From a Bitcoin bug fix to a new decentralized exchange, here are some of the stories breaking in the world of crypto.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Core developers fixed a denial-of-service bug that could allow a bad actor to double spend a transaction, place it in a block and temporarily crash a segment of the network. The exploitation would cause an attacker to forfeit their block reward, worth an estimated $75,000 at today’s prices.
Developers are urging Bitcoin Core uses to patch the bug by implementing the update.
DigiByte
The bug in the Bitcoin Core code also exposes smaller cryptocurrencies to an attack. DigiByte announced an upgrade for immediate release.
Check out #DigiByte Core 6.16.5, released yesterday but we've been busy letting Exchanges / Pools know about it. Fixes the Bitcoin bug I made a vid about. Definitely upgrade immediately!
Much respect to the $DGB devs & their super rapid response as always!https://t.co/NUfEHnp8SX— Josiah [Not interested in Bank-Coins] Spackman (@dgb_chilling) September 20, 2018
Ethereum and XRP
Ethereum has quickly regained its spot as the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap.
XRP overtook Ethereum for a matter of hours during a massive price surge, at one point earning 64% gains in less than 24 hours. Since then, Ethereum has had a run of its own that helped it retake the #2 spot.
Dash
Dash Text launched in Venezuela. The Venezuela-based company lets users send SMS-based DASH transactions.
The platform is now in public beta and can be accessed via a five-digit short code on Movistar, one of the country’s three major telecom companies.
? News Alert ? @dash_text, a wallet service enabling @Dashpay transactions via SMS message, has launched in #Venezuela ?? This enables transactions in #Dash without an internet connection. A much needed solution for Venezuela created by Venezuelans. ?https://t.co/yu4s1ZWAyc
— Mark Mason (@StayDashy) September 19, 2018
Tron
TronWatch Market is launching a decentralized exchange (DEX), allowing users to trade from any TRON token (TRX10, TRX20) to TRX.
The DEX aims to increase liquidity for TRX and all Tron-based tokens.
? Congrats to @TronWatch and @sesameseed_SR for unveiling their new decentralized exchange TronWatch Market! This DEX will support #TRON's network growth, and offer more flexibility to the $TRX holders!
Click here for more info ? https://t.co/YTr9GVXsWY
— TRON Foundation (@Tronfoundation) September 20, 2018
Enigma
Enigma is rolling out an updated roadmap for its privacy protocol.
Designed to be the privacy layer for the decentralized web, Enigma is introducing networked nodes and incentives (i.e. node rewards), secret contracts, secret tokens and scaling solutions.
[the_ad id="42537"] [the_ad id="42536"]Exciting to see this vision continue to expand: “Expanding Enigma’s Roadmap: Towards a Privacy Layer for the Decentralized Web” by @EnigmaMPC https://t.co/TUjdzUhvJy
— Jeff Bussgang (@bussgang) September 21, 2018
