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Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin’s Quiet Progress Is Pointing Toward a Better Future
7.6.2020
Noelle Acheson compares the soaring rhetoric of JP Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace with the quiet innovation of Satoshi’s bitcoin
A Digital Art Project Might Have an Answer to the Woes of Staking Centralization
6.6.2020
Drawing inspiration from Reddit's r/place, AstroCanvas is an experiment in boosting staking participation – without appealing to financial incentives
The Free Market Will Determine Cardano’s Fate: IOHK’s Charles Hoskinson
5.6.2020
A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, Hoskinson tells CoinDesk
EU’s Europol: Bitcoin Privacy Wallet ‘Not Looking Good’ For Law Enforcement
4.6.2020
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 9% to January Levels
4.6.2020
Bitcoin has just got easier to mine while major manufacturers have started shipping their latest machines ahead of China's rainy summer season
‘Careless’ Users Are Ruining Ethereum’s Privacy: Paper
4.6.2020
Ethereum's account-based model makes it more susceptible to surveillance than some other protocols and users aren't helping, a research paper argues
Latest Bitcoin Core Code Release Protects Against Nation-State Attacks
3.6.2020
Bitcoin Core released a new software update Wednesday. Notably, it includes experimental software to hedge against attacks from nation-states and ISPs
Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder
3.6.2020
Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure
Matic Launches Mainnet Aiming to Bring More ‘Firepower’ to Ethereum
3.6.2020
Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, has deployed the first 10 nodes of its mainnet after several years in development
Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic’s Second Major Departure From Ethereum
3.6.2020
Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work
Lightning Network Overhaul Could Strengthen Bitcoin Privacy – But Many ‘Ifs’ Remain
3.6.2020
Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network
Merging Tech and Marketing in an Increasingly Online World
3.6.2020
The MarTech Summit takes its first steps out into the virtual world! Taking place on the 16th and 17th of June, the Virtual MarTech Summit will gather over 1000 attendees from a range of backgrounds, the only common denominator is the love of MarTech. What can you expect? Real-time live online...
Behind the Source: Cassie Evans
3.6.2020
I feel like the tech industry takes itself far too seriously sometimes. I get frustrated by all the posturing and gatekeeping – “You’re not a real developer unless you use x framework”, “CSS isn’t a real programming language”.
I think this kind of rhetoric often puts new developers off,...
The Decentralized Web Has Plans, if Not Solutions, to the Misinformation Nightmare
2.6.2020
Donald Trump's recent spat with Twitter over the limits of free speech poses a question: Could decentralized media do better? It hasn't yet, as Civil and TruStory show, but Jack Dorsey wants to test some ideas
Uptrend in Mainstream Crypto Interest Started Last Fall, MIT Startups Says
2.6.2020
Mainstream crypto trading interest has been on the rise since fall 2019
Tech Mahindra Inks Education Deal to Develop India’s Blockchain Talent
2.6.2020
Indian firms Tech Mahindra and Idealabs will offer curated professional certification courses on blockchain
Indian IT Giant Tech Mahindra to Offer Blockchain Certification Courses
2.6.2020
Indian technology company Tech Mahinda signed a partnership with edtech firm Idealabs to offer blockchain certification courses
Bitcoiners Sprint to Improve Lightning Network in 2-Day Virtual Hackathon
2.6.2020
Unable to meet in person, developers around the world collaborated by videoconference for a 48-hour stretch to refine Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Alibaba Claims Patented Cross-Chain System Is Better Than Cosmos
1.6.2020
The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another
Maker of Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet Rolls Out an Extra-Strength ‘USB Condom’
1.6.2020
CoinKite, maker of the Coldcard hardware wallet, has introduced two accessories that underscore the near-paranoia required to safely hold bitcoin