Ethereum Private is an upcoming hard fork of Ethereum and Zcash blockchain and promises to combine everything that is great about Ethereum and Zcash. Ethereum Private hard fork date is 13th of June 2018. Each Ethereum holders gets ETHP coins in 1:1 ratio while Zcash holders get 0.5ETHP for each ZEC they hold (1:2). So, if you have 2 ethereum, you get 2 ETHP and if you’ve 2 Zcash, you get 1 ETHP.
One of the best things about decentralized blockchains like bitcoin, ethereum and ethereum classic is that anyone can perform a hard fork and make a new coin. Ethereum Emerald is going to do a hard fork on 13th of July 2018.
ZenCash network was hit with 51 percent attack yesterday, on June 2nd 2018 at 0243H UTC. The ZenCash team did mitigation steps to increase the difficulty of future attack on its network and safeguarded its network. However, around 6600 ZEN and 13000 ZEN for double spends were done and attacker was able to reorganize more than 30 blocks. This means the attacker knew what he was doing.
Mobi wallet is a wallet for your smartphone to store various cryptocurrencies and today, it has announced that it will be adding support for Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DSH). This is a great news for Bitcoin Gold and Zcash because none of them have either android or iOS applications and Mobi wallet app is available on both.
AEONPocket team has been updated to work with the upcoming AEON Sophia update. For those who do not know about AEON pocket, it is a web based user interface that lets you manage your AEON coins without running a full AEON node. This can save lots of time. Since the application is still in development, the developer suggests using AEON pocket to store Aeon only in small amounts.
Which is the best wallet for PIVX? Pivx is still a fairly new currency and it is obvious that companies like coinbase and cex.io will take some time to adopt this currency. But that does not mean there is shortage of Pivx wallets. There are some pretty amazing offline, mobile and web wallets for Pivx. There is even a Pivx wallet for Raspberry Pi.
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.
