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A new Telegram coding competition is starting today. The task is to build smart contracts for a blockchain platform.
1. Build one or more smart contracts as described in TON Contest.txt below.
2. Suggest improvements for FunC or TON VM (optional).
3. Find issues and suggest fixes for TON Testnet (optional).
The prize fund for these 3 tasks is up to $400,000.
The contest ends on October, 15 at 23:00 CET.
We’ll publish how to submit your code in this channel soon.
1. Build one or more smart contracts as described in TON Contest.txt below.
2. Suggest improvements for FunC or TON VM (optional).
3. Find issues and suggest fixes for TON Testnet (optional).
The prize fund for these 3 tasks is up to $400,000.
The contest ends on October, 15 at 23:00 CET.
We’ll publish how to submit your code in this channel soon.
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Telegram Contests
The details of the $200,000-400,000 blockchain competition.
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BIP’s Market Price
The only appropriate approach towards calculating the market price of BIP is when you can use it to buy other money, goods, or services instantly. By “instantly,” we mean a couple of seconds per automatic exchange operation—think of Bitcoins, gallons of gas, or Big Macs.
Right now, you can go to Monster or 1001 and buy Bitcoin and Ether with BIP without having to “stay in line” or get anyone’s permission. That is the definition of the market price: someone is willing to sell, and you are willing to buy.
All other prices—including the official rate that has been voted for and the one observed at MBank—are just benchmarks with their own additional conditions. MBank is set to enable projects to sell their custom coins accepting various payment methods, and the official price is needed for autonomous atomic swaps.
The team is engaged in the most complex objectives, i.e., it works on the ecosystem where any project could put their money to work in the most convenient way, including automated interaction with other blockchains. We do not and never will aim to create exchanges or exchange services of our own, impact the price, have market makers under control, or be involved in any manipulation.
Someone with relevant experience in the fields outlined above can pitch their project and apply for a grant. We are absolutely certain that proper trade-focused software can improve the processes for both developers and users.
The only appropriate approach towards calculating the market price of BIP is when you can use it to buy other money, goods, or services instantly. By “instantly,” we mean a couple of seconds per automatic exchange operation—think of Bitcoins, gallons of gas, or Big Macs.
Right now, you can go to Monster or 1001 and buy Bitcoin and Ether with BIP without having to “stay in line” or get anyone’s permission. That is the definition of the market price: someone is willing to sell, and you are willing to buy.
All other prices—including the official rate that has been voted for and the one observed at MBank—are just benchmarks with their own additional conditions. MBank is set to enable projects to sell their custom coins accepting various payment methods, and the official price is needed for autonomous atomic swaps.
The team is engaged in the most complex objectives, i.e., it works on the ecosystem where any project could put their money to work in the most convenient way, including automated interaction with other blockchains. We do not and never will aim to create exchanges or exchange services of our own, impact the price, have market makers under control, or be involved in any manipulation.
Someone with relevant experience in the fields outlined above can pitch their project and apply for a grant. We are absolutely certain that proper trade-focused software can improve the processes for both developers and users.
📨 #DeCenterDaily
💵 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has added another channel to its fiat gateway.
via The Block
🗓 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed a decision on Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposal.
via CoinDesk
👮 The British police are auctioning off GBP 500,000 worth of confiscated Bitcoin.
via Cointelegraph
👩⚖️ Tether and Bitfinex have won a stay of N.Y. Attorney General’s fraud lawsuit.
via Modern Consensus
🚀 Two years since its USD 257 million initial coin offering, Filecoin is finally preparing for launch.
via Decrypt
💵 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has added another channel to its fiat gateway.
via The Block
🗓 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed a decision on Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposal.
via CoinDesk
👮 The British police are auctioning off GBP 500,000 worth of confiscated Bitcoin.
via Cointelegraph
👩⚖️ Tether and Bitfinex have won a stay of N.Y. Attorney General’s fraud lawsuit.
via Modern Consensus
🚀 Two years since its USD 257 million initial coin offering, Filecoin is finally preparing for launch.
via Decrypt
The SoFi Invest platform is set to enable trading in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) as soon as next Tuesday.
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CoinDesk
Online Lender SoFi to Launch Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading Next Week
The millennial-focused SoFi will offer trading in bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin next Tuesday and source its liquidity from Coinbase.
