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ForkLog 21 09.03.2021

Blockchain.com users temporarily lose access to wallets after data centre fire

On 9 March, around 15:00 MSK, an outage affected Blockchain.com's cryptocurrency wallets. Users of the mobile and web versions of the service could not log in.

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ForkLog 26 26.02.2021

Opera users will be able to buy cryptocurrency directly in the browser

The payment processor Simplex will help the Opera browser integrate a gateway for buying digital assets.

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ForkLog 36 10.02.2021

Elon Musk opposes custodial wallets for cryptocurrencies

One should avoid crypto wallets that do not give users control over their private keys at all costs, said the founder of Tesla and SpaceX.

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ForkLog 23 22.01.2021

Hackers launch mass phishing campaign impersonating Exodus, echoing Ledger

Wallet owners began receiving phishing messages demanding software updates due to an alleged vulnerability. Similar messages had previously been sent to Ledger users, in an attempt to steal their confidential information.

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ForkLog 8 21.01.2021

Biden freezes proposed FinCEN rules regulating the cryptocurrency industry

President Joe Biden has paused the implementation of several of his predecessor Donald Trump’s orders. This includes the proposal to verify users of non-custodial wallets on the network in the fight against financial crime (FinCEN).

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ForkLog 10 18.01.2021

American startup asks candidates to hack a Bitcoin wallet as part of recruitment

A New York-based cybersecurity startup, Red Balloon Security, sends applicants a hard drive with Bitcoin locked on it as a test task. Business Insider reports.

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ForkLog 9 31.12.2020

Blender Wallet Adds One-Click Replace-By-Fee Transaction Cancellation

The Bitcoin wallet Blender Wallet has added the Replace-By-Fee (RBF) feature. It allows users to speed up or cancel an unconfirmed transaction in a single click. According to ForkLog, representatives of the cryptocurrency wallet said.

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ForkLog 9 11.12.2020

Vitalik Buterin: The community is ignoring wallet-security questions

The cryptocurrency industry pays insufficient attention to wallet security. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin voiced this view at the laBITconf 2020 blockchain conference.

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ForkLog 12 11.12.2020

Chainalysis: Whale Bitcoin wallets’ balances have increased by 1.4 million BTC since the start of the year

In 2020, the number of addresses with a balance of more than 1000 BTC rose markedly. The number of coins on whale wallets also increased. These observations were shared by senior Chainalysis economist Philip Gradwell.

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ForkLog 11 11.12.2020

MetaMask to release institutional version of Ethereum wallet

The Ethereum company ConsenSys announced an imminent release of an institutional version of the popular MetaMask wallet.

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ForkLog 24 09.11.2020

2.9×10^50 years to crack: A review of Blender Wallet, a non-custodial wallet with an integrated Bitcoin mixer

According to the Chain.info portal, almost 15% of available bitcoins are stored on five centralized exchanges. If anything happens to exchange servers or key holders, users would lose access to their cryptocurrency. This happened with OKEx: the crypto exchange paused withdrawals when it could not reach one of the private-key holders.

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ForkLog 38 05.11.2020

Wasabi Wallet team to simplify anonymous Bitcoin transactions with 2.0

The Wasabi team announced the development of a 2.0 version focused on Bitcoin wallet anonymity. It is designed to simplify confidential transactions by automating mixing using CoinJoin technology.

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