为什么比特币 ？ 进展和争论

Hetbert

V神：以太坊已经不再那么依赖比特币了 加密货币多样化有利于行业

今日V神在王峰十问上表示：即使价格每天都保持着相当的相关性，但在假设比特币归零这种极端的情况下，我真的认为以太坊已经不再那么依赖比特币了。比特币只是众多货币中的一种。我个人很高兴加密货币已经多样化到这一步，当你有那么多的方法尝试不同的技术，否定每一个加密货币都是困难的，我认为多样化很有利于行业。

Hetbert

V神：评估加密货币的价值非常困难 希望将来看到成千上万的好代币

今日V神在王峰十问上表示：我认为评估加密货币的价值仍然是非常困难的。我预期在未来数年，业界会稳定下来，新发行的代币会减少，而更多的项目会注重提供价值，而基本价值和价格之间的相关性亦会增加。我想我们将继续看到成千上万的代币发行出来，希望是成千上万的好代币。

Hetbert

V神：应该把智能合约看作是一种经济机制

今日V神在王峰十问上表示：我认为很多人都误解了智能合约。有一种观点是，智能合同是为了完成一些事情，比如“我付了10枚ETH来建立一个网站，所以我把这10个ETH放到了一个智能合约中。智能合约来检测你是否建立了网站。如果它检测到网站已完成，会自动支付10个ETH。”这里的问题是，进行这种验证难度极大，智能合约代码本身根本无法告诉你“某个东西”究竟是不是一个网站。实际上，应该把智能合约看作是一种经济机制。智能合约并不是要把所有事情都做掉，而是为各方设定一套可以相互交流的规则——其中一方可以是仲裁员，或者，也可以使用博弈论创建智能合约，即使没有任何仲裁员也可以产生良好的激励。现在有一个叫做2-of-2的托管概念，只要产生争议，所有人的钱都会被“烧掉”。这种概念看上去很苛刻，但一旦这么做，即使没有仲裁员来确定争议中谁是对还是错，也能激发各方诚实行事的强烈动机。

Hetbert

法院批准Mt.Gox民事再生计划

彭博社驻日记者Yuji Nakamura刚刚发布推文称，“法院批准Mt.Gox民事再生计划。大部分都是好消息：
（1）受托人将不会卖出更多BTC；
（2）债权人在2019年上半年将收到BTC；
（3）所有人必须在10月前再次提出索赔；
坏消息：一些债权人将出售BTC，因此在明年那部分BTC将会出现在市场中。”

Hetbert

日本虚拟货币交换业协会会长：1月以来大多数交易所都受到了处罚

日本虚拟货币交换业协会（JVCEA）会长奥山泰全针对日本金融厅今日对6家交易所的行政处罚表示，这意味着自今年1月底发生大量新经币被盗事件后，大多数交易所都受到了行政处罚，希望各交易所能迅速地改善自己的业务。虚拟货币交换业成员也将团结一致，尽快确立当时协会的自律规则，推进市场整顿，恢复行业的社会信任。

Hetbert

新华网发文：区块链可解决“诚信”这一环保监管的最大痛点

新华网今日发文《消不掉、改不了、藏不住——区块链能否成为环保监管的“终极武器”？》，针对“诚信”这一环保监管的最大痛点，一些业内专家近日表示，可以利用区块链技术公开透明、不可篡改等特点，提升环保数据的真实性和可追溯性，从而让企业的不良记录消不掉、改不了，违法行为藏不住。

Hetbert

V神：金融业和游戏行业是最先应用区块链技术的两行业

今日V神在王峰十问上表示：我认为金融业和游戏行业是最先应用区块链技术的两行业。以金融行业为例，相比于其他形式的数字技术，如今的金融技术其实是非常落后的，甚至“快要被时代淘汰了”。很多公司对在游戏内应用区块链技术也非常有兴趣，因为他们希望游戏内置资产打造一个市场。除此之外，在短期内，我认为区块链可以在其他行业提供的主要功能是互操作性。我希望在一个共同的平台是，可以让一些服务提供者之间进行互动，这样一样，用户也可以更轻松地域另一个服务的用户进行互动，这种方式能够在不创造集中垄断的前提下带来很多好处。
但其他行业采用区块链技术时所面临的主要挑战，其实就是公有链的效率其实还不够高。因此很难说服人们接受使用现阶段的公有链，因为的确有很多不便，比如确认时间较长，交易费用较高，等等。

