Litecoin is one of the first open-source altcoins based on the original Bitcoin code. It was initially a strong competitor to the first cryptocurrency. However, as the cryptocurrency market expanded, Litecoin’s popularity gradually declined.
The real creator of bitcoin, Ethereum added 350% in value, NASA funds the blockchain platform
The price of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency has been holding above $10,000 for 31 days. The last time this happened was before the start of 2018. At the same time, the longest period during which bitcoin held above $10,000 began in November 2017 and lasted 63 days.
Over the past couple of months, the value of the Ethereum altcoin has gained 350%. Although before that, on March 12, 2020, the real Black Thursday overtook the cryptocurrency. Many investors were disappointed in this asset, and some of them even predicted the imminent collapse of the project. On August 14, 2020, Ethereum rose to a two-year high and traded at $440.
Sberbank will help S7 sell tickets on the blockchain. The new technical solution will be available to users from September this year. S7 corporate clients will be able to pay for the company's flights with virtual tokens. Transactions will be recorded in smart contracts on the blockchain.
The Coinbit crypto exchange was accused of overstating trading volumes, as well as fraud using so-called “ghost accounts". Over the last few months of its operation, the trading volume, namely 99%, allowed the exchange to receive an "unclean profit" of about $ 84 million. At the moment, Coinbit has stopped working amid an ongoing investigation.
On Wednesday, August 26, Whale Alert bot, whose work is aimed at monitoring and tracking activity, discovered a bitcoin transaction, which in turn made a real stir among crypto traders. An anonymous bitcoin holder made a transfer of 4,500 BTC worth more than $50 million, with a commission of only $22. The sender's wallet has been created and active since the first BTC appeared, during this period many significant BTC transactions were made with it. According to the blockchain, the whale moved bitcoins to a wallet on the Binance exchange, where they can be sold or traded on the open market.
NASA has funded blockchain marketplace SCRAMBL as part of its Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Its purpose is to install inter-satellite communications, implemented with the help of a fleet of NASA quadrocopters.
Cryptocurrency exchange "Binance" will fight against fraudsters on the digital asset market. To do this, the trading platform teamed up with specialists from the startup Oasis Labs. The project participants will analyze hacks. The main task is to reveal the techniques that scammers use in their work.
In 2014, an article published by journalist Leah McGrath Goodman about the “real identity” of the creator of Bitcoin, hiding under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, was actively circulated on the Internet and beyond.
Her statement said that in fact this person was Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, a computer engineer who was involved in the secret developments of the US Department of Defense. Why him, because there were enough other suspects for this role? Goodman believed that the most striking proof of this was an interview published in 2014. In the same year, a lot of popularity fell on Dorian – journalists tried in every possible way to get him and did not even hesitate to be on duty near his house.
When asked about his involvement in Bitcoin, Dorian replied:
“I can't discuss it. It has been passed on to other people. Now they are responsible for it. I am no longer associated with him”.
Later, he was told that he did not understand the question – according to him, the “transferred project” meant his work in the US Department of Defense. Leah Goodman does not believe this and, in turn, claims that Dorian understood exactly what he was talking about, because the journalist discussed the topic of Bitcoin with him a few weeks before the interview.
