| Nasdaq-listed companies announced the purchase of $250 million in Bitcoin; Beijing Bitmain notified the progress of legal proceedings at the Cayman level

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2020-08-12 07:55 (UTC+8)

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There are more than 100 registered blockchain companies in Guiyang.

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Bitmain internal letter: The facts of the lawsuit at the Cayman level are clear, and we will strive to resume production and operation as soon as possible and achieve an IPO
Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has become the first public company to buy bitcoin as part of its capital allocation strategy. The company announced that it had purchased 21,454 bitcoins (currently worth more than $250 million). MicroStrategy previously disclosed plans to purchase Bitcoin to avoid inflation for the first time on July 28, 2020. (The Block)

Nasdaq-listed company MicroStrategy announces it has bought $250 million in Bitcoin

Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has become the first public company to buy bitcoin as part of its capital allocation strategy. The company announced that it had purchased 21,454 bitcoins (currently worth more than $250 million). MicroStrategy previously disclosed plans to purchase Bitcoin to avoid inflation for the first time on July 28, 2020. (The Block)

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ETC Labs reviews the 51% attack event: does not plan to roll back any transactions, and is researching new mining algorithms
ETC Labs reviews the 51% attack event: does not plan to roll back any transactions, and is researching new mining algorithms
On August 11, ETC Labs published an article summarizing the recent 51% attacks. ETC Labs stated that, first of all, during the attack period, the official kept in touch with the miners and exchanges, provided advice on the attack, requested the suspension of deposits and withdrawals, and ensured the use of the Geth or Besu core client. Secondly, the official statement on the incident is as follows:
1. It is unreasonable to accuse mining pools of selling computing power to attackers. Although mining pools can improve the system and encourage miners to behave honestly, they are not responsible for network security.

Therefore, in response to this incident, the official does not intend to roll back any transactions. The official emphasized that all PoW chains are vulnerable to attack, and it needs to be recognized that this is a general weakness of PoW chains.

Ethereum 2.0 multi-client testnet Medalla has two major issues fixed, and two more are under investigation

As of now, the Ethereum 2.0 multi-client test network Medalla has more than 26,000 active verification nodes and is running well. Medalla has always followed the mainnet specification, and compared to other testnets, it has made significant progress in size and complexity. Four major issues have been identified since the testnet launch last week, two of which have been fixed so far. (Microstrategy.)
The Grin mining machine has been put into use, and the current computing power of the entire network is 22378 Gps

Gary described the appearance of the mining machine. Similar to other Asic mining machines, the size of the Grin mining machine is about 44cm x 20cm x 35cm, and the box weighs about 20 kg. Gary connected the mining machine to a grin node to try to mine. After less than 24 hours, he dug up 3 blocks (819660, 820461, 820801), and the block rewards totaled 180 Grin. However, Gary said that in order to control the noise while mining at home, the cooling fan is not adjusted to the maximum, so the mining efficiency of the mining machine may be higher. (Rhythm BlockBeats)

FTX founder: Decentralized exchange Serum will be launched this week
FTX founder: Decentralized exchange Serum will be launched this week

FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman Fried tweeted that with the efforts of dozens of developers, designers, project managers and community members, the decentralized exchange (DEX) Serum will go live this week. Sam also said that this is not yet a complete product, nor is it a perfect DEX. Features such as cross-chain bridges and tokenized products will be launched in the next few months.

The total number of TRON accounts exceeded 7.5 million[Original link]

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The flash loan robot that monitors the arbitrage space spends a gas fee of about 4 ETH to arbitrage more than 80,000 USDC from Uniswap. Because some "giant whales" bought about 40,000 ETH at one time with about 18 million USDT on Uniswap, resulting in a premium of over 10% for ETH on Uniswap; the flash loan robot monitored this arbitrage space and spent about 4 ETH in gas fees to arbitrage it More than 80,000 USDC. (PA News)

Blockchain industry

Media: More than 100 registered blockchain companies in Guiyang

Daily Economic News today wrote an article "After "Big Data", why does Guiyang become the "City of Opportunity" of the blockchain? ". The article pointed out that after big data, blockchain is becoming the next industrial opportunity that Guiyang is grasping. As the first national big data comprehensive test zone, in order to promote the strategic layout of the national big data, Guiyang City released the blockchain white paper 1.0 in 2016. At the same time, to further deepen the grand blueprint of the national big data (Guizhou) comprehensive test zone, Guiyang also The concept of "sovereign blockchain" was first proposed. Up to now, more than 100 blockchain enterprises have been registered in Guiyang, among which Guizhou Far East Integrity Management Co., Ltd., Guiyang Information Technology Research Institute, and Yunmatong Data Operation Co., Ltd. have been selected for the domestic blockchain information service filing of the State Cyberspace Administration of China. list. (Daily Economic News)

On August 10, the Harbin Intermediate People's Court used an "electronic seal" for the first time to investigate and deal with a property involved in the case. It is understood that the electronic seal is an innovative application of blockchain technology in court hardware, which has the characteristics of eye-catching appearance, advanced technology, and intelligent application. (Northeast Network)

Investment and Financing

1inch completes USD 2.8 million financing led by Binance Labs and Galaxy Digital

LBank announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with the Capital DeFi Fund. LBank will contribute 5 million US dollars to participate in the fund to jointly explore high-quality DeFi projects and empower service project parties. The DeFi projects invested in will be exempted from review and listed on LBank without listing fees, and Enjoy full support from LBank.

global policy

Several U.S. banks respond to OCC, saying they are open to providing encrypted services

Foreign media: Ireland may pass new anti-money laundering laws against cryptocurrencies

Character·Voice

Messari CEO: Bitcoin is Asset-Centric, Ethereum is Technology-Centric

Ryan Selkis, CEO of Messari, tweeted that Bitcoin is asset-centric, and technology makes assets work. Ethereum is technology-centric, and assets make technology work. In short, this is the cryptocurrency holy war.

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