Hetbert

V神表示以太坊路线仍然将先Casper再分片

今日V神在王峰十问上表示：最初的计划是将Casper创建成为以太坊上的智能合约，让人们更轻松地设计开发，同时继续开展分片工作。但是，在全权益认证和分片技术上，以太坊也已经取得了足够的进展，如果继续沿着这个路线图，将导致更遭的产品，造成大量浪费，我们不得不重新构建Casper首个版本，然后选择放弃。新的路线图仍然是“先Casper后分片”，但是Casper的第一个版本将会被修改，以便它可以构成一个完整的Casper和分片部署。
Capser背后的核心思想是将基于“链”的权益认证的想法，和传统拜占庭容错（BFT）研究整合在一起，就像Lamport、Paxos、PBFT等等。许多人问我们，为什么不直接使用这些传统算法？答案是，我们觉得这些算法既复杂又不适合区块链的格式和需求，因此我们钻研算法, 并创建了一个我们认为更简单，更适合区块链范式的版本。数据可用性问题是分片中最具挑战性的问题之一。我也发现，许多其他项目，特别是那些拥有密码学想法的项目，其实对于这个问题并没有太过重视。

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Hetbert 发表于 2018-6-24 00:54
V神：与ASIC挖矿对抗并不容易，所以PoS权益证明是最好的

今晚V神在王峰十问上表示：ASIC太中心化了，我知 ...

我觉得pow面临着两难处境，如果完全禁止asic挖矿单靠显卡算力太低，难以抵御51%双花攻击，而如果允许asic挖矿又不可避免的面临着少数矿池把持大多数算力有违区块链去中心化的初衷

Hetbert

印度交易所应对RBI禁令：Zebpay推进币币交易，Unocoin推出资产配置工具

随着印度央行数字货币禁令开始临近，印度的数字货币交易所正准备停止法定存款和取款，同时推进币币交易。Zebpay周四宣布，打算继续提供币币交易，以保证在银行账户关闭后，数字货币与卢比的交易对可以交易。但Zebpay也警告，因为无法了解银行账户关闭的所有后果，所以不能保证永远继续数字货币与卢比的交易对。此外，另一个主要的印度交易所Unocoin本周也宣布推出资产配置工具“加密篮子”，允许投资者购买基于市值或交易量的数字货币资产。据悉，印度最高法院表示，将在禁令开始两周后的7月20日听取所有反对禁令的请求。

Hetbert

哥伦比亚总统：决心使用区块链技术促进政治透明度



据ethereumworldnews消息，哥伦比亚新任总统伊凡·迪克(Ivan Duque)决心通过使用区块链技术促进该地区的政治透明度。他表示，为了应对该国日益严重的腐败现象，他将利用各种技术来追踪数据，并更好地控制公共资金在全国的流动；如果我们想让国家的招标过程更加透明，区块链技术将有所帮助。

The new president of Colombia, Ivan Duque, is firmly determined to renew the damaged image of Uribism in the country and provide a sense of security among Colombians by using blockchain technologies to promote political transparency in the region.

According to a cable from the NSA, Alvaro Uribe, former Colombian president and mentor to Ivan Duque, was a “close personal friend” of Pablo Escobar, the most influential drug trafficker of all time. Something Uribe — obviously— denied.



NSA identifies Alvaro Uribe as a Close Personal Friend of the World’s Most Important Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar
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Ivan Duque mentioned that to combat the growing corruption in his country, he will use various technologies to track data and have greater control over how public funds ‘move’ throughout the nation:

“I want mobile applications to be a mechanism from which the state can begin to think about how to facilitate citizens’ access to services. I am therefore proposing to use big data and blockchain as tools.
Big Data in health, agriculture, infrastructure, technology, and security.
If we want to make the bidding processes in the state more transparent, blockchain technology has to help.”


Sen. Antonio Navarro
Various Colombian government agencies are already discussing the use of blockchain as a tool to help government management. Previously, Senator Antonio Navarro Wolff had promoted a similar pro-blockchain initiative in the Colombian legislature.

While it is true that Colombia can see potential in the blockchain, the picture is different when politicians talk about cryptocurrencies. Not only is this issue separate from the discussions about blockchain, but commercial banking has actively hampered the development of financial activities of exchanges and crypto-related businesses.

Despite this, Colombia was the country with the highest growth in Bitcoin’s buying and selling operations during 2017, according to BBC information.



Colombians use Facebook and other means to trade their cryptos
According to the famous international portal, transactions in Colombian pesos increased 1200%. A figure that places Colombia in third place worldwide, below China and Nigeria, which grew over 2000% and 1400% in the same period.

The primary uses for Bitcoin in the country are the sending of remittances and the protection against the economic crisis through pure speculation, explained Marcelo Granada, director of Investopi in an interview with the BBC:

“That makes it much easier for a person to send money to a relative via bitcoin and receive the money as well. In Colombia, remittances are received more and more frequently in bitcoins…. The vast majority of people invest looking for short-term returns, that is their greatest desire”.

