Just wanted to say I'm happy to join the community. My entire investment portfolio has been comprised of a few individual stocks and broad based etfs. However, I've been eyeing crypto as an observer from afar for a while. After doing some research, I decided now would be the time for me to do so,…
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Part of the fun and caution around bear markets could be how low cryptos prices have gone done since the top. It can easily make someone think that it's both a great opportunity while simultaneously being a bit of a risk too- IE- what if I invest bit and the crypto market tanks. The upside…
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The recent optimism hacker stole 20 million tokens and now it's safe to say that due to this recent hack, Harmony ONE is Harmony done. This is frustrating when you know this could have been avoided. Harmony's last security audit was in 2020. The security world moves quick and two years literally doesn't mean shit.…
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Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky wasn’t trying to leave the U.S. last week but has continued to work on recovering liquidity and operations, the company has claimed.
The key to survival for Bitcoin miners boils down to the delicate balance between the revenue and the operating cash flow.
After seeing the country’s inflation rise to 191.6% in June, Zimbabwean monetary authorities said they have resolved to increase the benchmark interest rate to 200% per annum. In addition, the central bank said it will introduce gold coins which will act as an instrument that will “enable investors to store value.” Discouraging Speculative Borrowing Monetary […]
Hi guys. If you don't already know it, this is the no-official newsletter about Curve Finance. If you don't have time to be 24-7 on Twitter. This is a good way to follow what is happening https://cryptouf.substack.com/p/whatup-on-curve-86 submitted by /u/cryptouf [link] [comments]
BeaRex has kicked off a new era for GameFi fans: the Play-and-Earn era (P&E). This approach takes into account the interests of all participants in the blockchain gaming ecosystem: those who want to play for money, as well as those who just play for fun. After all, the cheerful 2D runner was primarily created so that players could enjoy themselves in its universe, and if they can earn money from their skills and acquire resources in the process, all the better! In this article, we explain why making money in games is a revolutionary concept, what obstacles Play-to-Earn players currently face, and why BeaRex is absolutely the last word in blockchain gaming. The secret to the success of the world’s most popular games is having simple rules and the ability to play on mobile devices. BeaRex combines both of these in a game with a plot that echoes the famous Mario. The game’s main character is a bear who runs along an endless obstacle course, collects berries and other resources, and tries to escape from a dinosaur. The berries are needed to make smoothies, and what happens after the bear drinks it is really worth seeing! Depending on the ingredients, the world around him changes in the most unexpected way, and to predict the metamorphosis is quite impossible. The Main Ingredient of Success: Play-and-Earn GameFi, or monetized blockchain games, can prove to be a constant source of income for players. It has evolved into a surging technological trend over the past year, just as fresh and booming as decentralized finance (DeFi) was a couple of years ago. And this is no surprise, as GameFi combines three key ingredients — game mechanics, NFT, and DeFi — to attract millions of potential users. The GameFi phenomenon appeared at the junction of gaming and cryptocurrencies. DappRadar, which tracks blockchain industry activity, reported in November 2021 that games are responsible for about half of blockchain use cases. At the same time, about 2.5 million unique active wallets (UAW) are connected to decentralized applications (DApps) daily! The essence of Play-and-Earn boils down to the following: users receive tangible, and not purely virtual, money for developing within the game. This is a huge step forward for the entire gaming industry, since now ordinary players can reap profits by taking part in gameplay, and not just celebrity streamers. This significantly increases the number of people who want to play. And it’s precisely thanks to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies that all this has become possible. BeaRex Eliminates the High GameFi Entry Threshold Despite the abundance of incentives to enter GameFi, there are still restraining factors. The main obstacle is the cost of entry. In order to get on board, you need to shell out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. It is clear that this isn’t affordable for everyone, especially considering that many of the players flocking to Play-to-Earn are from poorer countries. In fact, in some places, playing a P2E game can bring in more money than working! Many players with respectable incomes cannot afford the exorbitant start-up costs either, even if they know they’ll be able to earn back their investment in the future. Moreover, people usually want to try out a number of different games and aren’t ready to immediately slap down several thousand dollars to be able to play something once in a while that they may not even end up liking. BeaRex’s Solution: Combining Free-to-Play and Play-to-Earn Original It is precisely due to the demand for an easy and flexible way to enter GameFi that BeaRex has developed a new, more advanced version dubbed Play-and-Earn. P&E is a hybrid model that includes both Play2Earn and Free2Play capabilities. This combination allows gamers not only to earn money but also play for free while increasing their skills and having fun along the way. Players can try their hand at short tasks to earn ‘karma’ so that they can take on more profitable tasks and grow their income later. BeaRex solves the problems of GameFi participants’ two main groups: investors and players. Investors want to put money into GameFi but often don’t have the time to play. In fact, they may not be interested in gaming at all! Players have the opposite problem: they love games and want to play but often don’t have the money to buy expensive game NFTs. BeaRex offers a solution: a player who doesn’t want to play for some reason can pay an experienced player a fixed price in tokens to pass through the levels for them. Thus, the investor receives passive income, while the player can enter the game and start earning with the investor’s character without buying an expensive NFT, which they may not be able to afford. But that’s not all! BeaRex is first and foremost a universe created for the pure enjoyment of playing the game. The main philosophy of the project is that everyone should be able to play, and when players are ready to make money, they can buy NFT Bears and switch