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What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto’s Reliance on Figureheads
4.12.2019
Cryptocurrency has strayed from its anonymous roots. Today, cults of personality and public histrionics define the sector
Freedom Fighter or Fool? Jury’s Out on Arrested Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith
3.12.2019
The case offers a litmus test of sorts: Was Griffith's appearance in North Korea a brazen violation of economic sanctions or a noble act of spreading ethereum's gospel of global reinvention?
Vitalik Buterin Signs “Free Virgil Griffith” Petition; Crypto Community Shows Solidarity
2.12.2019
Crypto-blockchain expert and developer Virgil Griffith was arrested a couple of days ago for his alleged involvement with the North Korean regime. Griffith is accused of delivering a lecture on blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the sanctioned country, speaking about how smart contracts can be used...
Vitalik Buterin Supports Petition to Free Arrested Blockchain Dev
2.12.2019
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin supports a decision to free arrested blockchain dev, Virgil Griffith, who is accused of providing “highly technical information” to North Korea
A Product Development Team Just Made ETH Block Production Twice As Fast
27.11.2019
Blockchain advisory firm ran a test that shows it can cut the average block propagation time by more than 50% on the Ethereum network
BitTorrent Creator Calls Vitalik’s ASIC-Resistant Proof-of-Work ‘A Pipe Dream And a Bad Idea’
26.11.2019
BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen says ASIC-resistant proof-of-work is both “a pipe dream and a bad idea”
Not a Fee, But 'Long-Term Payment' — How Crypto Exchanges List Tokens
3.11.2019
Cryptocurrency exchanges say money isn’t the main determinant for deciding which altcoin tokens to list on their platforms… but then, why is so much money always involved?
Canada Pushes to Regulate Crypto Adoption, Forgoing Volatile BTC Past
31.10.2019
Canadians have been pushing for crypto adoption since 2013 — and now, the Canadian Government is leading working groups at home and in the international community
Poll: 60% Tell Vitalik Buterin ‘No’ to Ethereum Reversing Transactions
26.10.2019
Ethereum co-founder fails to impress with transaction rollback survey
Ethereum 2.0 Validators to Earn up to 10% Annually for Staking: Report
25.10.2019
Ethereum 2.0 validators can expect up to 10.3% as rewards for staking on the annual basis, ConsenSys’ Collin Myers says
Google’s Quantum Computer Still Far From Useful, Says Vitalik Buterin
25.10.2019
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that Google’s Quantum Computer is still far from useful
5 Takeaways on Ethereum 2.0 From Vitalik’s ‘Beast Mode’ Blog Posts
24.10.2019
Vitalik Buterin has outlined five steps for the roll-out of Ethereum 2.0 in early 2020
PoS Will Make Ethereum More Secure Than Bitcoin, Says Vitalik Buterin
12.10.2019
After the proof-of-stake consensus algorithm is implemented, Ethereum will be more costly to attack than Bitcoin, says Vitalik Buterin
‘Scam’ or Iteration? At Devcon, Ethereum Diehards Still Believe in 2.0
8.10.2019
Ethereum is facing a major transition with a bevy of unanswered questions. Why is the Devcon crowd unfazed?
Meet the Russian Oligarch Launching a Metal-Backed Crypto Token
7.10.2019
Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia's richest people, tells CoinDesk about his plans for a palladium-backed token and a tokenized commodities exchange
Bitcoin History Part 18: The First Bitcoin Wallet
6.10.2019
Bitcoin users today are blessed with a panoply of feature-rich software and hardware wallets. When Bitcoin launched, however, there were no wallets. It took Satoshi Nakamoto to engineer the first desktop client, and his creation proved surprisingly resilient, serving the community faithfully...
BitPay Adds Ethereum to its Network for Fostering ETH Crypto Transactions
17.9.2019
The globally reputed cryptocurrency, Ethereum has added another feather to its credit as leading payment processor, BitPay, lends support to ETH on its platform, thereby facilitating traders to initiate acceptance of Ethereum. On September 16, the official press release concerning ETH and BitPay...
Joe Lubin: Only Conceptions of Bitcoin and Ethereum Were 'Immaculate'
16.9.2019
Ethereum’s Joe Lubin says only Bitcoin and Ethereum’s conceptions can be said to have been “immaculate”
Ethereum's Istanbul Hard Fork Implementation Delayed to Early October
7.9.2019
Ethereum’s testnet activation of the Istanbul hard fork is now scheduled to take place in the beginning of October, according to the Ethereum Foundation
Vitalik Buterin on The Five Biggest Misconceptions in Crypto
5.9.2019
Vitalik Buterin. Source: a video screenshot, YouTube, LinkTime
Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder of the Ethereum, recently shared his views on some of the biggest misconceptions in the crypto community. In the interview on The 80,000 Hours Podcast, he also admitted that more than half blockchain projects...