Credit: marcoorozco.net
Marcelo Granada
So far there is no date for a real implementation of the project, however, despite the mistrust in the politicians, many Colombians are confident that the new president’s decisions will be beneficial and will not repeat the mistakes of Alvaro Uribe and other politicians in the country.

Hetbert

爱尔兰商业银行将关闭数字货币交易所交易端口

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据insidebitcoins消息，Amarach Research和Red Flag最近进行的一项研究显示，爱尔兰目前持有数字货币的人数约为12万人，约占总人口的2.5%。这一数字在四年的时间里翻了三番。然而，爱尔兰数字货币的增长势头可能面临阻碍。据称，爱尔兰各商业银行已经开始制裁该国的数字货币交易所，将关闭交易所银行交易端口，爱尔兰数字货币交易所不得不停止相关业务，或从国外银行寻求新的合作伙伴。

A study conducted by Amarach Research and Red Flag recently revealed that the number of people in Ireland who currently own cryptocurrencies is around 120,000, or about 2.5% of the population. This is an increase of 300% in a period of four years.

Such a remarkable growth in the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Ireland is however at risk of being curtailed. According to reports Irish banks have turned against the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges.

“Several companies providing cryptocurrency services say they have either had to stop trading or have been forced to open foreign bank accounts to keep afloat after Irish lenders refused their business,” writes The Irish Times.

Bye Irish banks, hello EU-wide banks
As a result of the banks’ actions, some cryptocurrency firms have either had to halt operations or seek banking partners from outside the country. Among the affected companies is Bitcove, a Bitcoin exchange which is based in Cork, a city in Ireland’s Munster Province. The firm has had its bank accounts shut down by lenders such as the Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB. To keep its operations going Bitcove has turned to other banks in Europe.

Cryptocurrency exchange Eircoin, on the other hand, was dealt an even worse hand. One of the oldest exchanges in Ireland, the Bitcoin broker closed its doors earlier in the year. According to one of the firm’s co-founders, Dave Fleming, the closure was as a result of a banking system that is ‘negligent and defensive’.


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We are being shuttered due to a negligent and defensive banking system :) but we are going out on a high. Thanks to all our customers - we'll still be here online for the foreseeable future - http://www.eircoin.net  --- Dave

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In its defense, the Bank of Ireland stated that it does not offer banking services to cryptocurrency exchanges as a matter of principle. Allied Irish Banks, on the other hand, said that while it does not discriminate against cryptocurrency firms, it is obliged to adhere to Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering regulatory requirements with regards to the opening and operation of bank accounts. According to a spokesperson for the Irish lender, some cryptocurrency firms were non-compliant.

No particular policy, just KYC and AML
A banking sector group known as Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland also denied any knowledge of a policy requiring the closure of bank accounts belonging to cryptocurrency exchanges. The banking industry group, however, defended the actions of its members saying that they had no choice but to ‘lessen the risk of facilitating financial crimes’, an insinuation that Fleming did not take kindly to.

The situation is however not peculiar to Ireland and banks in other parts of the world have found themselves severing ties with cryptocurrency firms sometimes at the behest of regulators. In April, for instance, the Reserve Bank of India prohibited the financial institutions that it regulates from allowing their clients to buy cryptocurrencies. The central bank of the world’s second most populous country also ordered banks to cease offering services to cryptocurrency firms.

And in southern Africa last month, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ordered the country’s financial institutions to stop processing all cryptocurrency transactions.

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Hetbert

欧洲刑警组织利用比特币区块链来确认会议发言人的身份

欧洲联盟执法合作机构（欧洲刑警组织）已成为世界上第一个利用区块链确认会议发言人的执法机构。他们说："为了切实展示防篡改分布式分类账技术的好处，所有演讲者都获得了欧洲刑警组织的证书，这些证书永久地存储在比特币区块链中并可完全追踪。"



The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) has become the world’s first law enforcement agency to utilize the blockchain for the validation of conference speakers. They say:

“In order to practically demonstrate the benefits of the tamper-proof decentralised ledger technology, all speakers received Europol’s certificates permanently stored and fully traceable within Bitcoin blockchain.”




Europol bitcoin speakers blockchain validation.
They’ve apparently created a vanity address that reads 1Europol and started using it on the 16th of June 2018. So now we have proof that there was a 5th Europol VC Conference speaker, but who that was exactly history won’t know.

That there was such conference, however, there will be no doubt for as long as bitcoin runs for now no one can ever change that statement.

This was done as a sort of good will gesture to show that they like the blockchain and that it has decent use cases, but it also clearly shows they have some considerable blockchain related skills at the agency since you need some decent technical knowledge to get that fairly long vanity address and to encode the message.

The conference in question was held in Hague between the 19th and the 21st of June 2018 with 300 individuals participating from 40 countries.

