New Crypto-Friendly Banking and Payment Services Launch in the UK and Russia
Two companies from different parts of Europe have recently announced new products that cater to the financial needs of businesses in the crypto industry. The services range from opening bank accounts to providing payment processing solutions. Developers say they will give crypto companies the peace of mind they need to focus on their core activities without having to worry about banking. Also read: Cryptojobs Is a Platform With 1,300...
Court Orders ‘Jailbroken’ PS4 Seller to Pay $16,800 in Damages
Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4) console has remained ‘piracy free’ for years, but last year things changed. Following up on some earlier experiments, the release of a jailbreak version brought PS4 piracy to the masses. Copied games were suddenly being shared all over the Internet. And for those who preferred not to do any tinkering themselves, it wasn’t hard to find a jailbroken console for sale, often...
Will Piracy-Focused Torrent & Streaming Sites Be Affected by Article 13/17?
After the EU Parliament rubber-stamped Article 13 (renamed Article 17 in the final text) this week, speculation began in some media outlets that this signals the end of The Pirate Bay, ‘pirate’ streaming sites, and ‘pirate’ Kodi addons. Copyright law is complex, as the recent controversies over the Copyright Directive have firmly underlined, but a fairly detailed outline can be found in the adopted text (pdf)...
How to build a mobile particulate matter sensor with a Raspberry Pi
About a year ago, I wrote about measuring air quality using a Raspberry Pi and a cheap sensor. We’ve been using this project in our school and privately for a few years now. However, it has one disadvantage: It is not portable because it depends on a WLAN network or a wired network connection to work. You can’t even access the sensor’s measurements if the Raspberry Pi and the smartphone or computer are not on the...
Analysis Shows Lightning Network Suffers From Trust Issues Exacerbated by Rising Fees
Over the last two years, the Lightning Network has been touted as the scaling solution for the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network. However, the solution has been heavily criticized for its lack of security, and on March 28, Bitcoin Unlimited’s chief scientist Peter Rizun wrote an interesting evaluation of the Lightning Network’s “dirty little secret.” Also read: Mempool ‘Spam’ and Rising Fees: The...
