The first successful Zero-Knowledge Pay-to-Sudoku Bounty on Bitcoin
By using Zero-Knowledge Contingent Payment (ZKCP), a seller does not have to interact with the buyer, as they only need to post a single bounty transaction.
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IoT and IIoT in supply chain management and global logistics
The implementation of secure GPS-, IoT-, IIoT-, and 5G-based communications remains challenging due to the lack of interoperable standards and their deployment across multiple vendors.
Private non-interactive bounties for general computation on Bitcoin
Outsourcing arbitrary computation securely and privately on a blockchain needs Zero Knowledge Proof to validate encrypted solution and prevent data from leaking.
Quebec blockchain miners may face electricity cuts from grid operators
Hydro-Quebec’s Electricity Supply Plan 2023-2032 report warns that the city’s electricity consumption could spike by an additional 25 TWh in the next 10 years.
MetaProof offers ‘incredibly efficient’ SPV queries for BSV businesses
MetaStreme is offering the MetaProof service for free to projects in the BSV industry, limited to 100 requests per second.
Texas ‘crypto-rush’ causing concern in Washington
Studies show Texas could see its global 'crypto' mining power mount to 20% next year, sending worries about skyrocketing electric costs and its impact on the state's grid and the environment.
BSV Zero Knowledge Hackathon is underway, don’t forget to sign up!
sCrypt Inc. founder and CEO Xiaohui Liu said over 300 people have already signed on to the event, and there will be a live event streamed on YouTube on November 2 to kick things off.
Speedup Bitcoin stateful contract updates using pre-authorizing signatures
Signatures act as public keys/addresses that are used to pre-authorize state updates and carry out token transactions.
Answer the question, BTC-ers: What’s the point of ‘non-mining nodes’?
Dr. Craig Wright says non-mining nodes on a blockchain without producing transaction blocks don't have any function, contrary to what BTC proponents claimed to be vital to "decentralization."
Mine about it
Four key things to take note of when mining: the subsidy is there to help us build, transaction fees must outstrip subsidies, hardware needs to be bought, and don't focus on dollar-based economics.
Why the BSV empty block miner has no right to the subsidy, Joshua Henslee explains
In his latest video, Bitcoin developer Joshua Henslee explains why the empty block miner is not entitled to the subsidy.
Developers skilled in blockchain tech are in short supply globally: study
The world is facing a manpower crunch of developers knowledgeable in the blockchain space, with India working to address the issue by offering educational courses on the nascent technology.