Search
Free Markets and the Future of Blockchain
15.5.2019
J. Christopher Giancarlo is Chairman at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency of the US government that regulates futures and options markets. This will be the last time I speak to you from the CFTC. Nevertheless, before I go, I wanted to share some thoughts, which I have been...
The Blockchain Paradox
15.5.2019
Blockchains offer potential solutions to deep-seated problems in society, but their own governance issues need to be solved first, writes Pindar Wong
Samsung’s Budget Smartphones Will Reportedly Have Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Features
14.5.2019
South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung will reportedly add cryptocurrency and blockchain features to its budget smartphones
Samsung to Roll Out Crypto Features on Budget Galaxy Phones
14.5.2019
South Korean electronics giant Samsung is planning to bring crypto and blockchain features to more phones across its Galaxy range
Yes, You May Need a Blockchain
14.5.2019
Balaji S. Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase, a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a member of CoinDesk’s advisory board. The following article originally appeared in Consensus Magazine, distributed exclusively to attendees of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019 event. There’s a certain kind...
Proposal’s Merger Paves Way for New Bitcoin Lightning Features
14.5.2019
A new routing proposal is expected to be merged today into the official “specifications” of lightning, the technology many advocates trumpet as the fix to bitcoin’s long-standing payment problems. Christian Decker, one of the most prolific lightning developers who engineers...
Slowly But Surely: May Was a Quietly Big Month for Blockchain
13.5.2019
Don Tapscott writes that 10 events, in particular, demonstrate just how much innovation we’ve seen during May, the "Month of Blockchain."
From Crypto Winter to DeFi: A Year of Loss and Opportunity
13.5.2019
The year since the last Consensus event wasn't just a crypto winter. It also included impressive progress in blockchain evolution, writes Michael Casey
Blockchain’s Adoption Challenge Is a Human Problem, Not Technical
12.5.2019
The “blockchain” concept has the potential to be extremely powerful, but only if society is willing to change direction and purpose, argues Maja Vujinovic
When the Dust Settles: The Bitfinex Probe Reveals Structural Weaknesses
12.5.2019
The Bitfinex probe highlights not just the lack of reliable banking, but also – somewhat overlooked – the lack of auditing services, says Noelle Acheson
HTC Says Its Next Smartphone Will Run a Full Bitcoin Node
11.5.2019
HTC plans to release a low-cost smartphone capable of running a full bitcoin node by the end of Q3
Moving Beyond ‘The Blockchain Is the App’
11.5.2019
Blockchains are useless on their own. For decentralized computing to work, they must intersect with other solutions. writes Intel's Mic Bowman
Who Are the Bitcoin Whales and What Are They Good For?
11.5.2019
Source: iStock/Marie-Elizabeth Mali
Not much is known about the Bitcoin whales. Sure, we know they're holders of large quantities of Bitcoin, but beyond a few names most of us are in the dark as to who exactly they are and what functions they have within the BTC ecosystem.
As reported in May, there...
The Crypto Fun Side: Collection of 20 Memes and Jokes
11.5.2019
Although news of hacks are hardly fun, the crypto community is well-known for taking everything in stride and having a few jokes at their own expense. Even if the market somehow collapsed, you could bet you’d see loads of jokes about it, even from people who were painfully hit by it, as this...
What is This YoubiKey Device Binance CEO is Talking About?
11.5.2019
YoubiKeys. Source: Twitter/@Yubico
It was a crazy week for Binance: first, there was the 7,000 BTC hack, which was followed by heated debates about Bitcoin block reorganization, and finished with mutual public apologies.
Now, the major cryptocurrency exchange is working on new security measures....
Binance, Bitfinex and Tether: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?
10.5.2019
Recent events involving Binance, Bitfinex and Tether suggest there's potential for "catastrophic, systemic risk in crypto," Dan Cawrey argues
All of It Dark, All of It P2P: After the Binance Hack, Bitcoin Doesn’t Cut It
10.5.2019
That Binance could have colluded with miners to roll back hack transactions means bitcoin is not resistant enough to censorship, says Amir Taaki
Florincoin – The 2013 Altcoin You Don’t Remember – Is Attracting Real Users
9.5.2019
An obscure cryptocurrency that first started getting noticed during the 2014 altcoin boom is showing itself a true diamond in the rough
That Time I Tried Browsing the Web Without CSS
24.4.2019
CSS is what gives every website its design. Websites sure aren’t very fun and friendly without it! I’ve read about somebody going a week without JavaScript and how the experience resulted in websites that were faster, though certain aspects of them would not function as expected.
But CSS. Turning...
Make Browsing GitHub Easier and Faster with Octotree
22.4.2019
GitHub is an amazing tool that many of us developers use on a daily basis. While GitHub has many great features, one thing that I've always found it to lack is browsing speed. They've got keyboard