SegWit signaling will start soon
on Viacoin, but Romano is not very optimistic about quick activation either.
Not exact matches
This was allegedly due to technical issues or other stated reasons, but, as
Viacoin lead developer Romano noted, «It seems more likely they want to refrain from activating Segregated Witness
on altcoins because that would give them even less reason to hold off activation
on Bitcoin.»
Bitcoin Core developer and current Coinkite advisor Peter Todd has been hired by the
Viacoin development team to work
on a Bitcoin 2.0 technology concept.
Todd will serve as chief scientist and advisor
on both the
Viacoin core project and the decentralized smart contract platform ClearingHouse, which is being developed in tandem with
Viacoin.
Oddly enough, the loss of altcoins was associated with a massive spike in
Viacoin (VIA), a relatively obscure cryptocurrency that more tripled in value
on Wednesday.
Currently placed at 121
on the CoinMarketCap digital currency index,
Viacoin is a relatively small digital currency, but one with a notable history: Bitcoin Core developers BtcDrak and Peter Todd were previously involved with the project.
Viacoin became one of the few cryptocurrencies to rise
on the day, jumping more than 40 % to $ 3.53, according to data site CoinMarketCap.
He said that the daily work being done
on bitcoin is integrated into the
viacoin network, and cited the wealth of knowledge available in the bitcoin development community as an asset for development
on his altcoin project.
On 11th August, the viacoin development team announced new details regarding ClearingHouse's internal currency, XCH, and information on how users can exchange viacoins for the new currenc
On 11th August, the
viacoin development team announced new details regarding ClearingHouse's internal currency, XCH, and information
on how users can exchange viacoins for the new currenc
on how users can exchange
viacoins for the new currency.
According to several accounts
on Reddit, Twitter and elsewhere, Binance's trading bot may have been hacked to prop up the value of
Viacoin (VIA), a little - known cryptocurrency that shot up more than 250 %
on Wednesday.
Viacoin surged more than 100 percent as some users of the Binance exchange reported that all their holdings
on the exchange have been liquidated and used to buy the altcoin.