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Monero: something strange is going on

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CEO of Lunar Digital Assets, Han Yoon wrote an article, warning that Monero network possibly showing signs of an imminent attack. The main point is the strange increase in hashpower. Starting from January 1st, 2019 it"s constantly growing - from 322,7Mh/s up to 781 Mh/s (February 5th). It"s an enormous growth and, in fact, the hashpower was never that high since the April 5th, 2018 - the day when Cryptonight V8 algorithm was implemented during the Lithium Luna update. You can check the actual hashpower here. The whole situation doesn"t seem to be strange and dangerous now. But considering the fact that Monero is an ASIC-resistant coin, there"s less space for the explanation of such a strange behavior. Another fact - Monero ... Read more about " Monero: something strange is going on " on coinatory.com

Leading crypto exchanges support the Siacoin network fork

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By the end of October 31, hardfork will be implemented in the Siacoin cryptocurrency network, which will allow updating its software to version 1.3.7. The coin development team announced hardfork on Twitter last Tuesday. At the same time, the release of the new software was announced. Leading cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, Bittrex, Upbit, Poloniex, HitBTC, LBank, Vebitcoin, Bitbns and OKEx, reported on the successful upgrade of the Sia network to the latest version. https://twitter.com/SiaTechHQ/status/1057307487664291841 Hardfork to take place on block 179,000, the team will announce the completion of the update on Twitter. Each holder of Siacoin, if they are stored in a wallet, must ensure that they are updated ... Read more about " Leading crypto exchanges support the Siacoin network fork " on coinatory.com