Developers Launch BDIP: A Bitcoin Cash Proposal Process for Decentralized Apps
Over the last few months, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers who created the Yenom wallet have been developing a lot of BCH applications and tools. On Nov. 3, the Yenom developer Shun Usami revealed a new proposition model for decentralized application development proposals called the Bitcoin Dapps Improvement Proposal (BDIP) standard. Also read: New Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Sees 700,000 Transactions in One Day Decentralized...
The Daily: Hodl Hodl Launches OTC Desk, Decentraland Votes on Land Sales
In this edition of The Daily, we cover the launch of an OTC trading desk by P2P exchange Hodl Hodl and news about a Belarusian exchange trading cryptocurrencies out of New York. We also take a look at Decentraland’s new voting platform that allows members of the community to express their opinions on future development of the virtual reality project. Also read: SEC Ramps Up Enforcement, 60% of Smart Contracts Are Dormant P2P...
TorrentGalaxy Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Torrents and Streaming
Roughly a decade ago torrent sites ruled the piracy landscape. In recent years, however, the public has started to shift to streaming, through authorized services like Netflix but also streaming pirate sites. Globally, streaming piracy has outgrown torrent sites, many of which still offer pretty much the same deal as ten years ago. While torrents remain an important source for many pirate streams, there has been very little...
Movie & TV Show ‘Piracy Protection’ Insurance Now Available
For almost two decades, peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have been a rich source of content for those who prefer not to pay the going rates for movies, TV shows, music, software, and video games. For almost as long, entertainment industry companies and groups have been trying to stem the tide. Litigation against P2P software companies was soon accompanied by lawsuits against end users, with the latter gaining in popularity in more...
How to manage storage on Linux with LVM
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a software-based RAID-like system that lets you create “pools” of storage and add hard drive space to those pools as needed. There are lots of reasons to use it, especially in a data center or any place where storage requirements change over time. Many Linux distributions use it by default for desktop installations, though, because users find the flexibility convenient and there are some...
