Building the blockchain community is essential for further developments

The power of a strong community in scaling blockchain-based projects should not be understated.

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Binance Charity and Integro Foundation raise $1 million for PPEs

More donations can be expected.

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This early Bitcoiner sold BTC on eBay for a 100% markup in 2015

Another story that helped pave Bitcoin's early road to adoption.

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Australian racing groups probe firm allegedly involved in OneCoin

Phoenix Thoroughbreds may need to wait before racing again.

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Bitcoin price holds key support level as focus shifts back to $12,000

The price of Bitcoin has shown resilience after the bears failed to push the price down below $11,200, which means the overall uptrend is still intact.

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Bitcoin price holds key support level as focus shifts back to $12,000

The price of Bitcoin has shown resilience after the bears failed to push the price down below $11,200, which means the overall uptrend is still intact.

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NASA's Hubble telescope captures dreamy 'veil-like' edge of Cygnus supernova blast wave

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared an image of "a small section of a Cygnus supernova blast wave," that has taken the internet by storm. Comparing the imagery to that of magic, the space agency wrote that the image which appears as a delicate and light veil across the sky, reminds every one of the power of imagination.

Captured by the Hubble Space telescope, NASA states, "In reality, it's a small section of a Cygnus supernova blast wave, located around 2,400 light-years away”.

According to NASA, the original supernova explosion blasted a dying star between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. After which, the remnant has expanded 60 light-years from its center.

Hubble Space Telescope shared the same image on its Instagram and wrote that the shockwave from the massive explosion is still expanding at a rate of around 350 kilometres per second.

"The interaction of the ejected material and the low-density interstellar material swept up by the shockwave forms the veil-like structure seen in this image," NASA Hubble said.

According to the NASA website, the name of the supernova remnant comes from its position in the northern constellation of Cygnus (the Swan). It covers an area 36 times larger than the full Moon.

A supernova is a powerful explosion of a star that is extremely bright. One type of such explosion is caused by the 'last hurrah' of a dying massive star.

The second type occurs when two stars orbit one another and at least one of those is an Earth-sized white dwarf. If one white dwarf collides with another or pulls too much matter from the nearby star, the white dwarf can explode.

As per astronomers, supernovas are not very common and about two or three of them occur each century in galaxies like our Milky Way.

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A minster's look at healthcare: Providing fertile ground for blockchain innovation

Further breakthrough deployments of DLT solutions have the potential to strengthen healthcare systems globally.

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Chainlink acquires a privacy-preserving oracle protocol from Cornell University

One of the men who coined the term "proof-of-work" to join as chief scientist

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Google Pay tests NFC-based contact-less card payment feature in India

Now, more will be possible in the Google Pay app. According to some reports, the digital wallet platform in India is set to offer card payment option, using limited debit and credit cards, in addition to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) option.

With the new feature, users will be able to employ near-field communication (NFC) technology and successfully conduct contactless payments.

As of now, no confirmation has come from the authority, but a few support pages have gone live. While one page explains how one can add a card to Google Pay, the other page gives more of a general idea about the ‘tokenisation’ method used to clear such payments.

These pages also tell that the system is currently available only on Axis Bank credit/debit and SBI credit cards. You can use your card to make three kinds of payments — tap and pay (NFC), Bharat QR and in-app merchants.

According to a report on Android Police, you need to set up your card before starting to avail these services. This can be done through a “quick verification process that involves punching in an OTP received from your bank”.

After this, your phone will work as the card and you can tap it and pay at NFC-enabled terminals. It will also be able to scan Bharat QR codes and make online payments.

The portal also found a Reddit thread where users have written that they have seen this feature pop up in their G Pay apps in the last month. This means the feature is a server side roll out and only a set group of users have access to it right now.

In order to maintain security, users will have to register the card every time they change their phone or reset it.

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Bitcoin price at a critical weekly close: Crypto traders outline likely outcomes

Bitcoin approaches the last weekly candle for the month of August. Traders discuss where BTC might be headed next in the short to long term.

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