Tag: MIT

May 17, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

A time capsule by MIT - this 20-year-old cryptographic puzzle is now solved

We all know about the Bitcoin treasure hunts and cryptocurrency puzzles that the community is regularly "facing". Recently, Leaprate reported about the Satoshi Treasure Hunt - a $1 million-venture.  Now, a 20-year-old cryptographic puzzle has been solved and recorded the blockchain of Bitcoin Cash. The information comes from Bitcoin News online magazine. Amazingly, the puzzle…

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INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets
January 24, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

MIT's new cryptocurrency Vault - 99% more efficient than Bitcoin

Bitcoin has often been taunted as too "energy-intensive" and too "data-intensive". The top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap are sometimes "accused" of the same features. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, have now designed a cryptocurrency that is reportedly 99% more data-efficient than other cryptocurrencies. The innovative alt coin will provide a more scalable network because…

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