One small step for Central Bank Digital Currencies – Singapore, Canada and Brazil join the mix

Colleagues, we have written extensively about the CBDC initiatives underway in China (PBoC), US (US Federal Reserve) and the UK (Bank of England). More recently Singapore, Canada and Brazil have begun rigorous assessments of the strategic cost-benefit analysis for a sovereign digital asset. The most likely scenario is that one or more nations will launch these CBDCs which will co-exist with their current fiat currencies. The key question among first world countries is not which will be the first to adopt a CBDC, but rather, which one will be successful. Two fundamental challenges which make CBDCs more complex than their cryptocurrency cousins are: 1) Ability to traverse public and private sector ecosystems, and 2) Efficiency in processing trans-border remittances … while providing the highest levels of both security and transparency. When combined these factors will push the limits of Blockchain technology to new heights. Bottom line: The Cryptocurrency Academy stands by our prediction that 2019 will likely be a year of early adopter ‘field trials’ on a limited scale followed by roll-out of the initial CBDCs in the 2020-2012 timeframe. Share a comment today! Lawrence – Cryptocurrency Academy (https://cryptocurrencyacademy.blogspot.com/)  

Take your Linux programming career to the next level - Kubernetes for Developers (LFD259)

Colleagues, this course from the Linux Foundation will teach you how to containerize, host, deploy, and configure an application in a multi-node cluster. Starting with a simple Python script, you will define application resources and use core primitives to build, monitor and troubleshoot scalable applications in Kubernetes (an open-source container-orchestration system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications). Working with network plugins, security and cloud storage, you will be exposed to many of the features needed to deploy an application in a production environment. Key topics to be addressed include Containerize and deploy a new Python script, Containerize the deployment with ConfigMaps, Secrets and Security Contexts, Understand multi-container pod design, Configure probes for pod health, Update and roll back an application, Implement services and Network Policies, and Use Persistent Volume Claims for state persistence. Enroll today at  https://tinyurl.com/ya4n9q7c Much success in your career, Lawrence Wilson – Online Learning Center (https://onlinelearningcentral.blogspot.com/)

Can the KingMiner mining malware attack impact crypto assets beyond Monero?

Colleagues, the KingMiner is the latest in a virtual tsunami of crypto mining malware attacks during the past year. First detected by cyber security experts at Check Point Software this malware has the ability to morph once it has penetrated the target host … thus making identification and mitigation much difficult than its predecessors. Check Point reports that KingMiner primarily targets Microsoft SQL and IIS server software for the purpose of mining Monero. While Monero only ranks 12th in market value among cryptocurrencies according to CoinMarketCap, the potential for KingMiner to capture 100% of GPU/CPU power of the targeted system is a real and present danger. Bottom line question: Does KingMiner have the ability to move beyond Monero and move up the cryptocurrency food chain and mine for Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Ethereum and ultimately Bitcoin? We believe this worst-case scenario is highly unlikely. However, given KingMiner’s malicious success the potential for ‘copycat’ malware code with the similar morphing capability remains a serious threat. Share a comment today! Lawrence – Cryptocurrency Academy (https://cryptocurrencyacademy.blogspot.com/)