That included a number of representatives from exchanges who Europol says “foster the legitimate use of [digital] currencies by implementing strong Know Your Customer (KYC) policies and working hand in hand with law enforcement.

Private sector participants included Bitcoin.de, Bitfinex, BitPanda, Bitstamp, BitPay, Blockchain.info, CEX, Coinfloor, Coinhouse, Cryptopia, Cubits, Kraken, LocalBitcoins, OKCoin, SpectroCoin and Xapo.”

The conference focused on identifying methods for blockchain addresses to establish who transacted with who, when, and in what amounts. They say:

“The presentation focused, among other things, on tracing, attribution and demixing approaches. Twelve operational case studies were presented, where suspects were detected through cryptocurrency tracing, including phishing incidents, DDoS extortion, takedowns of dark web marketplaces and malicious cryptocurrency mining.”

So suggesting that old fashioned detective police investigations work even with the very newest technology, but the far more interesting suggestions for some might be that Europol has bitcoins.

Hetbert

微软使用区块链技术向游戏发行商实时发送版税数据

据windowscentral消息，微软开发了一个基于区块链的解决方案，几乎可以向出版商实时提供版税数据。这意味着出版商不必等上几个月才能看到他们的游戏是如何运作的。微软负责版税和内容运营的财务总监罗希特•安伯克(Rohit Amberker)表示，区块链解决方案不仅使出版商受益，因为它可以加速他们收到的信息，而且对微软来说，管理成本也更低。



Gaming is one of the most profitable industries on the planet right now, and companies are always looking to find new ways to streamline their transactions. The number of game publishers that Microsoft interacts with is staggering, and each game sale must be tallied to calculate payouts. Corporations like Microsoft pay royalties to publishers, but those calculations were difficult to process beforehand. Shockingly enough, Microsoft used a manual method that relied on spreadsheets. Unfortunately, this process usually took 45 days and many smaller publishers didn't understand it. There was no way to know how much you were making in real time. Having this information is necessary to adjust sales and marketing strategy, especially if the result isn't what a publisher expected.

Luckily, Microsoft developed a new system which uses blockchain technology. If you're familiar with bitcoin, you might know what blockchain is. Blockchain is a system in which a record of transactions made in bitcoin or another currency is maintained across several computers that are linked in a peer-to-peer network. This essentially means that you can compress the time it takes to calculate royalties to better serve publishers. Microsoft developed a blockchain-based solution that offers royalty information in almost real time. This means that publishers don't have to wait around for months to see how their game is doing.



According to a report by Microsoft, the "calculation process is now more transparent, instills greater trust, provides publishers with actionable business insights, and reduces process efforts."

Rohit Amberker, the Finance Director for Royalties and Content Operations at Microsoft, said that the old "offline royalty payment solution that stakeholders have used for years is based on printed documents and spreadsheets. It's expensive to manage." Not only does the blockchain solution end up benefiting publishers because it speeds up the information they receive, but it's also cheaper to manage for Microsoft. It seems like everyone wins in this situation.

The report ended by saying that Amberker and his team are taking advantage of blockchain technology to bring "open, efficient confidence to the Xbox royalty payment process." This is just another way Microsoft Azure is helping the gaming division and the parties associated with it.

Keep an eye on WindowsCentral.com/Gaming for all the latest in Xbox and Windows 10 gaming, accessories, news, and reviews!

梦想house

眼睁睁看着破6000美金了，快到挖矿综合成本临界点点吧。

Hetbert

CoinTiger交易平台CEO：平台币热潮是这个行业熊市反弹终结的符号



据虎嗅网消息，CoinTiger交易平台CEO凌凤琪最近表示：
平台币热潮是这个行业熊市反弹终结的符号；
平台币是非常难做的，没有韭菜可以割，新平台需要熬，不想熬，募资不顺利，就通过平台挖矿来吸引用户，Fcoin吸引大户，小平台就是直接割自己的用户了；
平台币是血液，暴涨暴跌，收割的都是自己的用户。这一轮跟风的，无力维护币值的平台，将在2~3月里主动“破产”，带着你的本金。因为流量进一步枯竭，自己早期用户又都割伤了，“破产”多逍遥，比ico责任还小，从隐形无限责任变有限责任了。

Hetbert

以色列安全专家：今年数字货币犯罪将成为网络攻击事件的“生力军”

根据以色列时报报道，以色列安全公司CHKP的专家Lotem Finkelsteen表示，2018年数字货币犯罪的数量将超过所有其它类型的网络攻击事件。他说，ICO市场的非法活动是阻碍区块链技术发展的主要原因。另外，他指出，由于数字货币和ICO，区块链面临着“声誉受损”的危险。



