Kiffmeister’s Fintech Daily Digest 06/08/2019

• The Bitcoin Cash fiasco: a reorg or a 51 percent attack?

  On May 15, 2019, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) implemented a system upgrade designed to support a number of scaling solutions. Shortly after the fork, there appeared to be a power struggle between miners looking to recuperate lost BCH, which became spendable after the upgrade. This has led to new debates over the centralization, security, and immutability of the BCH network.

  tags: Fintech CryptoAssets Bitcoin AltCoins

• Ernst & Young rolls out ‘Nightfall’ to enable private transactions on Ethereum

  Ernst & Young has released a zero-knowledge proof private transaction protocol for the Ethereum blockchain, called Nightfall.

  tags: Blockchain Fintech

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