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While everyone argues about which stablecoin is better, we are developing algorithms that will enable anyone to issue their own fiat currency-pegged coin in the Minter network. As usual, with instant transfers and exchange operations, absolute liquidity, and even delegation.
You will be able to mint your own buck, pay your partners with it, delegate what’s left, and get over worrying about exchange rate fluctuations.
Sounds like a fantasy come true? The real magic begins when you can create your custom coin backed by a stablecoin reserve.
Stay tuned.
You will be able to mint your own buck, pay your partners with it, delegate what’s left, and get over worrying about exchange rate fluctuations.
Sounds like a fantasy come true? The real magic begins when you can create your custom coin backed by a stablecoin reserve.
Stay tuned.
📨 #DeCenterDaily
♎️ Facebook’s Libra is a “wake-up call” for central banks, according to an executive of the European Central Bank (ECB).
via The Block
➕ Major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has added support for XLM and LINK for the residents of New York.
via CoinDesk
📈 The number of blockchain wallet users has reached over 40 million at the end of the first half of 2019, data from Statista shows.
via Bitcoin.com
💰 According to the big four accounting firm KPMG’s latest survey, U.S. consumers are “increasingly willing” to use digital tokens as a means of payment.
via Decrypt
📉 Bitcoin drops 75% of the time before futures expire, findings from Arcane Research revealed.
via Cointelegraph
♎️ Facebook’s Libra is a “wake-up call” for central banks, according to an executive of the European Central Bank (ECB).
via The Block
➕ Major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has added support for XLM and LINK for the residents of New York.
via CoinDesk
📈 The number of blockchain wallet users has reached over 40 million at the end of the first half of 2019, data from Statista shows.
via Bitcoin.com
💰 According to the big four accounting firm KPMG’s latest survey, U.S. consumers are “increasingly willing” to use digital tokens as a means of payment.
via Decrypt
📉 Bitcoin drops 75% of the time before futures expire, findings from Arcane Research revealed.
via Cointelegraph
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Four is our lucky number
There are four main stages of development of the Internet of Money as we see it today:
– BIP, a basic coin of the Minter Network, like a bit in the on-line world. Serves to handle all-purpose tasks;
– Custom coins, BIP-reserved, instant liquidity in the Minter Network, atomic swaps via IBC;
– Pure stable coins, BIP-reserved, algo-driven. Pretty similar to custom coins but linked to off-chain prices of any currencies, goods, or services—e.g., USD, oil, the minimum wage in the E.U.;
– Bucket stable coins, BIP- or any custom coin-reserved, algo-driven. Can be used to hedge against macroeconomic events, e.g., the crisis of 2008.
Eventually, all coins will be swappable to any sort of electronic money, including fiat currencies, with the help of a global network of liquidity providers.
Autonomy is our major goal, and it’s achievable by the diversity of coins, so anyone on the Internet of Money will have access to all sorts of common and specific monies just like we have a choice of information in the Wikipedia or YouTube today. So once you get on-line, there will be no need to look back or experience any limitations.
There are four main stages of development of the Internet of Money as we see it today:
– BIP, a basic coin of the Minter Network, like a bit in the on-line world. Serves to handle all-purpose tasks;
– Custom coins, BIP-reserved, instant liquidity in the Minter Network, atomic swaps via IBC;
– Pure stable coins, BIP-reserved, algo-driven. Pretty similar to custom coins but linked to off-chain prices of any currencies, goods, or services—e.g., USD, oil, the minimum wage in the E.U.;
– Bucket stable coins, BIP- or any custom coin-reserved, algo-driven. Can be used to hedge against macroeconomic events, e.g., the crisis of 2008.
Eventually, all coins will be swappable to any sort of electronic money, including fiat currencies, with the help of a global network of liquidity providers.
Autonomy is our major goal, and it’s achievable by the diversity of coins, so anyone on the Internet of Money will have access to all sorts of common and specific monies just like we have a choice of information in the Wikipedia or YouTube today. So once you get on-line, there will be no need to look back or experience any limitations.
According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, there is currently extreme fear in the market.
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Bitcoin Price Fear & Greed Index Turns Blood Red Under 8K — Time to Buy?
