Tech

Governance

Uniswap Holders Consider Arbitrum for Scaling DeFi’s Top DEX

Moving an implementation of Uniswap v3 onto the rollup platform is at the heart of a new poll put forth by Compound's Robert Leshner.

Tech  ·  26 May 2021
Ethereum

Ethereum Scaler Arbitrum Is Launching Friday With Developer Support From Alchemy

The rollup platform from Offchain Labs is going live this week, with over 150 projects having requested early access.

Tech  ·  26 May 2021
Bitcoin

Users Decide Bitcoin’s Consensus, but What Is a Bitcoin ‘User’?

Should users include anyone holding or just those running nodes? Depends on if a protocol change is on the table, our panelists explain.

Tech  ·  26 May 2021
Newsletters

Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Sharding

A sharded blockchain enables blockchain capacity and transaction throughput to increase along with the number of nodes, such that scalability does not sacrifice network decentralization.

Tech  ·  26 May 2021
Chainlink

Chainlink’s Founder Says DeFi and Oracles Can Help Fight Climate Change

Many interventions to combat global warming need better data sources, Sergey Nazarov argues.

Tech  ·  26 May 2021
Polkadot

Polkadot’s Gavin Wood: WebAssembly Is the Future of Smart Contracts, but ‘Legacy’ EVM Is Right Now

“It's super important to support these legacy protocols, these legacy languages, and that's what we're doing,” says the former Ethereum developer.

Tech  ·  25 May 2021
DFINITY

Dfinity Offering $220M in Developer Grants for Ambitious ‘Internet Computer’ Project

Meanwhile, 100,000 identities have been created on the network since its launch this month, founder Dominic Williams said at Consensus 2021.

Tech  ·  25 May 2021
Security

Monetizing Genomic Data Is the Latest Use Case for NFTs

While NFTs are most widely known for popularity with artists, they are expanding into other areas.

Tech  ·  25 May 2021
Augur

Augur Adds Sports Betting With Launch of Polygon-Based ‘Augur Turbo’

The six-year-old prediction platform is chasing the surging sports betting market by building with Chainlink and Polygon.

Tech  ·  24 May 2021
Bitcoin

Compute North to Host Marathon’s 73K New Bitcoin Miners in Texas

Marathon cited Texas’ favorable regulatory climate and low energy prices, as well as environmental considerations as key factors in the decision.

Tech  ·  24 May 2021
Lightning Network

Elon Musk Says Lightning Network ‘Needed’ to Scale Bitcoin for Now

A single-layer network like Bitcoin's could carry all humans transactions in the future, the Tesla CEO tweeted Friday.

Tech  ·  21 May 2021
PayPal

Venmo’s Censorship of Gaza Payments Makes Case for Neutral Platforms

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Gaza conflict, platforms like Venmo shouldn't decide who gets paid or not. We need open systems like Bitcoin.

Tech  ·  20 May 2021
Events

$DESK: Your Questions Answered

The new reward token issued by CoinDesk will be soft-launching at this year's Consensus 2021 event. Here's how you can get involved.

Tech  ·  20 May 2021
CoinDesk

Introducing $DESK, CoinDesk’s New Rewards Program

Consensus by CoinDesk, May 24-27, will serve as the beta environment for a new way in which CoinDesk interacts with users and attendees.

Tech  ·  20 May 2021
Bitcoin

When Will Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade ‘Lock In’?

With 94% of Bitcoin's hashrate now signaling for the upgrade, it should lock in during the next difficulty period.

Tech  ·  19 May 2021