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Talking Ethereum: The State of Developer Dialogue in 2016
Raine Revere is a developer and teacher with over 15 years of coding experience, and a leading voice in the developing field of ethereum smart contract security. In this CoinDesk […]
Ethereum May Spring Surprises in 2017
Despite the hurdles facing the platform, the Ethereum network could end up emerging stronger and accomplish the milestones it set out to achieve in 2017, especially those related to smart […]
Toward Metropolis: After Blockchain Repairs, Ethereum Looks Ahead
Ethereum’s developers are shifting focus. Following efforts to make the blockchain-based distributed application network more resistant to attacks, two planned hard forks and one unintentional split, ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, at least, […]
Stolen Altcoins in Augur & Ethereum Hack Investigation
An account belonging to Bo Shen, one of the early investors in Ethereum and Augur, was reportedly hacked on Tuesday causing funds from both networks to be drained. The hacked […]
Ethereum’s Latest Hard Fork Shows It Has A Very Long Way To Go
Poor Ethereum. As if it didn’t have enough troubles already. Earlier this year, it hard forked to rescue the DAO, only to suffer the ignominy of seeing miners continue to […]
Blockchain makes Rapid Strides in Banking Applications
Blockchain, the technology underlying bitcoin, is poised to enter the mainstream with about 30 medium and large banks planning to put it into use by 2017. Applications range from reference […]
Stop Defining The Blockchain In Terms Of Today’s Commercial Internet
When the internet first emerged in the early 1990s, we had no language to describe it, no pre-established lexicon. So we fell back on what we knew. In 1994, in […]
Vote: Will Bitcoin and Other Digital Currencies Be Here in 5 Years?
Blockchain makes digital currency less relevant. Bitcoin is the world’s most famous crypto-currency but, these days, you barely hear about it. Instead, the buzz has shifted to blockchain, the underlying […]
Ethereum to Add Zcash Privacy, Says Vitalik Buterin
The power of smart contracts may be combined with absolute privacy according to a new statement by Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin. “[Z]ero knowledge proofs are on ethereum’s roadmap and have […]
Meet the Latest Hyped Cryptocurrency
It’s called “Zcash.” On Friday a new cryptocurrency premiered. The first Zerocash, or Zcash, electronic coins were minted yesterday. While the debuts of most new digital monies are suspect events, […]