Wybo Wiersma – a 40-year-old Oxford University graduate – has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after scamming over $2 million in crypto from unsuspecting victims. Following his arrest in 2019, the Dutchman was extradited from the Netherlands back to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), he pled guilty on January 26 to the Oxford Crown Court. A Five-Year Investigation As reported by…
Proof of Authority
What is Proof of Authority (PoA)?
Proof of Authority (PoA) is a consensus algorithm in which the nodes with the right to create new blocks and validate transactions are chosen in advance. These nodes are called "authorities" and are usually appointed by the network's organization. The authorities are responsible for validating transactions and adding them to the blockchain. In PoA networks, the authority nodes are trusted to create blocks and validate transactions honestly, as they have a reputation to uphold. This makes PoA networks more efficient…
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