to Play-to-Earn mode. Four BeaRex Game Modes Play-for-Fun: A completely free mode in which you can train and enjoy the game on a smartphone. All game progress can be saved and used in Play-to-Earn mode later. In order to start earning, the player must buy an NFT bear. Investor Mode: This is ideal for people who want to earn money from P2E but don’t know how to play or don’t want to. With the help of the order board, you can rent your Bear out to a more experienced player who will play it to pass through levels, collect gaming resources, and earn profits, which can be split between you. Play-and-Earn: This regime is for gamers who want to play the game and pass through its levels with their own bear. Everything is simple here: all the profits of your hard labor are completely yours to keep. Order Execution Mode: This is for players that have their own bear but see the benefit of taking a more powerful animal from an investor to earn more. The greater the player’s skill, the cooler and more profitable the tasks they can take on. Animated Series and the BeaRex Metaverse BeaRex is not just a game, but also an animated series! Work on an animated series based on the game has already begun. The first episode will be released at the end of 2022, and the entire first season will be available in 2023. The series will follow the adventures of bears from the very first NFT collection, which will be sold in mid-July of this year. Owners of the bears portrayed in the cartoon will receive royalties from series rentals. BeaRex Beta Launch BeaRex has already launched a beta version in an Instagram mask. A bright and absolutely mind-blowing universe awaits you here: collect berries, prepare smoothies, and save the world from dinosaurs, while earning money along the way or just playing for fun. There is currently a special offer for all game participants on Instagram: play the game in an Insta mask and earn 500 TRIP tokens. And all players will participate in a $5,000 NFT draw. Good luck in the game! Image: Original
Would it be easier to perform a 51% attack on a PoS chain? Is it easier to own a PoS chain? I saw a post from another sub talking about how PoS chains can be bought out by a government just by printing enough fiat to purchase all of the tokens on the chain. Ethereum…
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In February 2022, the Ukrainian government ran a crypto donation campaign to support victims of the Russian invasion. When the nation tried to reward those who had contributed to the fundraiser by sending crypto wallet holders complimentary NFTs, a slew of scammers took advantage of the government’s generosity, causing the operation to cease. Rug pull scams like this, where cyber criminals drain money from unsuspecting investors, aren’t uncommon in the crypto space, unfortunately. Shortly following the Ukraine rug pull, in March this year, hackers discovered a weakness in the Ronin blockchain used by popular play-to-earn platform Axie Infinity. In the security breach, the scammers ended up stealing $165 million from Axie’s parent company, Sky Mavis. In addition to rug pull scams, cryptocurrency exchanges can be compromised through poor security or fraud. This is what happened in 2014 when the Mt. Gox exchange collapsed in a years-long attack by hackers. By the time the breach was detected, a loss of between $300 million and $480 million of users’ funds had occurred. Since the attack, it has been estimated that $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies have been stolen from exchanges. Blockchain’s utility isn’t limited to just cryptocurrency, though. The shared and immutable ledger’s ability to provide transparency and security allows it to be applied to numerous other sectors, including real estate, supply chains and gambling. Although the technology has taken the world by storm over the last few years, issues like the inability to hold scammers accountable for rug pull scams have plagued the industry, preventing it from being adopted into the mainstream. Additionally, large demand on blockchains that slow their transaction speed requires improvements to the technology’s ability to scale, a problem that many blockchains have so far struggled to achieve. Newcomer to the blockchain space, Zetrix, has found a solution to address issues relating to transparency and security in the blockchain. It can facilitate smart contracts and deliver privacy, plus its cryptographic infrastructure can be introduced to multiple industries, creating a more transparent and efficient process. Zetrix’s network also has incredible scaling ability, being able to withstand 10,000 transactions per second. In addition, Zetrix uses DPoS (Delegated Proof of Stake) to secure the blockchain by ensuring representation of transactions within it. DPoS is designed for implementing tech-based democracy using elections and voting processes to protect from centralization. The Zetrix DPoS mechanism is implemented through smart contracts with a dynamic upgrade mechanism that adjusts to the difficulty level of validating node access as Zetrix’s network expands, which means no matter how vast the network grows, the privacy and security of its users will remain intact. As an added measure, the consensus mechanism allows transactions to be validated before being added to the blockchain, and all validators are voted in via a contract. In a groundbreaking new report by the Institute of Industrial Internet & IoT, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), the blockchain confirmed that it can complete transactions using a significantly low amount of energy compared to other blockchains. Specifically, it only requires 21 super nodes and 100 common nodes to complete a transaction, compared to Bitcoin, which uses 2.2 million super nodes, and Ethereum’s Proof of Work (PoW) blockchain which uses 2.3 million super nodes. Zetrix’s mission is to connect countries and their governments, businesses, and people to a global blockchain-based economy. The platform wants to make native blockchain and cross-chain solutions accessible and effortless by bringing rapid-deployment solutions to the market with meaningful benefits and real-world impact for countries, businesses, and users. By building a future ecosystem of Ubiquitous Trust Networks, the next-generation layer-1 public blockchain infrastructure allows value to be transferred freely on and across blockchains, just as information moves freely across the internet. As a result, by harnessing digital assets, decentralised applications can be developed and deployed rapidly on its network. Blockchain technology has been rapidly adopted by many industries over the past decade, but mainstream adoption still remains a challenge due to the prevalent issues faced including issues with security, transparency, and scalability. Newcomers to the space like Zetrix are proving that these issues can once and for all be addressed, providing a much-needed step forward for this revolutionary technology.