According to an expert at the Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), crypto-related crimes would exceed the number of all other cyberattacks in 2018, the Times Of Israel reports June 22. The expert defined “cryptocurrency-related cyberattacks” as any form of cybercrime that involves crypto, including scams and hacks.
Speaking on a panel at the “Blockchain, The New Digital Age” event at Tel Aviv University, CHKP expert Lotem Finkelsteen said that illegal activity in the initial coin offering (ICO) market is the main obstacle to the development of blockchain technology.
“Not a day goes by without our hearing about a new ICO scam or mining attack,” said Finkelsteen. He argued that blockchain is now “suffering from reputational damage,” because it is associated cryptocurrencies and ICOs.
Despite optimism from other panel participants about the potential of blockchain and crypto technology, Haim Pinto, the CTO of Israel’s largest bank Hapoalim argued that blockchain is “still in a hype cycle.” Pinto said that there are no existing blockchain-powered deployments “that are dependably usable,” particularly regarding the banking system.
Pinto stated that the technology is not ready for broad adoption, saying, “We can’t just take it and use it.” He added:
“Distributed general ledgers cannot erase anything… In addition, there are mathematical challenges. Distributed general ledgers can’t scale up to the volume of transactions we need to serve.”

Hetbert

分析师Joseph Young：很高兴在这个价位购买BTC、ETH等数字货币



分析师Joseph Young称，如果你真的认为数字货币市场将会达到价值数万亿美元，那么这个阶段应该不会令人烦恼。实际上，我很高兴能够在这个价格范围内购买更多的比特币、以太坊等数字货币，如果币价再度下跌，我会购买更多。

Hetbert

Robinhood CEO：没有计划通过数字货币交易赚钱



据bitcoinist消息，数字货币交易平台Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev日前接受财富杂志采访时表示，在可预见的未来，没有计划通过数字货币交易赚钱。他认为，佣金已经过时了，特别是考虑到现代在线交易所和经纪人的运营成本较低。

Why Robinhood Doesn't Care If It Makes Money on Cryptocurrency Trading

BALANCING THE LEDGER: BLOCKSTACK COFOUNDERS PAINT A PICTURE OF A DECENTRALIZED FUTURE
By JEN WIECZNER June 22, 2018
Robinhood is giving old-fashioned stock brokers a run for their money by offering no-fee trading on everything from Apple stock to Bitcoin—but that doesn’t mean the startup itself necessarily makes money.

Currently worth $5.6 billion, Robinhood is the second most valuable private fintech company and boasts more than 4 million customer accounts, edging out its older rival E*Trade, which had 3.9 million at the end of May. It helped that Robinhood launched cryptocurrency trading in February: More than 200,000 new customers per day signed up during a surge following the launch of Robinhood Crypto, the company’s co-CEO, Vlad Tenev, tells Fortune.

Yet unlike zero-commission stock trading, which can still be profitable, Robinhood is basically giving crypto trading away for free.

“We don’t intend to make very much money on it at all for the foreseeable future,” Tenev says on the latest episode of “Balancing the Ledger,” Fortune’s weekly show about cryptocurrency and fintech. “We intend to operate it as a breakeven business.”


That’s not so different from the experience of Square, the payments company founded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, which began offering no-fee Bitcoin trading through its Cash app earlier this year. Last month, Square reported it made just $223,000 more selling the Bitcoin than it paid to buy it over the first quarter of sales.

With a dearth of market makers in the nascent cryptocurrency industry, Square and other trading platforms like Robinhood typically buy their Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies straight from public crypto exchanges and then resell them to investors, hoping to profit on the spread, or difference, between the purchase and sale price. But that can be tricky, especially when cryptocurrency’s high volatility results in frequent price swings.

That doesn’t matter to Tenev and his co-CEO Baiju Bhatt, who see cryptocurrency—Robinhood currently offers trading in both Bitcoin and Ethereum—as an entree for newbies into trading other more traditional assets on which it reaps higher margins.

“The thinking behind that is what we’re really doing is building an ecosystem,” Tenev says. “Right now the products are investing products, so crypto slots in very nicely alongside the 10,000 plus other instruments that people can trade.”

Robinhood’s stock business is more lucrative, as it makes money by lending shares out to short-sellers (investors who seek to make money when stock prices decline), charging the borrowers for the privilege. The company also collects interest on cash deposits, and offers a premium subscription service Robinhood Gold with more advanced functions such as margin trading.

Tenev believes commission fees are a relic of the past, left over from the days before electronic trading existed, and no longer have a place in the modern world where a typical brokerage’s main expenses are down to operating and maintaining its data centers, networks and infrastructure—a drop in the bucket compared to the $5 to $10 many charge per trade.


“The cost has gone to essentially zero,” Tenev says. “So our approach is use technology and automation to put the vast majority of the value of that transaction back into customers’ pockets.”

In the future, Robinhood hopes to expand that philosophy beyond just its current structure as a broker-dealer, and ideally offer everything Bank of America currently provides—and more, Tenev says.

