Wildfire a type of ransomware targeted at Dutch speakers has been successfully defeated by theNo More Ransominitiative a project coordinated by the Netherlands Police Europol Intel and Kaspersky This multinational collaborationaims to help victims of ransomware retrieve their encrypted files for free through the use of multiple decryption tools

The bitcoin hash rate currently nears3 exahashes representing an alltime high for the processing power of the Bitcoin networkThe escalating hash rate concurs with continuing social media reports thatBeijingbased Bitmain Technologies Limited a company which supplies bitcoin mining equipment suffers consistent supply shortages due to high demand

Jihan Wu is a founder of the mining company Bitmain and an influential force in the cryptocurrency space He spoke on many topics atthe Future of Bitcoin conference inArnhem Netherlands which took place June 30 to July 1 The title of his talk was Why Multiple Implementationsare Quite Important for Bitcoin