Zcash 1.1.1 is overwinter compatible version of Zcash node software that has initial support for upcoming Sapling consensus that is slated to be activated in September 2018. It will also activate Sapling testnet at the block 252500. The Overwinter network update will be happening on 25th of June 2018 when the block 347500 will be mined.
Jolt is a new hardware crypto wallet for storing your cryptocurrency. Jolt is fully open source and works with Nano currency, which is a fast and scalable crypto designed for payments. The company behind Jolt will be adding more cryptocurrencies in future.
Popular cryptocurrency exchange, Poloniex is sending out emails to its unverified users to verify their accounts through their verification portals. For this, you will need to visit your profile page and then follow the instructions given there. You will be asked to send them a verification photo + government issued photo ID or passport.
You can now download Verge GUI miner that makes mining XVG as easy as 1-2-3. GridcoreGFX, an avid Verge coin supporter and developer, is the person behind this XVG miner. It has easy-to-use user interface and lets you select the algorithm you want. If you have no idea, just stick to defaults, enter your XVG address and you’re good to go. You are shown statistics in real time. For instance, you are shown your hash rate, good and bad shares.
Aeon hard fork will be happening on June 3rd 2018 and while no new coin will be made, this is a pretty significant update. So if you mine Aeon or store them on local wallet, you will need to do the update. Just update the miner software such as XMR-STAK / XMRig and you will notice soon if your software is correct or not as the updated pool will simply reject the shares submitted by your mining machine.
Verge (XVG) was once again exploited today with 51 percent attack where one single miner bought lots of hashpower to gain control of Verge blockchain. Block 2155850 to 2206272 were mined with super-low-diff for the hackers. About 35 million Verge coins ($1.7M) were created in few hours rather than a few weeks – all alone by single person/group. Verge team has promised that code rebase is underway to prevent this in future.
Shipchain, a token that runs on Ethereum blockchain has received cease and desist order. Shipchain’s token, SHIP providing an interesting study here for what happens if an ICO neglects what is generally ‘recommended’ nowadays for token sales which is no sales to US citizens, especially un-accredited, whether wrong or right. This has already led to 40 percent dump today.
There is a new ICO that has the word “scam” written all over it. The name of the ICO is IDAP and their website is IDAP.io. It claims that it will be offering users a single click trading interface to do cryptocurrency trading. In other words, IDAP will be an exchange.
Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has announced that it will be delisting all pairs of privacy coins being traded on the exchange. This includes Monero, Zcash and Dash. Coincheck was bought by Monex, a brokerage firm that got infamous for the NEM hack where more than 530 million dollars worth of NEM were stolen. Coincheck has announced that it will no longer be supporting the aforementioned privacy cryptocurrencies.
Vertpig is a cryptocurrency exchange made by Vertcoin community member and it had to go down due to regulatory issues. While the VTC/GBP market is still down, the exchange is back with Euro support. The VTC/EUR pairing is open to everyone with the SEPA bank transfer. Their VTC/BTC and VTC/LTC market is back as well.