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Bitcoin

Start9 Labs Pitches a Private At-Home Server. And It Works

Start9 Labs’ Embassy server sets up its own private internet network and comes with its own operating system. We tried it.

Tech  ·  8 July 2020
Ethereum

Marlin Releases Open-Source ‘Layer 0’ Transaction Relayer for Ethereum

Marlin has open sourced its OpenWeaver relay network to help speed up low latency mempool syncs of the Ethereum network and support decentralization.

Tech  ·  8 July 2020
DeFi

Gelato Gives Developers a New ‘Money Lego’ Tool for DeFi Applications

Decentralized exchange Gnosis will be the first major platform to integrate Gelato's audited v1 transaction automator for token swaps on Ethereum's mainnet.

Tech  ·  7 July 2020
Privacy

With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops ‘100% User-Controlled’ Messaging

Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.

Tech  ·  7 July 2020
DeFi

Ethereum Activity Metric Hits Highest Level in 2 Years

The number of active ether addresses just clocked a recent high, possibly thanks to its growing role in decentralized finance.

Tech  ·  7 July 2020
Research Paper

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Vulnerable to ‘Looting’: New Research Explains

Computer scientists Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar have examined the Lightning Network's "flood and loot" attack that preys on Bitcoin network congestion.

Tech  ·  6 July 2020
Supply Chain

Afghanistan Approves Blockchain Project to Help Tackle Scourge of Counterfeit Meds

Fantom is launching a pilot to help combat Afghanistan's counterfeit drugs problem using its blockchain to trace products along the supply chain.

Tech  ·  6 July 2020
Russia

Bug in Moscow’s Blockchain Polling System Can Reveal How Users Voted: Report

The vulnerability allowed users votes in the recent constitutional poll to be decrypted, Russian journalists found.

Tech  ·  2 July 2020
Blockchain Technology

Salesforce Co-Founder Launches Public Blockchain Network With Dollars Baked In

Public Mint puts dollars on the blockchain so users can use money whether or not they have bank accounts.

Tech  ·  2 July 2020
Wallets

Researchers Expose Flaw in Bitcoin Wallets That Could Be Exploited for Double-Spending

A standard way to transact bitcoin could be misused to enable a kind of double-spending, new research has found.

Tech  ·  2 July 2020
Lightning Network

Cryptography Startup Brings Private Payment Channels to Tezos Blockchain

Cryptography firm Bolt Labs has launched a private payment solution, zkChannels, on Tezos.

Tech  ·  1 July 2020
Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Has Rarely Been This Static in a Decade

Bitcoin's mining difficulty just posted the smallest percentage change in 10 years.

Tech  ·  1 July 2020
Governance

Compound Changes COMP Distribution Rules Following ‘Yield Farming’ Frenzy

Following a Tuesday governance vote, daily COMP token distributions will change dramatically, starting Thursday.

Tech  ·  30 June 2020
0x

DeFi’s ‘Agricultural Revolution’ Has Ethereum Users Turning to Decentralized Exchanges

Decentralized exchanges are seeing more action than ever thanks to a surge in decentralized finance activity.

Tech  ·  30 June 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization Concerns

79% of Ethereum nodes run on Geth. Core developers have pushed back July's Berlin hard fork so other clients can catch up.

Tech  ·  30 June 2020