Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Core software for the Bitcoin network had a severe double-spending vulnerability for a year, which in theory could have even led to a blockchain fork of affected nodes and bug-free nodes. The vulnerability has not been…

Bitcoin Core had a serious double-spending vulnerability for a year, which in theory could have led to a blockchain fork of affected nodes and bug-free nodes. The vulnerability was not abused. The vulnerability, with indication…

Late last year, around mid-December, the hype about Bitcoin was at its peak when the value of the cryptocurrency exceeded the $ 20,000 . News channels could no longer be around Bitcoin and the news reports about the cryptomania,…

It has been relatively quiet for a while around the crypto market and again seemed to be heading in the right direction after the Bitcoin last month again exceeded the $ 8,000 came from, but the market has bunged after the US watchdog SEC…

According to a researcher, a recent email scam, in which criminals try to pressure people using leaked passwords, has yielded about 8 bitcoins so far. He examined a total of 42 bitcoin addresses, which is probably only a part. The e-mail,…

It is a good trick in itself. By making use of leaked passwords and the corresponding e-mail addresses of Internet users, scammers are frantic attempts to trick people out of money. It works like this: you receive an email stating that your…

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has announced that it plans to release its own blockchain smartphone in the third quarter of this year. An exact release date for the smartphone called Exodus is still unknown.HTC has not released much new…

Security company Kaspersky Lab has found a new variant of the so-called Rakhni ransomware. Once this malware is on a system, it can choose whether to encrypt files or use the CPU for cryptocurrency mining.Kaspersky writes that the malware…

A recent flood in China's Sichuan region appears to have hit a large local crypto farm. The hash power for Bitcoin is said to have fallen sharply for a while. Images of computer equipment likely destroyed by the water have surfaced on…

A Japanese judge on Friday closed the bankruptcy proceedings concerning the bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has stopped and has started a so-called civil rehabilitation. Creditors are happy with the development, but are waiting for actual…