What is a decentralized VPN — and should I use one?
Decentralized VPNs are private networks that don’t rely on provider-owned servers. What does this mean for the average user? Keep reading to find out......»»
Hate subscriptions? Stay safe on the web with VPN hardware instead.
TL;DR: As of March 24, the Deeper Connect Nano Decentralized VPN Cybersecurity Hardware is on sale for $289.99.There’s no foolproof way to stay safe on the web. Hackers, trackers, and other nefarious internet presences are always finding new wa.....»»
Web3 Crypto: A Decentralized Utopia or Dystopia?
Many believe the rise of Web3 will allow for the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency. But do experts agree? Find out. Continue reading........»»
Anonymous Hacks Russia’s Roscomnadzor Site-Blocking Agency
A hacker claiming affiliation with the decentralized international hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to have breached and leaked the database of Russian telecoms and censorship agency Roscomnadzor. The 820GB trove reportedly contains over 360,00.....»»
How Open Source Intelligence Became the World’s Window Into the Ukraine Invasion
As Russian troops attacked Ukraine, a decentralized community of online researchers worked together to track and verify video evidence. In a grainy cell-phone video shared widely on Twitter early on Thursday morning, plumes of black smoke.....»»
Asian startups shaping trends in AI, health, and other areas
The number of unicorns across the Asia-Pacific region has neared 200 - second only to the US' number, and their growth is built on AI, decentralized finance (DeFi), fintech/e-commerce, health tech, and sustainability-related solutions, Google Taiwan.....»»
Crypto Enthusiasts" DAO Tries Raising $4 Billion to Buy a Football Team
In NFL news, an American football team — the Denver Broncos — "are up for sale," reports CNBC, "and a group of crypto enthusiasts is aiming to raise more than $4 billion using a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, to make it th.....»»
Finally, a VPN option without monthly subscription fees
TL;DR: As of Feb. 12, the Deeper Connect Nano Decentralized VPN Cybersecurity Hardware is on sale for $299.While it may seem that way, fighting cybercrime isn’t a hopeless endeavor. There are many ways to protect your data and identity on the i.....»»
DeFi world shaken after exploit leads to $322 million crypto hack
When they talk about decentralized finance, they don't mean decentralized like that. Over $300 million worth of wrapped ether (wETH) was stolen Wednesday thanks to what appears to be a massive exploit in the DeFi Wormhole protocol. In response, the t.....»»
Opera Launches a Dedicated Crypto Browser
Opera has launched its Web3 "Crypto Browser" into beta with features like a built-in crypto wallet, easy access to cryptocurrency/NFT exchanges, support for decentralized apps (dApps) and more. From a report: The aim is to "simplify the Web3 user exp.....»»
Crypto-Savings Lawsuit Puts Principles of DeFi To the Test
The emerging world of decentralized finance offers the holders of cryptocurrency many of the amenities of a modern financial system, under the premise that blockchain technology can cut out the middlemen, replacing flesh-and-blood bankers with autono.....»»
A DAO Wants To Make Blockbuster a Decentralized Film Streaming Service
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) wants to buy the defunct movie rental business Blockbuster and create a decentralized film streaming service out of it -- "with plans for movie financing and production down the road," reports The Block......»»
Centralized Crypto Exchanges Saw Over $14 Trillion in Trading Volume this Year
Centralized crypto exchanges, which hold customers' private keys unlike decentralized exchanges, reported more than $14 trillion in trading volume in the year 2021, according to The Block Research. From the report: That figure is a massive 689% incre.....»»
Decentralized Exchanges Saw Over $1 Trillion in Trading Volume This Year
Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) reported more than $1 trillion in trading volumes in the year 2021, according to The Block Research. From a report: That figure is a massive 858% increase compared to 2020 DEX trading volumes, based on data as of Decemb.....»»
Crypto Scam Revenue Up 81% in 2021, Hits $7.7 Billion: Chainalysis
The explosion of rug pulls in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem over the past year helped to propel revenue from crypto scams to $7.7 billion in 2021, according to blockchain data firm Chainalysis. From a report: Per Chainalysis' 2022 Crypto.....»»
"Decentralization Illusion": Central Bank Group Urges Regulation of DeFi Crypto Platforms
The central bank of central banks is worried about "decentralized finance." From a report: The Bank for International Settlements, an umbrella group for central banks, said in a report this week that it's concerned there's a "decentralization illusio.....»»
Someone Stole $120 Million in Crypto From a DeFi Website
The Verge reports: On Wednesday night, someone drained funds from multiple cryptocurrency wallets connected to the decentralized finance platform BadgerDAO. According to the blockchain security and data analytics Peckshield, which is working with Ba.....»»
Really Stupid "Smart Contract" Bug Let Hackers Steal $31 Million In Digital Coin
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Blockchain startup MonoX Finance said on Wednesday that a hacker stole $31 million by exploiting a bug in software the service uses to draft smart contracts. The company uses a decentralized fina.....»»
Twitter announces dedicated crypto team as company wants to invest in decentralized tech
In an unexpected and surprising move, Twitter announced on Wednesday a new team dedicated to working with crypto and blockchain. The company says it wants to “figure out what crypto can do for Twitter” and that it will invest even more i.....»»
Industry watch: Challenges of traditional OEM decision-making models
Under the impact of 5G, COVID-19, EV and US-China trade war, decentralized production mechanism coupled with the local demand of regional markets is to forge new industrial ecosystems. The mass production mechanism that we know well has brought treme.....»»
Syncing Hyperledger Fabric StateDB (CouchDB) to Elasticsearch
Hyperledger Fabric is fully decentralized. To store world state it uses a key-value database, like for example, CouchDB. Retrieval of data from CouchDB becomes a bottleneck when complex queries are run on that database. So, ELK (Elasticsearch-Logstas.....»»