Bitcoin price diving below $8,000 has driven market sentiment to extreme fear, which may present a perfect opportunity to buy the dip
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While many crypto news media outlets are panicking about whether Telegram Open Network will launch, the Minter team is actively trialing all new developments—for example, this alpha version of the wallet.
We would like to kindly remind you that Telegram’s cutting-edge feature has always been the high quality of their products. Hence, there could be no doubt that the project will see the light of day in time. Few realize that what we are talking about here is not a particular blockchain but the entire decentralized Internet. The Internet, where the TON blockchain itself and its native GRAM coin are simply one moving part of the mechanism which is set to gain autonomy from the rest of the world.
We would like to kindly remind you that Telegram’s cutting-edge feature has always been the high quality of their products. Hence, there could be no doubt that the project will see the light of day in time. Few realize that what we are talking about here is not a particular blockchain but the entire decentralized Internet. The Internet, where the TON blockchain itself and its native GRAM coin are simply one moving part of the mechanism which is set to gain autonomy from the rest of the world.
Less than a month from now, the Telegram Open Network will launch. A slew of news related to the project is mounting as it has already entered the public testing phase, started a smart contract development coding competition, and saw the addition of its TON Wallet to the alpha version of Telegram Messenger (it was removed in today’s upgrade).
What is Telegram Open Network testnet from a validator’s perspective? Find out in @CATnode’s recent review: https://dcntr.org/ton-validator-perspective
What is Telegram Open Network testnet from a validator’s perspective? Find out in @CATnode’s recent review: https://dcntr.org/ton-validator-perspective
decenter.org
Telegram Open Network through the Eyes of the Validator
TON blockchain: what are the advantages of Pavel Durov’s network, and how will new blocks be generated? Read our story as CAT, a Minter Network validator, provides the answers.
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🇪🇺 Ripple has completed the acquisition of an Iceland-based cryptocurrency trading firm for its European expansion.
via The Block
🌽 Ant Financial and Bayer have partnered to develop an agricultural blockchain-powered system.
via CoinDesk
🌏 A bug in Zcash could leak the IPs of full nodes with shielded addresses (zaddr).
via Cointelegraph
💶 The biggest obstacle to a European Central Bank-issued digital currency is “its utility in terms of costs and benefits to the public,” according to the organization’s departing President.
via Modern Consensus
🏀 The NBA told Spencer Dinwiddie that he couldn’t tokenize his multi-million-dollar contract.
via Decrypt
🇪🇺 Ripple has completed the acquisition of an Iceland-based cryptocurrency trading firm for its European expansion.
via The Block
🌽 Ant Financial and Bayer have partnered to develop an agricultural blockchain-powered system.
via CoinDesk
🌏 A bug in Zcash could leak the IPs of full nodes with shielded addresses (zaddr).
via Cointelegraph
💶 The biggest obstacle to a European Central Bank-issued digital currency is “its utility in terms of costs and benefits to the public,” according to the organization’s departing President.
via Modern Consensus
🏀 The NBA told Spencer Dinwiddie that he couldn’t tokenize his multi-million-dollar contract.
via Decrypt
Cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase, Kraken, Poloniex, and Bittrex have developed a system to rate which cryptocurrencies are likely to be securities.
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The Block
Coinbase, Kraken and others develop a system to rate cryptocurrencies on likelihood they are securities
Cryptocurrency exchange operators, including Coinbase, Kraken, Circle (operator of Poloniex) and Bittrex, have developed a system to rate which cryptocurrencies are likely to be securities. XRP has a score of 4, while EOS, Stellar and Tezos scored 3.75. Bitcoin…
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💵 The EOS blockchain network developer has settled an unregistered securities sale case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
via CoinDesk
🤝 Six major Japanese brokerage firms have established the Security Token Offering (STO) Association.
via The Block
🌎 Revolut has partnered with Visa to expand into North America, South America, and Asia.
via Cointelegraph
💪🏻 LedgerX has accused former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman of revenge.
via Modern Consensus
❌ Binance has disabled the BTTBTC trading pair.
via Decrypt
💵 The EOS blockchain network developer has settled an unregistered securities sale case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
via CoinDesk
🤝 Six major Japanese brokerage firms have established the Security Token Offering (STO) Association.
via The Block
🌎 Revolut has partnered with Visa to expand into North America, South America, and Asia.
via Cointelegraph
💪🏻 LedgerX has accused former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman of revenge.
via Modern Consensus
❌ Binance has disabled the BTTBTC trading pair.
via Decrypt
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A Book
I decided to write a visionary book called The Future of Money, in which I will provide my forecast of what money landscape shifts we can expect in the next 10–30 years.
