in a while, technologies bring about tectonic shifts in all areas of life at once.

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EARN IT Act: Will the New Law Disrupt Encryption and Censor the Internet?

EARN IT Act: Will the New Law Disrupt Encryption and Censor the Internet?

This March, the so-called EARN IT Act (Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect for Interactive Technologies Act) was filed in U.S. Senate. Aside from the fact that someone really wanted its acronym to spell “earn it,” nothing about the bill is clear so far.

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Oppressed Ethnic Minorities, Technology, and You

Oppressed Ethnic Minorities, Technology, and You

According to the recent news, an exploit in iOS was used between January and March 2020 to spy on visitors of certain websites related to an ethnic minority living in northwestern China.

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CoinJanitor: The Shitcoins’ Highlander out to Kill All Your Shitcoins

1112 24.04.2020

CoinJanitor: The Shitcoins’ Highlander out to Kill All Your Shitcoins

Shitcoins, the inglorious remnants of the golden age of crypto, they continue wandering aimlessly like redundant post-apocalyptic robots in a world where they no longer have a purpose or an excuse to exist. They are the bane of every Bitcoin maximalist and a sore on the once pristine body of blockchain tech.

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