May 2, 2022

The Daily Block Explorer - Issue #260

By The Daily Block Explorer • Issue #260 • View online

Why Web3 is like piracy (and why it’s not a bad thing). Welcome to The Daily Block Explorer. A global view of the emerging distributed ledger economy…

Bitcoin usage in El Salvador is underwhelming. Telegram users can send crypto through TON blockchain spinoff. Crypto mining‘s efforts to go green face hurdles. Solana blockchain down for 7 hours amid bot invasion.

Why Web3 Is Like Piracy (and why it’s not a bad thing) — Medium

They were both right just not in the way they imagined because these are applicable to where Web3 is heading. Pirates of the 17th and 18th centuries are utterly fascinating. Pirates and other social…

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Bitcoin usage in El Salvador underwhelming — Seeking Alpha

Bitcoins (BTC-USD) use as a medium of exchange in El Salvador, the first-ever country to adopt the most popular cryptocurrency as legal tender, appears to be off to a rough start.

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Telegram now lets users send cryptocurrency through TON blockchain spinoff — The Verge

Telegram is now letting users send cryptocurrency payments through The Open Network (TON), the blockchain built off of Telegram’s abandoned crypto efforts.

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Can crypto go green? Major companies are trying — but it's easier said than done — CNBC

The whole process behind cryptocurrency mining is underpinned by something known as “proof of work.” And it uses up an incredibly large amount of energy.

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Blockchain Network Solana Down for 7 Hours Amid Invasion By Bots — CoinSpeaker

The Solana blockchain faces yet another network downtime in 2022 as bots flood the Candy Machin NFT project with traffic resulting into major network congestion.

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