Miners are discussing whether they can get a hardware change added to remove ASICs from an upcoming ethereum software update.
Developers agreed to reduce ethereum issuance from 3 ETH to 2 ETH in an upcoming hard fork, Constantinople.
Disagreement surrounding an upcoming upgrade, Constantinope, is putting ethereum to the test.
Consensus on several contentious topics have yet to be reached.
Tension is building ahead of an ethereum developer meeting, where a diverse set of stakeholders will be weighing in on contentious changes.
Coders on a smaller cryptocurrency protocol are showing why expansion might not be so easy for Bitmain, a mining giant that's soon to file for an IPO.
At least six proposals have been recently put forth, all of which could change the economics of the ethereum blockchain if enacted.
The country's central bank has agreed to a proposed suspension of cryptocurrency miner imports, a local new source reported on Thursday.
Members of the zcash community have voted not to prioritize ASIC resistance.
Chip manufacturers are making ASICs in secret, argues David Vorick. He wants new coin projects do the same – and to give those chips to the community.
Months ago, savvy coders were taking an any-means-necessary approach to keeping big miners off their blockchains. Now, reality is setting in.
Japanese IT giant GMO Internet says it will ship the world's first bitcoin mining device based on 7nm chips before November.
ASICs offer security. GPUs offer decentralization. The answer might come down to your view of governments.
Defending cryptocurrencies against the centralizing forces of ASIC mining chips requires more than coding fixes; human governance is also critical.
A proposal up for consideration on the ethereum classic blockchain could open the $2 billion network to a controversial type of mining hardware.