UNICEF launches NFTs on Ethereum to fund internet access for children worldwide
UNICEF is initiating a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to gather funds for school internet access. The UN agency’s latest endeavor to embrace blockchain technology is the NFT drop. UNICEF launches NFTs to honor its 75th anniversary UNICEF, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, has launched a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Ethereum […]
Chainalysis sets to enable the Lightning Network bitcoin payments in 2022
Chainalysis will enable the Lightning Network, a layer two protocol on the Bitcoin blockchain, in February 2022 and companies that accept Bitcoin payments using Lightning nodes will be able to use the Chainalysis Know Your Transaction compliance software Chainalysis sets to enable Lightning Network bitcoin payments Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, will enable the Lightning […]
Florida’s governor proposes the state allow residents to pay fees in cryptocurrency
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida in a new budget proposal has recommended to the state government that businesses be allowed to pay state fees using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC). The suggestion was included in the governor’s budget proposal for 2022–2023, which was released on Dec. 9. DeSantis suggested providing $200,000 to the Department of […]
DDoS attack reportedly hits Solana but the network remains unaffected
After its recent attack in September, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was purportedly launched on Solana’s blockchain over the last 24 hours the attack temporarily clogged the network, although the network appears to be unaffected. A DDoS attack is when a botnet or a large number of coordinated devices flood a netwo rk […]
Polygon plans to dedicate 250M MATIC to deal with zero-knowledge tech
Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon’s co-founder, remarked that “Polygon plans to focus on ZK cryptography as the end game for blockchain scaling.” A scalability solution for Ethereum Polygon has announced that it will commit up to 250 million MATIC tokens ($627.5 million) to a partnership with Mir, a zero-knowledge cryptography business. Polygon’s Plan External validators can verify […]