“I think it doesn’t stop with just investing products,” he says. “Customers are getting ripped off across the board in financial services.”

That includes cryptocurrency, he adds. Robinhood already tracks prices and market data for 16 different virtual currencies including Litecoin, Ripple and Zcash, and may soon allow trading in them too.

“We’re definitely looking to expand the future set and add more coins,” Tenev says. The company is proceeding cautiously, though, taking into account regulators’ guidance about whether certain cryptocurrencies may constitute illegal securities or not.


Robinhood is also looking carefully at factors such as, “What’s the team behind this coin doing? Are they legitimate, what are their backgrounds?” says Tenev, adding the company also takes account of a cryptocurrencies’ stability and resistance to hacks. “Like 51% attacks for instance, which we know happened to Bitcoin Gold a couple of weeks ago,” Tenev adds. “That was very eye-opening.”

Hetbert

数字货币已经成为一个文化符号

据Bitcoin消息，在过去一年半的时间里，比特币和加密货币频频成为热门话题，并在一定程度上侵入了主流文化。人们更常听到关于数字货币其中一个原因，便是因为数字货币已经成为一个神奇的文化符号。

猫儿不笨

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笑话两个程序员炒币

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高考成绩公布在即，高校录取查询网页被植入挖矿程序

日前，腾讯御见威胁情报中心发现某省重点建设大学HND中心“高考录取查询系统”页面被植入网页挖矿代码，访问该页面时浏览器会自动执行挖矿程序，挖取门罗币，导致电脑CPU占用达100%，严重影响电脑使用。同时监测到湖北、山东、黑龙江、河南等多个省份多所重点大学（其中不乏985、211大学）官方网站被植入挖矿木马。本月还发现西南某211大学低碳与节能技术研究院网页被植入挖矿代码。

猫儿不笨

Hetbert 发表于 2018-6-24 18:12
数字货币已经成为一个文化符号

据Bitcoin消息，在过去一年半的时间里，比特币和加密货币频频成为热门话题 ...

Hetbert的中文译文，才是足迹的一绝

Hetbert

媒体评论：币圈烧钱大战或将以平台资本耗光倒闭为终结

据区块律动 BlockBeats，近日，Fcoin、币安、OKEx、BigOne等交易所展开手续费返现分红大战，大家一致认为会有更多交易所跟进这样的操作，返利比例或将从100%涨至500%，直到平台资本耗光后倒闭，或者用户存币耗尽后跑路。与OKEx 和币安相比，其他小资本平台不仅没有能力去护盘，而且很有可能会因为高额返利机制加速融资资金耗尽的速度，币安和 OKEx 将成为市场寡头。

Hetbert

ADA创始人：华尔街准备向加密市场投资“数万亿美元”

ADA创始人兼前以太坊联合创始人Charles Hoskinson昨日在其社交媒体上表示，加密货币新闻评论家们总是忽略了准备向加密货币注资的机构投资者的数量。他还称，华尔街准备在“下一波监管”之后投资“数万亿美元”。



Co-founder and former Ethereum CEO Charles Hoskinson makes a bold statement on his positive outlook for the future of the cryptocurrency market.

CHOMPING AT THE BIT

Charles Hoskinson – co-founder and previous CEO of Ethereum and current CEO of Input Output HK (IOHK) – shared a hopeful and uplifting sentiment today on Twitter today:


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What's often missed by the cryptocurrency is going to die broken record media is that after the next wave of regulation, wall street is showing up to the party with all their locked up capital. That's tens of trillions of dollars entering the space eventually. Future is bright
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Hoskinson references the ‘broken record media’ – mostly mainstream news sources – that are constantly claiming that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are simply a ‘bubble‘ that is ready to burst.

Currently, the total market cap of the cryptocurrency market is down 31 percent from its all-time highs in January of this year, but does that mean that the bubble has burst? For a few reasons, Hoskinson and other cryptocurrency enthusiasts believe that the market is still in its infancy stage.

Total Cryptocurrency Market Cap - CoinMarketCap

Is Hoskinson just acting as a cheerleader, or is there anything substantial to back up his statement?

WHY SO OPTIMISTIC?

Hoskinson’s claim might seem like a bunch of ‘bull’ to some nay-sayers and salty investors who entered the market a little too close to the top, but let’s take a step back and look at some positive factors that could solidify his statements as likely and credible.

First and foremost, many devout investors and adopters boil over with anger when they hear someone speak of regulations in the market. Hoskinson, however, feels regulations are a top priority. He explains:

…after the next wave of regulation, wall street is showing up to the party with all their locked up capital. That’s tens of trillions of dollars entering the space eventually. Future is bright.
Some positive news in the regulation space came out earlier this month when The Security And Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it would not be classifying Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other decentralized currencies as securities.

