Cryptocurrencies were the main topic on QubitNews this week
For those who have not noticed yet, every week I look for a movie reference for the title of the QubitNews edition and this week there is no better title than "a new hope", I like to start with happy news so take your seat, get on comfortable that this edition will have a bit of suspense, drama and happiness.
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14/12/17
Zcash
It is definitely impossible not to feel happy when you are mining a currency like Zcash that for many months seemed stagnant and suddenly in just four days its escalation begins. The ZEC went from 363 USD to 488 USD, which represents an increase of 34.43% in 24 hours and continues to rise since at this time it has a rise of 31.05%. One of the reasons why the ZEC has risen in value can be found in its capitalization which went from 858,140,000.00 USD to 1,050,030,000.00 in five days, this increase comes from the launch of investment deposits launched by Grayscale Investments, LLC subsidiary owned by Digital Currency Group, Inc.
UPDATE: Zcash as of December 19 is already at 613.00 USD
Suppression of neutrality
Internet as we know it will cease to exist, perhaps these words sound very aggressive and apocalyptic but it is because the Federal Communications Commission of the United States approved the abolition of net neutrality. What does this represent for citizens? This guaranteed the internet as a public service and prevented internet provider companies from blocking or slowing down the websites at will.
This rule endangers access to the network on equal terms for both a large and a small page, I explain again ... If an Internet provider wants, it can give priority to speed and access websites like Amazon over the online store of your neighbor Juanito who also sells things online, or directly block news websites like ours to give priority to news websites of large television networks according to their own criteria (that is, if they have an exclusive contract with said companies), Unlike now that everyone has equal access to both a website and another that circulates on the network regardless of its origin, destination or content.
Samsung S9
It seems that there is already a place and date for the (official) presentation of the new Samsung S9 mobile and the place will be the Mobile World Congress that will be held one more year in Barcelona between the dates of February 26 and March 1. Some Korean sources assure that it will present on February 27 and would be on sale a few weeks later in March. Personally, it bothers me to get a new outfit every year with almost no innovation, it is simply the "new Stacy Malibu with a new hat" as in the Simpsons.
16/12/117
Venezuela
Venezuela continues its "witch hunt" seeking to regulate cryptocurrency mining. Although it is not illegal in the country, the Superintendent of cryptocurrencies Carlos Vargas announced that as of December 22, the Single Register of Digital Mining will be held and said:
“We want to know who they are, we want to know where they are, we want to know what equipment they are using.”
For more on this news, here's the link to the full article we already published.
Transneft pipelines
The Russian pipeline company Transneft was infected with malware designed to mine Monero. While the exact number of infected computers wasn't disclosed, the company has since removed the malware. This is a significant development, so we've prepared a more comprehensive report, which you can find linked here.
These are a few of the news that this week have occurred in the world, tell us what you think and what topics are most of your interest.
Have you seen BTG? Exceeded its recent high
Since December 10 it has been rising steadily but on December 18 it had an increase in its capitalization from 4.825.603.876 USD to 8.019.005.566 USD, we are talking about an increase of 66,17% in two days, which made the currency rises in value.