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ForkLog 29 20.01.2021

Bitcoin node count hits a record high

The number of full Bitcoin nodes has risen to a record high of 11,727, according to Bitnodes data.

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ForkLog 6 14.01.2021

Jack Dorsey: The Bitcoin network as a guide to the Internet; Trump’s ban a dangerous precedent

Jack Dorsey, in a series of tweets, explained how challenging it was to decide on the temporary ban of the account of U.S. President Donald Trump. The Twitter CEO reminded of Twitter's aspiration toward a decentralized future, akin to Bitcoin, where such a problem could not arise in principle.

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ForkLog 8 09.12.2020

Blockstack: STX tokens will cease to be securities after the Stacks 2.0 launch

After the launch of the Stacks 2.0 blockchain in January 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will no longer be able to regard STX as a security, and exchanges will list it, said the New York startup Blockstack.

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ForkLog 13 23.10.2020

Binance Labs Leads Audius Funding Round of $1.25 Million

Binance Labs, the blockchain incubator, led Audius’ $1.25 million funding round.

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ForkLog 7 21.10.2020

American regulator: DeFi will redefine the role of banks in society

Distributed ledger technology and decentralized finance (DeFi) will turn the traditional banking sector into an archaic structure, according to Brian Brooks, head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

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ForkLog 13 27.09.2020

Opinion: DAI at risk from centralised stablecoins as collateral

The stablecoin DAI is 40% collateralised by centralised assets — USDC, WBTC, TUSD and PAX, according to The Block's analysis.

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ForkLog 6 25.09.2020

Glassnode analysts doubt Uniswap’s decentralisation

The Uniswap governance tokens are not locked in a smart contract and reside on ordinary Ethereum addresses. This is the conclusion reached by analysts at Glassnode. In their view, this raises questions about the degree of decentralisation of the leading non-custodial exchange.

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ForkLog 11 18.08.2020

Ricardo Späni: Most DeFi Projects Lack Genuine Decentralisation

Many projects in the hype-fuelled sector of decentralized finance (DeFi) are indeed pursuing noble goals, but the problem is that their founders cannot offer true decentralisation. This is the view of Ricardo ‘Fluffypony’ Späni, a Monero maintainer and co‑founder of the Tari project.

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ForkLog 9 11.08.2020

Blockstack to transfer $27 million worth of tokens to the Stacks Foundation to bolster decentralisation

The blockchain startup Blockstack will provide the Stacks Foundation with 100 million STX tokens to bolster network decentralisation. The company hopes this will help it emerge from under the SEC's oversight.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1133 09.07.2020

NEAR Co-Founder: Bitcoin’s Level of Security Isn’t Necessary for Most Blockchain Use Cases

Now a world-class developer living in Silicon Valley, NEAR co-founder Alexander Skidanov went a long way from a young programming-inclined student from Izhevsk, Russia.

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Krzysztof Shpak 681 08.07.2020

Voice Social Media App Goes Live, Dan Larimer Shares Glimpse of New World Order

Block.one, the company behind EOS project, has finally launched the Voice social network on July 4, the platform’s CEO Salah Zalatimo announced.

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Krzysztof Shpak 784 29.06.2020

Blockstack’s Muneeb Ali: Bitcoin as the Most Secure Blockchain Will Be the Best Foundational Layer for Web 3.0

The upcoming launch of Stacks 2.0, the major protocol release that will allow blockchain developers and miners to participate in the deployment of an innovative new consensus mechanism, dubbed Proof of Transfer (PoX), is arguably the biggest milestone so far for the New York-based Blockstack.

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