Another piece to the puzzle is the current price of most cryptocurrencies. At the time of writing this article, most cryptocurrencies are at all time lows for the year. Low prices combined with positive regulations are exactly the things institutional investors with deep pockets are looking for.

As the second quarter of 2018 will soon come to a close, the outlook on the future of the cryptocurrency market remains divided. It is important now, more than ever, not to lose touch of the end goal – to create a trustless decentralized financial ecosystem that is available for everyone to use.

Hetbert

美国特勤局官员：应考虑立法或其他监管行动来解决数字货币相关挑战

据福布斯消息，美国特勤局一名高级官员周三向国会请求帮助，以防止Monero和Zcash等数字货币被用于非法目的。特勤局调查办公室副助理主任诺维(Robert Novy)在给国会的书面证词中称，应该考虑采取立法或其他监管行动，以应对与数字货币相关的潜在挑战。



US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy Coins PRIVACY
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US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy Coins

The US Secret Service is worried about the illicit use of cryptocurrencies. A high-ranking official of the agency has urged Congress to consider additional legislation to address anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies and services intended to obscure transactions on blockchains such as tumblers or mixers.

Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space

Undermining US Laws

US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy CoinsDeputy Assistant Director of the US Secret Service’s Office of Investigations, Robert Novy, gave a testimony before the House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance on June 20.

Novy explained that his agency is primarily concerned with the use of cryptocurrencies “in criminal schemes that undermine the integrity of financial and payment systems, their use in cases of fraud, and their general use as a means of money laundering,” stating:

While some digital currencies have operated lawfully, others have been used extensively for illicit activity…The growing illicit use of digital currencies risks undermining the effectiveness of existing U.S. laws and regulations, especially those intended to limit the ability of criminals to profit from their illicit activities.
Asking Congress for Help

US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy CoinsIn his testimony, Novy asked “Congress for help in preventing cryptocurrencies like monero and zcash, which provide users with enhanced privacy and anonymity features, from being used for illicit purposes,” Forbes elaborated.

Referencing “the global nature of the Internet and modern communications,” Novy claimed that “digital currencies are particularly well-suited for supporting crimes that are transnational in nature.” He proceeded to tell Congress:

We should also consider additional legislative or regulatory actions to address potential challenges related to anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies, services intended to obscure transactions on blockchains (i.e. cryptocurrency tumblers or mixers) and cryptocurrency mining pools.
US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy CoinsAccording to Forbes, Greg Nevano, an official in the investigations division of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, agreed with Novy. “These new anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies are clearly ripe for illicit use in an effort to subvert legitimate law enforcement inquiries,” he was quoted, adding the claim that “although it is more difficult to trace the movement of illicit proceeds using these newer anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies, it is not impossible.”

Novy further suggested that law enforcement must adapt his agency’s “investigative tools and techniques to dismantle criminal groups that use these instruments for fraudulent activity or money laundering.”

What Criminals Prefer

Novy also claimed that “in recent years, criminals have increasingly used digital currencies to facilitate illicit activities on the Internet.” He elaborated, “some digital currencies are primarily used to purchase illicit goods and services,” while others “are primarily used for money laundering—particularly transnational transfers.”

US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy CoinsIn his testimony, Novy described the characteristics of digital currencies preferred by criminals based on the agency’s investigations.

Firstly, they have “widespread adoption as a medium of exchange for intended criminal activities,” in addition to “the greatest degree of anonymity.” Their ability for “protection against theft, fraud, and lawful seizure” is also important, as is the ability to “be readily exchanged to and from their preferred currency.” The last characteristic mentioned is “the ability to quickly and confidently transfer value transnationally.”

Citing that “the Secret Service has been at the forefront of investigating the illicit use of digital currencies,” Novy detailed the agency’s prior work in shutting down “two major centralized digital currencies that supported extensive criminal activity: E-gold Ltd. (in 2007) and Liberty Reserve (in 2013).” In addition, the agency also recently shut down a number of crypto exchanges including Western Express and Btc-e, he conveyed.

Zcash Company’s Response

US Secret Service Asks Congress for Help to Prevent Illicit Use of Privacy CoinsZcash, a cryptocurrency with strong privacy features, was created to protect the privacy rights of everyday citizens. The Zcash company, led by the famed computer scientist Zooko Wilcox, exists to support the privacy coin, but claims that it does not control Zcash or have special access to the cryptocurrency’s transactions.

The company responded to the Secret Service’s recommendations in an official blog post on Friday:

We believe it is in the best interest of the citizens of the United States, the US Secret Service, and other governmental organizations to advocate for privacy rights and protect its citizens and businesses from harm.

