Tech

Privacy

From Australia to Norway, Contact Tracing Is Struggling to Meet Expectations

The world is awash in COVID-19 contact tracing apps but few seem to be delivering on their promises.

Tech  ·  16 June 2020
DeFi

COMP’s Sudden Growth Has Swamped a DEX Dealing Only in Stablecoins

One of the newer entrants to the DeFi space, Curve, is riding the wave of demand for the freshly issued Compound governance token, COMP.

Tech  ·  16 June 2020
Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Makes Biggest Jump in 29 Months

Miners now face the fourth-most difficult two-week mining period in Bitcoin's history, even though it's only been a little over a month since the halving.

Tech  ·  16 June 2020
Russia

Russia’s Supreme Court Makes ‘Landmark’ Vote With Blockchain System From Kaspersky Lab

The court for the first time used a blockchain-based system to record votes in a web-hosted plenary session Friday.

Tech  ·  12 June 2020
Digital Dollar

National Science Foundation Funds Research Into Crypto Dollars

The National Science Foundation has given blockchain startup KRNC $225,000 to design cryptocurrency features for the U.S. dollar.

Tech  ·  12 June 2020
Ethereum

Why This Dev Built a ‘Centralized Ethereum’ on Top of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Ethereum showed the limits of decentralization, says the creator of an explicitly centralized version that pays contracts via Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

Tech  ·  12 June 2020
Tezos

Free Transactions Invite Systemic Attacks on Blockchains, Researchers Find

EOS, Tezos and XRP have not seen high levels of intended use, according to a new report from researchers in London.

Tech  ·  11 June 2020
Censorship

Unstoppable Domains Launches Censorship-Resistant Blogging Platform

Decentralized blogging is coming to a .crypto URL near you thanks to a partnership between Unstoppable Domains and Protocol Labs.

Tech  ·  11 June 2020
Smart Contracts

With Arweave’s ‘Lazy’ Approach to Smart Contracts, Its Version of Web3 Does More

Arweave, a blockchain network meant for the permanent storage of data, has released a completely new approach to smart contracts.

Tech  ·  11 June 2020
DeFi

Sequoia-Backed Band Protocol Creeps Onto Chainlink’s Turf With Oracle Product

Band Protocol 2.0 launched Wednesday with its mainnet oracle solution, BandChain, leveraging the Cosmos SDK from Tendermint Labs.

Tech  ·  10 June 2020
Hacking

Elrond Will Pay You $60,000 to Break Its Blockchain

Elrond is conducting a “trial by fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.

Tech  ·  10 June 2020
Near

NEAR Protocol Enlists Bison Trails for Validator Support as It Heads Toward Full Mainnet

Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors.

Tech  ·  9 June 2020
Monero

Monero-for-Bail Project Sees Increased Demand During Protests

An initiative that mines the privacy coin monero, donating cash for bail money, has seen an uptick in users since the protests started in Minnesota.

Tech  ·  8 June 2020
Opinion

What Fintech Can Learn From Elon Musk and SpaceX

A decade ago, few people believed Elon Musk could pull off a manned space launch, just as skepticism surrounds fintech and crypto today. What can the financial industry learn from SpaceX, asks ConsenSys' Lex Sokolin.

Tech  ·  8 June 2020
Bitcoin

Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin’s Quiet Progress Is Pointing Toward a Better Future

Noelle Acheson compares the soaring rhetoric of JP Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace with the quiet innovation of Satoshi’s bitcoin.

Tech  ·  7 June 2020