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Monero (XMR) added to the Dubai crypto exchange BitOasis

As it was announced earlier by Dubai cryptocurrency exchange BitOasis, today support of two more new coins was added on the BitOasis digital asset trading exchange: Monero (XMR) and ZCash (ZEC). This is the answer to the continuously growing demand for cryptocurrencies from the customers of the Gulf Cooperation Council – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, […]

By |April 25th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Monero vs Bitcoin: Privacy Coins Comparison #1

This year is considered the year of cryptos focused on privacy and anonymity of the coin holders. There are several anonymous coins and we’ve posted a small comparison of Monero vs Verge previously. Now we’d like to compare our favorite Monero vs Bitcoin, the Cryptocurrency King.

Privacy coins evolved essentially from the Bitcoin as the answer […]

By |April 23rd, 2018|News|0 Comments

Monero heads to the moon

On April, 18, Monero has celebrated its birthday. During this big day, Monero has grown in price by more than 16%, almost reaching the monthly maximum.

The upward movement of the XMR began around 5:00 am (UTC) rising from about $200 to $232. The capitalization of the cryptocurrency increased accordingly: if at the beginning of this […]

By |April 20th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Verge vs Monero: Anonymous Cryptocurrency Battle

The recent news about the partnership between Verge (XVG) coin and Pornhub.com made me think about the competition among privacy-based cryptocurrencies and outlooks for anonymous online payments market.

#VergeDay is upon us! Your favorite adult brands are now accepting @vergecurrency to pay for memberships +more and to celebrate we’re giving away over 300K $XVG! RT and […]

By |April 18th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Flash sale on ASIC miners after Monero hard fork

On April,6, Monero held its hard fork where the team changed POW algorithm to prevent ASIC miners from mining XMR. The decision to perform a hard fork was made after a major ASIC manufacturer – Bitmain – announced the new Antminer X3, first Cryptonight ASIC miner.

However, there’s another lesser-known Hong Kong-based ASIC manufacturer – Baikal […]

By |April 16th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Monero Hard Fork Survivors: Monero Classic (XMC)

Recent Monero fork resulted in four different coins that use the original blockchain and remain to be ASIC-friendly. Since we have already mentioned the other ones (XMO, XMV, ZMR) that formed after the recent Monero fork, we should say a few words about the Monero Classic and Monero-Classic, both use the XMC ticker, though they’re created […]

By |April 11th, 2018|News|0 Comments

XMR / XMO fork first results, April 6th

The XMR fork took place at 07.24 am (UTC). The first XMO blocks were successfully found right after the fork as expected. Due to some technical issues, XMR blocks started to appear only an hour later. The network was divided between the two coins as follows: 30% of hash power went to XMR, 70% […]

By |April 6th, 2018|News|0 Comments

45 top famous musicians to accept Monero as payment

2017 and 2018 have been rich in crypto events as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become widely accepted by the publicity, and Monero was not an exception.

Now, people all over the world are able to buy music, memorabilia, and other kinds of merchandise from top big-name artists who started accepting the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero.

The marketplace […]

By |April 4th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 45 top famous musicians to accept Monero as payment

Monero [XMR] responds to the broken privacy allegations

It’s not a secret that FUD is spreading faster than anything in the mass media.

In 2017, a team of professors and students at Princeton University, namely Andrew Miller, Malte Moser, Kevin Lee and Arvind Narayanan conducted a research “An Empirical Analysis of Linkability in the Monero Blockchain”, where they point out that Monero cryptocurrency is […]

By |April 2nd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Monero [XMR] responds to the broken privacy allegations

Security During Monero Forks (XMV/XMO)

MoneroV (XMV)

The first XMR fork MoneroV (XMV) will take place on the 30th of April, 2018 block #1564965. Due to security reasons, it is essential that you use the official MoneroV wallet to claim MoneroV coins. All the additional information like the wallet’s source code will be published and open sourced by the MoneroV team.
There […]

By |March 30th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security During Monero Forks (XMV/XMO)