Hetbert

猫儿不笨 发表于 2018-6-24 18:28
Hetbert的中文译文，才是足迹的一绝

不是不是，绝大部分都是我贴来的币世界的翻译。

只有他们错误的地方，我才自己翻译。

Hetbert

Hetbert 发表于 2018-6-24 18:42
美国特勤局官员：应考虑立法或其他监管行动来解决数字货币相关挑战

据福布斯消息，美国特勤局一名高级官员 ...

Monero和Zcash只能说，最了解你的人不是你的朋友，而是你的敌人。

你看美国特勤局对隐匿币的五大功能的理解多么深刻：

Firstly, they have “widespread adoption as a medium of exchange for intended criminal activities,”

in addition to “the greatest degree of anonymity.”

Their ability for “protection against theft, fraud, and lawful seizure” is also important,

as is the ability to “be readily exchanged to and from their preferred currency.”

The last characteristic mentioned is “the ability to quickly and confidently transfer value transnationally.”

Hetbert

日本警方合作富士通 将利用区块链技术抑止犯罪

日本千叶县警方昨日联合富士通集团召开了虚拟货币及区块链技术主题研讨会。警方就涉及虚拟货币的犯罪实例及最新的搜查技术进行了说明，富士通则解释了结合区块链技术的安全对策，双方希望通过知识共享，灵活运用区块链技术以抑止犯罪。



Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has been helping train regional police forces in the Chiba Prefecture in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related matters.

Per Nikkei, Fujitsu held a series of joint, “knowledge-sharing” workshops, co-hosted with cyber police officials, briefing some 50 police officers and Fujitsu employees about the latest developments in cryptocurrency-related crime, blockchain security measures and means of investigating potential fraud cases related to cryptocurrencies.

Nikkei quotes a Chiba-based Fujitsu spokesperson as saying, “We want to lead crime deterrence and blockchain technology development.”

The same media outlet also quotes a senior police officer in Chiba’s cybercrime division as saying, “We must develop a robust system that can help us cope with cryptocurrency-related crime. We will continue to deepen our collaboration with companies like Fujitsu to prevent the abuse of cryptocurrencies.”

Fujitsu signed a “cybersecurity partnership” agreement with the Chiba police in July last year, and the company is actively pursuing a range of blockchain-related developments both in Japan and abroad.

Chiba police, meanwhile, have been cracking down on web developers running cryptocurrency mining apps – such as Coinhive software – on their websites. Local Japanese police forces have termed extensions of this sort “viruses,” and have hit developers with hundreds of dollars’ worth of fines.

Hetbert

Bithumb被盗取的数字货币或已被BitBlender暗网清洗

芝加哥大学法学教授Jonathan Levy预测，黑客盗取Bithumb交易所的3200万美元数字货币已通过Bitblender.io被清洗。Bitblender自称使用智能技术擦除比特币的历史，并以100％匿名的方式进行交易，以清洗比特币。有人认为，这次黑客攻击是Bithumb为筹集资金或逃税而做的内部工作。这笔资金可能通过Bitblender回收，然后在Bithumb作为新的现金注入重新存放。



Popular Crypto Attorney Jonathan Levy Says Bithumb Hack Connected To BitBlender

Jonathan Levy, a lawyer from the Cryptocurrency Resolution Trust, predicted that the $32 million in cryptocurrency reported hacked from Bithumb Exchange was laundered through Bitblender.io.

Bitcoin Blender was launched in 2014, by an anonymous Bitcoin enthusiast and software developer. It has been around for several years, and it is likely one of the most popular mixers for the dark web. Bitblender claims to use smart technology to erase Bitcoin history and make transactions 100% anonymous in effect laundering Bitcoins. It is even possible that the hack was an inside job by Bithumb to generate funds or to avoid taxes. The funds therefore were likely recycled through Bitblender so their origins were obscured and then redeposited at Bithumb as a new cash infusion.

The Cryptocurrency Resolution Trust lawsuit against Bitblender (Cryptocurrency Resolution Trust v. Bitcoin Blender Organization), has been lodged with the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) which the Trust asserts has jurisdiction over the .io domain. The .io is the domain of choice not just for crypto currency and ICOs but also HYIPs, scams, and Ponzi schemes due to the lax rule of law by the British authorities.

This is not the first time Levy has accused BitBlender of laundering money to criminals. Earlier this month when CoinRail was hacked, Levy had said that BitBlender had laundered the stolen cryptocurrencies, making the detection of currencies impossible. In a rasping voice he added, “Bitblender openly launders Bitcoins for criminals using the .io domain as its only public address. Bitblender concluded that since Indian Ocean Territory consists only of a secret US leased military base, they could operate with impunity. However, BIOT has a court system and we aim to achieve justice. This is the tip of the iceberg, the value of all the Bitcoins laundered by Bitblender since 2013 must be immense.”



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