Month: January 2018
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Bitcoiners be like…
This popped today and we thought it was worth a few hundred words.
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Good work Intel. Spectre and Meltdown processor flaws leave everyone exposed and vulnerable
Just after a bright and hopeful ringing in of the New Year, January 2nd, 2018 came with an amazing, yet terrifying, report of two major processor (CPU) security vulnerabilities that affect virtually every computing device. The two CPU flaws – dubbed Meltdown and Spectre – are reported to affect CPU chips manufactured within the past…
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Online security fatigue – how to maintain your sanity
A recent study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) finds that online users can suffer from online Security Fatigue. What? Why? Not me! I’m always safe online. Sure. We’ve reached a point in history that if you are using a computer to do things online, you are concerned about hacking, viruses or…
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A faster way to store and sync the bitcoin blockchain
If you are new to cryptocurrency (or token-based) blockchains or plainly haven’t updated your Bitcoin blockchain in a long time, you’ll want to get the latest data on your blockchain ledgers quickly and efficiently. Otherwise, you’ll be in for a long wait time. Let’s learn about hacks to get your blockchains downloading and processing faster!