Tech

Privacy

EY Open-Sources Tech It Says Slashes Cost of Private Ethereum Transactions

Lowering the costs of private transactions in this way makes the public ethereum blockchain more competitive with private chains, EY says.

Tech  ·  19 December 2019
BitGo

BitGo Warns Users to Withdraw Bitcoin SV Over Hard Fork Threat to Wallets

A major code update for the cryptocurrency bitcoin SV will render some features of BitGo's wallets useless, the crypto custodian says.

Tech  ·  19 December 2019
Wallets

Snowball: The Effort to Bring Privacy to Every Bitcoin Wallet

A new Bluetooth-based tech could snowball into a way to create truly private transactions, its creator says.

Tech  ·  19 December 2019
DeFi

Kyber Network Aims to Improve DeFi Liquidity With ‘Katalyst’ Protocol Upgrade

Kyber Network, the ethereum-based protocol focused on aggregating liquidity and facilitating swaps for ERC-20 tokens, is about to launch a major upgrade.

Tech  ·  18 December 2019
EY

EY Launches Token and Smart Contract Testing Service in Open Beta

Now in public beta, EY's new review service assesses code quality and checks for malware.

Tech  ·  18 December 2019
Security

Crypto-Mining Attacks Fell Sharply in 2019 but Ransomware Is Trending: Kaspersky

In the cat-and-mouse game between hackers and users, less-lucrative crypto-mining malware fell out of favor this year.

Tech  ·  18 December 2019
Russia

2 Russian Nationals Charged With Mining Crypto on State Computers

Two Russian nationals are being prosecuted for allegedly crypto mining on Russian government-owned computer systems, state news agency TASS reported Monday.

Tech  ·  16 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

How DeFi Goes Mainstream in 2020: Focus on Usability

DeFi and cryptocurrencies can go mainstream, but they need to be as easy to use as Facebook or Google.

Tech  ·  15 December 2019
Gary Gensler

Even if a Thousand Projects Don’t Make It, Blockchain Is Still a Change Catalyst

While we wait for crypto/blockchain success stories, it's already apparent that Satoshi's innovation is a change agent.

Tech  ·  15 December 2019
Blockchain Applications

75% of IoT Firms Want to Add Blockchain: Survey

A majority of those companies using Internet of Things technology has adopted, or is considering adopting, blockchain.

Tech  ·  13 December 2019
Year in Review 2019

Decentralizing the Web Is More Necessary Than Ever

Galen Wolfe-Pauly says the bear market gives developers time and space to do what they do best.

Tech  ·  12 December 2019
Open Source

Planned $1.1B Sale of .Org Angers Many Open Source Crypto Developers

The potential sale of the .org top-level domain could mean higher costs for open source crypto projects.

Tech  ·  12 December 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoiners Are Building a Sidechain Version of Ethereum’s MakerDAO

The bitcoin community may soon have its own version of ethereum’s flagship decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.

Tech  ·  12 December 2019
Crypto Wallets

Kraken: $75 Device Will Get You Into Crypto Hardware Wallet KeepKey

Kraken Security Labs said crypto hardware wallet KeepKey is not doing enough to protect customers from physical attacks, saying it was able to get into the system using a $75 device.

Tech  ·  11 December 2019
NEC

D-Wave and NEC Partner to Create ‘Hybrid’ Quantum Applications

Supercomputer giant NEC is teaming up with a quantum computer manufacturer to create practical applications for the cutting-edge tech.

Tech  ·  11 December 2019