Friday, January 11, 2019

NASA / 50% of Bitcoin Untouched / Samourai / Scams

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Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today

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1. NASA has proposed an air traffic management system that runs on blockchain. The space agency published a paper on its official website outlining the plan. It would employ an open-source permissioned blockchain that would secure, private and anonymous communication with air traffic services. NASA wrote that the system would use the Hyperledger Fabric and argued that such an infrastructure could be rapidly deployed without a large cost. –COIN TELEGRAPH

NASA publishes paper on air traffic management system
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2. Nearly 50 percent of the bitcoin supply has not been moved in over a year, while 20 percent may be lost forever, according to new research. Delphi Digital, using data from Bitcoin's Unspent Transaction Output, claims that bitcoin moved started to decline mid-way through 2017. Using the same methodology, Delphi Digital found that more than 20 percent of coins have not moved in the past five years, meaning they may be lost for good. –NEWS BTC

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3. Samourai, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, had to remove key security-related features in order to still appear in the Google Play store. In a blog post, Samourai said it removed three features – stealth mode, SIM switch defense, and remote SMS commands – as Google wants to move its store to more of a "walled garden experience." That means Google would have holistic control over all operations in its system, including applications content and media. Samourai has complied with the request, but still has its fully-secure app available on other platforms. –COINDESK

Samourai must remove security features to be in Google Play store
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4. Scammers are looking to take advantage of the upcoming ethereum hard fork to steal from users. Researchers have already identified two forks – Ethereum Nowa and Ethereum Classic Vision – that are attempting to steal from the network. These forks have been designed to try to trick users into handing over their private keys. –SMARTEREUM

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5. This man lost $1 million on bitcoin after getting caught up in the hype. –THE GUARDIAN

6. Ethereum will resemble zCash after the Constantinople hard fork takes place. –CRYPTO BRIEFING

7. Tron founder Justin Sun threw some online shade at ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. –AMB CRYPTO

8. Banks in India are making customers sign contracts saying they will not use cryptocurrencies. –CCN

9. Here is an interesting read on the case of Symphony, Volantis and some missing bitcoins. –FORBES

10. An analyst expects a short term correction if bitcoin drops below $3,600 per coin. –NEWS BTC

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Written and curated by David Stegon. He has been a reporter for 15 years, the past 10 focused on technology. Follow him @davidstegon.

Editing team: Lon Harris (editor-in-chief at Inside.com, game-master at Screen Junkies), Krystle Vermes (Breaking news editor at Inside, B2B marketing news reporter, host of the "All Day Paranormal" podcast), and Susmita Baral (editor at Inside, recent bylines in NatGeo, Teen Vogue, and Quartz. Runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram).

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