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Cosmos

A Digital Art Project Might Have an Answer to the Woes of Staking Centralization

Drawing inspiration from Reddit's r/place, AstroCanvas is an experiment in boosting staking participation – without appealing to financial incentives.

Tech  ·  6 June 2020
Cardano

The Free Market Will Determine Cardano’s Fate: IOHK’s Charles Hoskinson

A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, Hoskinson tells CoinDesk.

Tech  ·  5 June 2020
Ethereum

‘Careless’ Users Are Ruining Ethereum’s Privacy: Paper

Ethereum's account-based model makes it more susceptible to surveillance than some other protocols and users aren't helping, a research paper argues.

Tech  ·  4 June 2020
Open Source

Latest Bitcoin Core Code Release Protects Against Nation-State Attacks

Bitcoin Core released a new software update Wednesday. Notably, it includes experimental software to hedge against attacks from nation-states and ISPs.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Token Sales

Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder

Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Ethereum

Matic Launches Mainnet Aiming to Bring More ‘Firepower’ to Ethereum

Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, has deployed the first 10 nodes of its mainnet after several years in development.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Ethereum

Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic’s Second Major Departure From Ethereum

Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Bitcoin

Lightning Network Overhaul Could Strengthen Bitcoin Privacy – But Many ‘Ifs’ Remain

Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Lightning Network

Bitcoiners Sprint to Improve Lightning Network in 2-Day Virtual Hackathon

Unable to meet in person, developers around the world collaborated by videoconference for a 48-hour stretch to refine Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

Tech  ·  2 June 2020
Cosmos

Alibaba Claims Patented Cross-Chain System Is Better Than Cosmos

The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another.

Tech  ·  1 June 2020
Security

Maker of Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet Rolls Out an Extra-Strength ‘USB Condom’

CoinKite, maker of the Coldcard hardware wallet, has introduced two accessories that underscore the near-paranoia required to safely hold bitcoin.

Tech  ·  1 June 2020
Bitcoin

Bug in ‘Timelocked’ Bitcoin Contracts Could Spur Miners to Steal From Each Other

A widespread bug has compromised a special type of bitcoin transaction that is supposed to discourage miners from cheating, new research shows.

Tech  ·  1 June 2020
Trust

Amazon Patents Blockchain-Based Product Authenticator

Amazon has patented a distributed ledger-based system for proving the authenticity of consumer goods.

Tech  ·  29 May 2020
Blockchain

Blockchain ID Solution Aims to Tackle Spike in Delivery Fraud Amid Coronavirus Measures

Nuggets, a digital identity and payments platform, has developed a way to accept deliveries without needing a physical signature to combat a spike in fraud during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tech  ·  29 May 2020
Contact Tracing

How Contact Tracing Can Be Effective While Guarding Privacy

A member of the Hyperledger Identity Working Group on how we can keep track of COVID-19 without giving up our digital rights.

Tech  ·  28 May 2020