Schnorr Signatures Await Bitcoin Cash as the Next Fork Draws Near
The Bitcoin Cash network is scheduled to fork on May 15 and the community has been steadily preparing for the next upgrade, which will entail the addition of Schnorr signatures and Segwit recovery exemption. Also read: A Look at Openbazaar’s Multi-Currency Wallet and Vendor Listings Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Time: May 15, 2019, Shortly After 12 pm Every six months the BCH chain upgrades the protocol in order to add new features that...
Coin 360 Provides Color-Based Crypto Market Data
Websites dedicated to cryptocurrency data are prone to looking dull and overcrowded with numbers, percentages and charts that may put off newcomers to the space. Platforms such as Coin 360 are more intuitive for users, providing an easy to comprehend visual representation of the current market. Also read: Celsius Wallet App Offers Interest and Loans for Your Cryptocurrency Website Tracks Cryptocurrencies by Price Change Coin 360...
NBA and UFC Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Criminalize Streaming Piracy
Under U.S. law, streaming and downloading piracy are seen as two different offenses. Not just from a technical point of view, but also in the way they are punished. Unauthorized streaming is categorized as a public performance instead of distribution, which is punishable as a misdemeanor, not a felony. Lawmakers tried to change this with the Commercial Felony Streaming Act in 2011, and later with the SOPA and PIPA bills. These...
MPAA “Dramatically Expanding” ACE Global Anti-Piracy Coalition
For more than 15 years and mainly since the rise of BitTorrent-based sharing, sites and platforms offering Hollywood movies or TV shows have been wary of the MPAA. At any moment, BitTorrent trackers and indexers could find themselves in the group’s crosshairs, targeted by full-blown lawsuits or threats that the same would follow, if infringing activity continued. But while the threat was real, litigation has always been...
How to use advanced rsync for large Linux backups
It seems clear that backups are always a hot topic in the Linux world. read...
