📌 Dev Update - New LIPs, Send LSK via iMessage, Create a Paper Wallet, Lisk Core 1.4.1 Security Fix and More!

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View this email in your browser Another fortnight has passed and our development team has a number of updates to share with you. Backend developer Mariusz Serek published "how implementing automation testing significantly improved development speed and code quality for Lisk." The Science Team started new LIP threads in the LIPs Mailing List to gather feedback 📫 🔎Feb 13th - Fee System: proposes replacing Lisk's static fees with a dynamic fee system during the 'Network Economics' phase of the roadmap. 🔎Feb 5th - DPoS Voting: proposes changing to one vote per account. Lisk Core 1.4.1 was released to Testnet and Mainnet yesterday with an important security fix.  Lisk Core 1.5.0 undergoes further QA Testing while 1.6.0's new architecture has already been implemented and 1.7.0 began integration of Elements into Core. Lisk Elements 2.1.0 alpha release continues the integration of Elements' libraries into Lisk Core 1.7.0. Lisk Commander 2.2.0 will bring enhanced node management functions to Lisk Commander. We will implement various commands to easily manage a Lisk Core node straight from our CLI. For example, "node:install" will allow you to install Lisk Core right from your local machine. 👏 Lisk Hub 1.10.0 introduces a newly designed splash screen, top menu and a simplified registration process with the option to create a paper wallet. Let us know what you think! 📣 Lisk Mobile 0.10.0 lets you send LSK via iMessage on iOS devices & 3D Touch on iOS and Android devices.  Want in-depth details? 👇    Newsletter settings Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Lisk Headquarters Gubelstrasse 11 6300 Zug Switzerland Join us We're looking for enthusiastic people who believe in the possibilities that blockchain technology enables. View our open positions on Careers.

CryptoWeekly #93

The best cryptocurrency news, guides and resources.

CRYPTO WEEKLY January 15, 2019 | #93 THE MARKETS BTC: $3,576.33 | +$133.40 (+3.88%) since last week ETH: $121.10 | +$10.47 (+9.46%) since last week SPONSOR Domino's is on the Lightning Network🍕⚡ Order Domino's Pizza via the Lightning Network from anywhere in the US. Get 5% off, ~30 min delivery and <1¢ fees. Get it at LN.Pizza GOOD READS JP Morgan is launching its own cryptocurrency for payments This week JP Morgan announced that it would be launching JPM Coin, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar that will be used to conduct international payments. While the stablecoin could pose a threat to Ripple on the remittances front, some are saying that the JPM Coin isn't a cryptocurrency at all. This is because JPM Coin will be running on a private blockchain that runs on Quorum, developed with help from the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. As a result, JP Morgan's cryptocurrency will likely function more like a closed payments network. Binance reports it's still managing to remain profitable, despite bear market Despite Bitcoin being down more than 80% from its all-time high in 2017, Binance recently reported that it's still remained profitable despite the downturn. By one estimate, the crypto exchange netted nearly $500M in profit last year, and it also leaped ahead of its competitors to become the largest exchange in the world by trading volume (with more than $700M in trades conducted in the past 24 hours). Bitcoin could turn out to be the ultimate hedge against the cashless society Many herald the rise of digital payments and the transition to a cashless society, but these two trends are actually quite different. Having a cashless society is particularly more problematic, as it removes cash as the only P2P payment vehicle that doesn't require an intermediary. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies still have the potential to fill this gap by providing a decentralized, untraceable method of payment. The first US pension funds are starting to dip their toes into crypto investing In a world first, a public pension fund has just invested in a crypto venture fund. This week Morgan Creek Digital announced that two Virginia-based pension funds would be leading the capital raise for its newest $40M crypto fund, which will be investing exclusively in blockchain and digital payments startups. The investment will be structured like a traditional VC fund, with a small amount of liquidity held in crypto. Inside Nvidia's wild ride on the crypto rollercoaster Nvidia's GPUs have been used for crypto mining since as early as 2014 - but the company didn't acknowledge how exposed it was to crypto-related demand for its hardware until the downturn in the markets last year. This year is likely to see more of the same - this week Nvidia announced its first revenue decline in five years, in a clear reflection of crypto's recent impact on its bottom line. What's the key difference between public and private blockchains? It all comes down to trust Many blockchain advocates identify the technology's trustlessness as a key value-add, but as security expert Bruce Scheier points out, this is a misnomer. The "trustless" nature of public blockchains inherently requires placing trust in the protocols themselves - but this can be a risky proposition, as recent hacks have illustrated. As such, businesses considering implementing blockchain on their own platforms should be careful to first assess how it changes their own systems of trust before moving forward. Blockchain analysis has tied 5 addresses to missing Quadriga funds After $190M in customer funds was lost by Quadriga last week due to the death of its founder, a massive search was started to find out where the funds went. This week, a forensic analysis discovered that the lion's share of the funds were diverted to 5 addresses clustered together, meaning they likely belong to the same entity. It's still not clear if Quadriga itself is in control of the funds, or if they're now sitting under a third-party cold wallet. Wells Fargo's nightmare is Bitcoin's dream come true Last week, Wells Fargo's banking systems went down entirely for nearly 48 hours due to a technical failure. The downtime illustrated Bitcoin's technical superiority for some, as nodes can now even be deployed by satellite in the event of a network meltdown - but as this Forbes piece points out, crypto's technical performance at the scale of global banking networks remains untested so far. COMMUNITY NEWS We just added 260 new blockchain companies, 125 new cryptocurrency companies, 14 new crypto exchanges, 2 new crypto media outlets and 13 new crypto VC's to CryptoList. Link M&A deals in crypto set a new record last year. Link Crypto forensics firm Chainalysis has just raised $30M in Series B funding. Link IBM's blockchain mainnet has just gone live in Melbourne. Link The latest XRP Ledger boosts censorship resistance more than ever. Link Here's how much key blockchain jobs are paying. Link Former Snap employees are launching a Forge platform for Ethereum developers. Link Bitcoin is now mining its largest blocks ever. Link Ripple's fundraising arm is investing in a XRP Community Developers Lab. Link Mike Novogratz says a new wave of institutional money is about to flow into crypto. Link Coinsquare, Canada's largest crypto exchange, has just acquired StellarX. Link Ripple has just funded 29 universities to conduct blockchain and crypto research. Link Meet Voyager, the no-fee crypto trading app. Link Sponsor: Domino's is on the Lightning Network🍕⚡ Reply to this email with any feedback and/or suggestions. 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🤔Why AI hasn't shaped your business, yet.

If a machine can suggest perfumes, why is it so slow to change the way we do business.

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