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Blockchain Services Firm Claims Instant Cross-Border Payments

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BlockCypher, a company that positions itself as a blockchain “web services” provider for the corporate realm has claimed that it can now facilitate near-instant cross-border payments. As bitcoin and blockchain-based innovation continues to disrupt the payments industry with quicker settlements at a lower cost, one Fintech firm with a focus in the B2B space claims […]

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Blockchain Services Firm Claims Instant Cross-Border Payments

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BlockCypher, a firm that positions itself as a “blockchain web services” provider for the corporate realm has claimed that it can now facilitate near-instant cross-border payments. As bitcoin and blockchain-based innovation continues to disrupt the payments industry with quicker settlements at a lower cost, one Fintech firm with a focus in the B2B space claims […]

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BlockCypher Offers Ethereum and Bitcoin APIs on One Platform

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BlockCypher, a provider of web services that supports bitcoin blockchain applications, announced that its web services will now allow companies to build applications using the Ethereum protocol without needing blockchain infrastructure. The company made the announcement at the Exponential Finance conference in New York, N.Y. BlockCypher claims to be the first software provider to offer […]

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Video: BlockCypher CEO Explains Bitcoin for Singularity University

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Catherine Nicholson is the CEO of BlockCypher, which is the company that powers instant trades at ShapeShift. Its Confidence Factor is used in several other applications as well. CCN spoke in depth to BlockCypher’s Developer Advocate, Josh Cincinnati, …

Video: BlockCypher CEO Explains Bitcoin for Singularity University

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Catherine Nicholson is the CEO of BlockCypher, which is the company that powers instant trades at ShapeShift. Its Confidence Factor is used in several other applications as well. CCN spoke in depth to BlockCypher’s Developer Advocate, Josh Cincinnati, …

Video: BlockCypher CEO Explains Bitcoin for Singularity University

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Catherine Nicholson is the CEO of BlockCypher, which is the company that powers instant trades at ShapeShift. Its Confidence Factor is used in several other applications as well. CCN spoke in depth to BlockCypher’s Developer Advocate, Josh Cincinnati, …

BlockCypher: Zero Confirmation Bitcoin Transactions Still Viable

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BlockCypher provides Bitcoin wallet services to larger organizations such as exchanges and payment providers. During the recent fracas of “dust” transactions crowding the Bitcoin network, one of their larger clients, Erik Voorhees’ ShapeShift.io, suffered a double-spend attack amounting to 2.6 BTC. The biggest offering of BlockCypher is what they call a “Confidence Factor” which basically means what it sounds like – if the processor is reasonably sure (as in more than 99%) that a double-spend will not be attempted, the transaction is processed with zero confirmations. BlockCypher describes their method like so: In simpler terms, if an unconfirmed transaction returns […]

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