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Ethereum

Valid Points: New Deposits to Ethereum 2.0 Reach Record High in May

Eth 2.0 deposits hit a record high last month, and now the first Ethereum node has launched into outer space where it now resides aboard the ISS.

Tech  ·  9 June 2021
Newsletters

Miami Coin and Voting With Your Tokens

Patrick Stanley's new project may provide a way for people to reward and be rewarded by innovative cities.

Tech  ·  8 June 2021
Polkadot

Polkadot Network to Start Parachain Auctions Next Week

The start date was heralded by the upgrade to Kusama’s Statemine parachain, Polkadot founder Gavin Wood said Tuesday.

Tech  ·  8 June 2021
Privacy

Tor Project Receives $670K From Zcash Open Major Grants for Coding Language Upgrade

The funding will go toward developer salaries as they develop Arti.

Tech  ·  8 June 2021
Bitcoin

BlockFi’s Botched Promo Payouts Continued Into April, Adding More Confusion for Users

The faulty deposits left users confused and frustrated.

Tech  ·  4 June 2021
DeFi

DeFi’s Sticky Future

Innovations tend to stack. And there's nothing more stackable than composability and interoperability involving money.

Tech  ·  3 June 2021
DeFi

Okcoin Integrates With Polygon to Reduce Users’ Ethereum Gas Fees

The move lets users skip depositing to an ETH wallet, saving the associated fees.

Tech  ·  3 June 2021
IOTA

IOTA Takes a Step Closer to Decentralization With 2.0 DevNet

The IoT-focused network is gradually looking to remove its central Coordinator role.

Tech  ·  3 June 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Will No Longer Censor Transactions, CEO Says

"Marathon is committed to the core tenets of the Bitcoin community, including decentralization, inclusion, and no censorship," said the CEO.

Tech  ·  31 May 2021
Hacks

Voting on a Proposal to Reimburse Mt. Gox Victims Begins Today

The proposal to reimburse Mt. Gox victims requires a majority vote from all creditors in order to pass.

Tech  ·  31 May 2021
Bitcoin

Human Rights Foundation Gives Out $210K in Bitcoin Development Grants

The fresh round will fund Lightning Network development, Utreexo work, and even Bitcoin document translations into Arabic.

Tech  ·  31 May 2021
Bitcoin

BitMEX, Human Rights Foundation Award Bitcoin Developer Grants Worth $150K

South Korea-based Calvin Kim works primarily on the bitcoin scaling project Utreexo.

Tech  ·  31 May 2021
Ethereum

Ex-Head of China’s Digital Yuan Effort Says CBDCs Could Operate on Ethereum

Central bank digital currencies will one day be more "smart," and not merely digital versions of cash, Yao Qian said.

Tech  ·  31 May 2021
Google

Google Cloud Now Provides Blockchain Insights for Polygon Network

The support by Google's BigQuery platform is said to simplify analysis of the network's blockchain data.

Tech  ·  28 May 2021
Web 3

Cory Doctorow’s Web3 Rallying Cry: ‘Seize the Means of Computation’

The sci-fi author exhorted Consensus 2021 attendees to take back power for internet users from a tech cartel whose leaders “can fit around one table.”

Tech  ·  27 May 2021