Tech

MakerDAO

Thursday’s Market Madness Strained Ethereum’s Killer App: DeFi

So many people were trying to use the Ethereum blockchain during Thursday’s market meltdown that many applications simply stopped working as intended.

Tech  ·  13 March 2020
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Debts Grow as DeFi Leader Moves to Stabilize Protocol

MakerDAO is not pursuing its emergency shutdown option although the amount of uncollateralized dai continues to grow.

Tech  ·  13 March 2020
Surveillance

Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus

The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable.

Tech  ·  12 March 2020
MakerDAO

DeFi Leader MakerDAO Weighs Emergency Shutdown Following ETH Price Drop

A large drop in the price of ether is testing the feasibility of Ethereum's entire system of lending and borrowing.

Tech  ·  12 March 2020
Ethereum

In Defense of Blockchain Voting

Recent election tech foul-ups have people scrambling for paper ballots. But they're not really the future of voting, says Intercoin's Greg Magarshak.

Tech  ·  12 March 2020
Coronavirus

Coronavirus Is a Catalyst for Work-From-Home Tech

Coronavirus could coerce us into a new era of productivity, where we finally leverage digital collaboration tools to their full potential.

Tech  ·  12 March 2020
Prediction Markets

This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence

Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it.

Tech  ·  10 March 2020
Coronavirus

I Attended a Bitcoin Conference in VR and Still Got Sick

Motion sickness, but still.

Tech  ·  9 March 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum’s ProgPoW Call Features Frustration but Little Progress

The controversial proposed change to Ethereum’s mining algorithm failed to change status after meeting resistance during Friday’s core developers call.

Tech  ·  6 March 2020
Governance

Ethereum’s ProgPoW Debate Is About Much More Than Mining

The debate over ProgPoW has become a flashpoint for how Ethereum makes big decisions.

Tech  ·  5 March 2020
Polkadot

Web3 Foundation Funds Technical Bridge Connecting Polkadot to Bitcoin

Web3 has awarded grants to more than 100 projects building on Polkadot.

Tech  ·  5 March 2020
DeFi

New Cross-Chain Network Plans to Bring Bitcoin’s Liquidity to the DeFi Space

Kyber Network and Bancor Network have been integrated into a new platform that provides cross-chain liquidity for decentralized finance.

Tech  ·  5 March 2020
India

India’s Supreme Court Ruling Is a Win for the Whole Blockchain Industry

With India's Supreme Court overturning a ban on cryptocurrencies, the blockchain industry has a large new resource of customers and developers.

Tech  ·  4 March 2020
Bitcoin Nodes

HTC’s New 5G Router Can Host a Full Bitcoin Node

The Taiwanese tech giant has launched a new router that can connect devices to 5G networks while supporting the bitcoin blockchain at the same time.

Tech  ·  4 March 2020
Banking

Samsung to Target EU Payments Sector With Blockchain-Based Solution for Banks

The platform will use blockchain to automatically input payments data into bank records.

Tech  ·  4 March 2020