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Human Readability and Privacy: BCH Can Be Sent by Email With Tips Tool, No Usernames Required
3.3.2020
Tips.Bitcoin.com allows users of crypto to tip BCH to friends and family via email address, arguably cutting out some of the inconvenience associated with standard bitcoin address formats. Unlike Coinbase Wallet’s new username option, which achieves similar ease for transactions, sending keys...
EOSIO 2.0 Released but Vote-Buying and Centralization Concerns Persist
2.3.2020
Will the reduction in the EOS inflation rate lead to the emergence of greater decentralization in the blockchain network?
Private Brave Browser Integrates Auto Wayback Machine Lookup
29.2.2020
Google Chrome and Firefox rival Brave browser now allows users to check pages that were removed from the web
Cut the Consensus: You Can’t Run a Business Like a Blockchain
27.2.2020
What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations
Overnight Move Fuels EOS Decentralization Debate
26.2.2020
Have EOS block producers turned autocrats? Or is EOS the most decentralized blockchain platform out there, an example of representative democracy? From one extreme to the other, this is the debate we find led online today, following what the EOS Israel community dubbed "EOS fifthing."...
Decentralization Philosophy – Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?
23.2.2020
Andreas M. Antonopoulos joins this week's discussion of catalysts and CEOS in the world of blockchain projects, the organizational and organic structures of decentralization and to wonder whether crypto even needs Satoshi-like catalysts now that the fire of blockchain burns bright
JP Morgan: Digital Money Foundation Laid, Blockchain In Banking Years Away
23.2.2020
JP Morgan suggests that blockchain laid the foundations for digital money, but the role of cryptocurrencies is still limited
Sectors Realizing the Full Potential of DeFi Protocols In 2020
23.2.2020
DeFi, a monetary system built on blockchain, is booming right now. With over $1 billion locked in DeFi applications, here are some sectors that are poised for success in 2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Found More Centralized Than Expected by Researchers
21.2.2020
The Lightning Network was found more reliant on hubs than expected
Lightning Network Increasingly Fragile to Attacks – Hope Turns to Drivechain for Bitcoin Scaling
19.2.2020
A report published February 7 and authored in part by Blockstream researcher Christian Decker found that the BTC Lightning Network is “evolving towards an increasingly centralised architecture.” Proponents of LN say this is not a problem, and even critics of the network point to...
DEX Volume Soars But Bzx Exploit Raises Questions About ‘Decentralization Theatre’
18.2.2020
As the decentralized finance juggernaut rolls inexorably forward, the exploitation of defi project Bzx – in which $350K, or around 2% of total assets was taken – has called the decentralization of the industry into doubt. The attack forced an admin key reset to redeem lost funds...
DeFi Begins to Move From a Sub-niche Market to Mainstream Finance
16.2.2020
Stakeholders identify some of the pain points for the DeFi industry as the market looks to grow beyond its $1 billion valuation
Can Blockchain Survive Mass Adoption? Future Perils Disclosed
14.2.2020
Tech giants, corporations and governments could dramatically change blockchain tech from decentralized to centralized on their path to its adoption
The Four Phases of Decentralized Finance
13.2.2020
The DeFi industry has been growing and changing — here are the four-phase model that clarifies what has been achieved and what to expect in the future
SEC Commissioner CryptoMom Explains Planned Safe Harbor to Cointelegraph
11.2.2020
SEC Commissioner CryptoMom talks pending safe harbor for decentralized networks proposal with Cointelegraph
SEC’s Cryptomom Proposes Safe Harbor Framework for Token Projects
6.2.2020
U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposes to grant decentralized token projects a three-year grace period
Government Think Tank Niti Aayog Identifies Key Blockchain Use Cases for India
4.2.2020
The policy think tank for the government of India, Niti Aayog, has published a strategy document identifying a number of key areas blockchain technology can significantly benefit the country. “By empowering citizens through features of transparency, decentralization and accountability...
Electronic Voting With Blockchain: An Experience From Naples, Italy
3.2.2020
E-voting experiments worldwide resulted in a lack of security and low voter confidence in the results. What has changed with blockchain tech, and why?
Bitcoin Verde’s New Project Aims to Promote Bitcoin Cash Node Diversity
3.2.2020
Software developer Joshua Green announced Friday via the read.cash blog that the Bitcoin Verde team is launching a project to increase mining diversity. Green believes all the Bitcoin Cash implementations should “strive to be viable mining alternatives” and he’s encouraging full...
Charles Hoskinson: Cardano Will Become “the Most Decentralized Cryptocurrency in the World”
1.2.2020
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson discusses whether proof-of-stake will overtake proof-of-work as the crypto industry’s economic paradigm