It is more about challenging myself. First, I will need to seriously weigh everything and put a multi-dimensional future in an understandable format. Second, I will have to write in English. And last but not least, the book must be interesting for readers.
Why money? The answer lies in the fact that money is perhaps the most confusing tool of everyday use. No one ever thinks about how it works, but everyone needs it.
In all my endeavors, it is often vital for me to lay out the direction of work through a noscript from which I can develop a story. A story to be told to the community of people with whom I work on a product as well. I have already set the direction: the book will cover the future of money. But if I was going for a concise noscript, I would consider Money 2.0—an implication that all the previous monies were only the first version.
And if you think that I want to simply pick up a pen and start writing, you totally miss the point. I will try to make this book using GitHub, with pull requests so widely seen within this specific environment, so that anyone can add their knowledge and correct my mistakes. All the fact-checking and proofreading will be paid with a project coin, thereby proving in practice that private money is already working today.
I am going to donate all proceeds from the book to the Minter Development Foundation, for the benefit of the development of the Internet of Money.
#money20
I decided to write a visionary book called The Future of Money, in which I will provide my forecast of what money landscape shifts we can expect in the next 10–30 years.
It is more about challenging myself. First, I will need to seriously weigh everything and put a multi-dimensional future in an understandable format. Second, I will have to write in English. And last but not least, the book must be interesting for readers.
Why money? The answer lies in the fact that money is perhaps the most confusing tool of everyday use. No one ever thinks about how it works, but everyone needs it.
In all my endeavors, it is often vital for me to lay out the direction of work through a noscript from which I can develop a story. A story to be told to the community of people with whom I work on a product as well. I have already set the direction: the book will cover the future of money. But if I was going for a concise noscript, I would consider Money 2.0—an implication that all the previous monies were only the first version.
And if you think that I want to simply pick up a pen and start writing, you totally miss the point. I will try to make this book using GitHub, with pull requests so widely seen within this specific environment, so that anyone can add their knowledge and correct my mistakes. All the fact-checking and proofreading will be paid with a project coin, thereby proving in practice that private money is already working today.
I am going to donate all proceeds from the book to the Minter Development Foundation, for the benefit of the development of the Internet of Money.
#money20
One of the top Germany-based banks has predicted a price of Bitcoin at USD 90,000 apiece after the 2020 halving.
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A new report from the United Nations reveals that the distributed ledger technology can assist in eliminating the problems of hunger, inequality, and poverty.
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Modern Consensus.
UN: Blockchain and other FinTech can save the world - Modern Consensus.
A United Nations report argues that new financial technologies like blockchain can reduce hunger, fight inequality, and eradicate poverty Blockchain and other new financial technologies can help alleviate hunger, inequality, and poverty according to a new…
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♎️ Libra nodes have gone live on the pre-mainnet, according to the project’s roadmap.
via Cointelegraph
🇺🇸 Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the Federal Reserve to consider a digital national currency.
via CoinDesk
💵 Coinbase now offers rewards for users holding its USDC stablecoin.
via Decrypt
🇨🇭 Switzerland-based exchange SIX has listed a BTCETH exchange-traded product (ETP).
via The Block
🇮🇳 South Korea’s largest Bitcoin exchange Bithumb is trying to convince the government of India to allow cryptocurrency trading.
via ccn
♎️ Libra nodes have gone live on the pre-mainnet, according to the project’s roadmap.
via Cointelegraph
🇺🇸 Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the Federal Reserve to consider a digital national currency.
via CoinDesk
💵 Coinbase now offers rewards for users holding its USDC stablecoin.
via Decrypt
🇨🇭 Switzerland-based exchange SIX has listed a BTCETH exchange-traded product (ETP).
via The Block
🇮🇳 South Korea’s largest Bitcoin exchange Bithumb is trying to convince the government of India to allow cryptocurrency trading.
via ccn