Tech

Bitcoin SV

OKCoin Delists Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV to Avoid ‘Misleading’ New Bitcoin Clients

It became a choice between protecting Bitcoin’s open-source ethos or championing free-market fundamentals. In the end, community won out.

Tech  ·  19 February 2021
Polkadot

Blockchain Data Indexer ‘The Graph’ to Support Polkadot, Solana, NEAR and Celo

The project’s custom API “subgraphs” provide data to some of Ethereum’s top DeFi apps.

Tech  ·  18 February 2021
Cosmos

Cosmos Upgrades to Stargate: Another 2017 ICO Very Nearly Completes Its Vision

The last step before inter-blockchain communication goes live early Thursday.

Tech  ·  17 February 2021
DeFi

SecretSwap Is the Secret Network’s Answer to DeFi Privacy

SecretSwap works similarly to Uniswap or SushiSwap but also has privacy benefits.

Tech  ·  17 February 2021
Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade Nailed Down for July, but Some Finer Details Still Aren’t Finalized

The finalized code for Taproot will be shipped in March, but will it house the “user activated soft fork” feature that threatened to activate SegWit?

Tech  ·  17 February 2021
Governance

Ethereum’s Favorite Lossless Lottery Will Airdrop Its POOL Token Today

The distribution was designed to reward small depositors on PoolTogether who stayed in a long time.

Tech  ·  17 February 2021
Newsletters

Valid Points: How CME Ether Futures Work and Why They Matter

A financially settled and U.S. regulated ether futures product makes all the difference.

Tech  ·  17 February 2021
Privacy

Popular Crypto App Found to Have Ties to Data Tracking Company: Report

Bitcoin Ticker Widget and a clone of Steemit were found to contain data trackers.

Tech  ·  16 February 2021
Cloudflare

Cloudflare Teams With Unstoppable Domains to Bring .Crypto Addresses to Web Browsers

The new integration means web users can directly access decentralized websites form any browser.

Tech  ·  16 February 2021
Wallets

Russian Mobile Operators Eye Payments Services, Wallets for Digital Ruble

Some telcos are looking at developing a digital wallet that would link the digital currency to users' mobile phone numbers.

Tech  ·  16 February 2021
Blockchain

Avalanche Crippled by Bug Triggered by Unusually High Volume, Engineer Says

The blockchain, which had been touted for its ability to handle a high volume of transactions, was slowed to a crawl by an unusually high number of transactions.

Tech  ·  14 February 2021
ConsenSys

ConsenSys Grants Help Iranian Women Learn Solidity

The Ethereum incubator's instructional program offers scholarships to help developers get started with coding in Solidity.

Tech  ·  13 February 2021
Chia

5 Takeaways From Chia Network’s New White Paper

Chia wants to make at-home mining cool again (or at least easy).

Tech  ·  12 February 2021
CoinFlash

Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $5.5B in Staked Ether

The amount deposited represents 2.67% of Ethereum’s total supply.

Tech  ·  12 February 2021
Lightning Network

These Gaming Studios Are Bringing Bitcoin Payouts to Everyday Esport Gamers

Imagine if every shot, goal or win paid real money to everyday players. Welcome to the world of bitcoin esports.

Tech  ·  11 February 2021