What is an Atomic Swap?
In the world of cryptocurrency, there is a strong focus on how different ecosystems seemingly compete with one another. It always appears to be Bitcoin against the rest of …
Category: Education
What is Civil Asset Forfeiture?
Governments are not in favor of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies these days. They have never been, and it is highly unlikely they will ever be. The US Congress is introducing …
What is the User Activated Hard Fork?
There are quite a few different opinions on how Bitcoin needs to be scaled moving forward. It is evident there are multiple camps, each of which is trying to …
Bitcoin Ransomware Education – CryptoGod
June 15, 2017
Education, Malware, Ransomware
Some ransomware developers feel they are in a league above the rest. This is evident when looking at the name of some ransomware strains in circulation right now. CryptoGod …
What is Blockchain Bloat?
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have always been concerned about the size of the Bitcoin blockchain. It now appears Ethereum is suffering from similar issues as well. A blockchain of several hundred …
What is the Decentralized Ether Mixer Smart Contract?
When the AlphaBay darknet market announced they would integrate Ethereum, a lot of people were caught by surprise. Ethereum has no anonymous payment solution. It makes little sense to …
What is Sharding?
There are quite a few interesting aspects of the Ethereum ecosystem most people are still confused about. The Ethereum developers have been talking about “sharding” for quite some time …
What is the Trezor 2 Hardware Wallet?
A lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are looking for safe and secure ways to store their coins. That is only normal, as keeping funds on an exchange is never a …
Bitcoin Ransomware Education – Spectre
June 12, 2017
Education, Malware, Ransomware
Not a week goes by without security researchers coming across a new type of ransomware. That is not entirely surprising, considering ransomware has been a lucrative business for cybercriminals. …