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[Mirror] A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy

Vitalik Buterin via the Vitalik Buterin Blog This is a mirror of the post at https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 Systems like Ethereum (and Bitcoin, and NXT, and Bitshares, etc) are a fundamentally new class of cryptoeconomic organisms — decentralized, jurisdictionless entities that exist entirely in cyberspace, maintained by a combination of cryptography, economics and social consensus. They are kind of like BitTorrent, but they are also not like BitTorrent, as BitTorrent has no concept of state — a distinction that turns out to be crucially important. They are sometimes described as decentralized autonomous

JCB, IDEMIA and Soft Space launch “JCBDC” Phase 2 pilot to trial CBDC offline P2P payments

Tokyo, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 13, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan's only international payment brand JCB Co., Ltd. ("JCB") has launched the “JCBDC” (JCB Digital Currency) Phase 2 pilot project with IDEMIA, a global leader in identity technologies, and the world’s leading fintech company Soft Space Sdn Bhd. ("Soft Space"). In Phase 1 of the JCBDC project, JCB, IDEMIA, and Soft Space developed a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) payment solution, enabling merchants to accept CBDC without the need to modify their POS (point of sale) terminals and payment

HealthCare AI: The Unavoidable Revolution in Modern Medicine

By Eric Greenberg www.linkedin.com/in/ericabg In the evolving landscape of medical technology, there's one force that stands head and shoulders above the rest, promising a seismic shift in the very ethos of healthcare delivery: Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a seasoned technology and banking analyst, it is my considered opinion that Healthcare AI isn't just a trend or a buzzword. It’s the very future of medicine, poised to reshape everything we know about patient care, disease diagnosis, and medical research. To begin with, the economic implications of integrating AI in healthcare are

SHEQONOMI Announces Multi-platform Partnership with Reliance Jio

“SHEQONOMI leads the way for amplifying the voices of women and girls, digital assets, and female-led startups in Jio Developers GrowthPad Build for Bharat 2022 cohort —now available free on JioStore for JioPhone across all of India” St. Moritz, Switzerland- SHEQONOMI, {pronounced SHE-CONOMY } the world’s first and only rewards based podcast listening mobile application on Android, JioStore, iOS, and KaiOS, proudly announces its multi-platform partnership with Reliance Jio which will incentivize 150,000,000 JioPhone users to listen, learn, and earn digital assets and rewards in the very near future. “Reliance

StakeMoon Coin Officially Launches on PancakeSwap

StakeMoon, a new and innovative digital cryptocurrency project, launches on the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange (DEX) today, following a successful pre-sale, raising more than $500,000. Sponsored Sponsored StakeMoon listing on the PancakeSwap has created a marketplace for buyers and sellers to transact. This DEX will enable users to buy, sell, and trade hundreds of decentralized finance (DeFi) currencies without third-party involvement. The value of StakeMoon will therefore be dictated by market forces. PancakeSwap has the most users of any decentralized platform, ever created, and those users are now entrusting the platform

Commonwealth Bank CEO Warns About The Biggest Risk of Crypto, Its Not What You Think

Matt Comyn, the CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia in a recent interview with Bloomberg revealed what he believes is the biggest risk with crypto today. Comyn said, given the rise of digital assets as the alternative investment sector, the biggest risk of crypto is “missing out.” He explained, even though the crypto market is relatively volatile, banks must work towards incorporating the tech to fulfil consumer demand. Failing to do so will leave banks out of the market completely. Comyn said, “We see risks in participating, but we see

ODIN boards Cardano and cooperates with OKEx

Odin is a platform with a variety of features that will appeal to a wide range of traders. New traders will enjoy learning and acquiring expertise from more experienced traders; algorithmic traders will have a chance to host their bots that are easy to develop without coding requirements. Odin will also provide other capabilities that will include targeting a specific audience, monetizing content, copy trading, personal landing pages, and much more. Partnerships Brewing With Cardano & OKEx Odin has been busy lately forging partnerships with strategic significance to the project

Another Leading DEX Is Choosing the Order Book Mechanism

As the DeFi segment with the clearest application scenarios and the strongest demand, decentralized exchange (DEX) has always been attracting the most attention.Sponsored Sponsored It also embodies the greatest competitiveness as well as the strongest capital effect. Since its low and stable performance in the middle of last year, DEX’s total trading volume has grown rapidly, and the monthly figure peaked at $162.8 billion in May. Sponsored Sponsored Although it is still lagging behind the centralized exchange (CEX), its market size of hundreds of billions of dollars obviously can not

How Binance Helps Legal Authorities Take Down Cybercriminals Laundering Illicit Funds

sponsored According to the latest UN statistics, global money laundering transactions reach up to $2 trillion a year. A small fraction of that huge amount passes through the digital assets ecosystem, and responsible actors in it are working to bring that down even more. As the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance has especially taken it upon itself to protect the safety and security of the virtual finance world. Here is how it helps legal authorities to take down cybercriminals laundering money. Busting the $500 Million FANCYCAT Ring In June 2021,

White hat hacker paid DeFi’s largest reported bounty fee

Belt Finance, an automated market maker (AMM) protocol operating a yield optimization strategy on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), claims to have paid the largest bounty in the history of decentralized finance (DeFi) to a whitehat hacker who averted a $10 million bug crisis. Industry whitehat programmer Alexander Schlindwein discovered the vulnerability in Belt Finance’s protocol this week and reported the news to the team. For his efforts, Schlindwein received a generous compensation of $1.05 million, the majority of which ($1 million) was granted by Immunefi, with the additional $50,000 offered by

Generative artist nets $5.38 million in latest Art Blocks hit

A generative artist whose work depicts flowers within a “potentially infinite field of foliage” has made 1,623 ether (around $5.38 million) through a sale on Art Blocks, the non-fungible token (NFT) platform.Monica Rizzolli’s ‘Fragments of an Infinite Field’ collection, comprised of 1,024 pieces, was sold through a Dutch auction on Art Blocks Curated on September 13 – with prices starting at 10 ether. The entire set sold out in under an hour. Transaction data on Etherscan shows Rizzolli netting 1,623 in ether across three transactions in the hours after the